Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden have officially introduced their new baby son.
Bowie Grey was born on December 19, but Webb revealed to OK! Magazine in this week's issue that her waters actually broke the day before, when they were on the way to Mothercare.
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She was induced the following day to avoid risk of infection and was in labour for "just under five hours". "My water birth went straight out the window," Webb joked.
The Emmerdale stars also explained that the name Bowie wasn't a tribute. "Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of David Bowie but that wasn't why we chose the name. We just both loved it," Wolfenden explained.
"We'd chosen the name before he was born and named him straight away, and then David Bowie died three weeks later."
Webb also revealed her fears after discovering Bowie Grey had extreme reflux that meant he brought up his milk after feeding and initially failed to put on weight but, fortunately, he got better over time.
"He kept losing it for the first two weeks. It was horrible. I've never been more stressed or worried in my life," she recalled.
The couple concluded by saying that their first son, 5-year-old Buster, just changed his first nappy last week and is "obsessed" with the new arrival.
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