Sam Aston, known for his role on Coronation Street, has exciting news: his wife, Briony, is expecting their fourth child.
The 32-year-old actor, who is already a father to son Sonny, five, and daughters Daisy, four, and Hazel, two, shared this joyful update with his social media followers on Thursday.
The announcement came in the form of a charming video where Sam playfully dragged his children across the floor. Little Hazel held the ultrasound images of the soon-to-arrive sibling.
Captioning the post, they wrote: ‘Here we go again… Baby Aston #4.’
The post concluded with a Christmas tree emoji, hinting that the new baby could arrive during the holiday season.
Fans quickly flooded the couple’s social media with heartfelt congratulations, with one admirer saying, “What a wonderful way to share the news. Congratulations to you both.”
Coronation Street star Sam Aston has revealed wife Briony is pregnant with their fourth child
The actor, already a parent to son Sonny, five, and daughters, Daisy, four, and Hazel, two, with wife Briony, confirmed the pregnancy with social media followers on Thursday
Another fan expressed their excitement with, “Oh my goodness, this is so exciting! Congratulations!” while a third chimed in with, “Aww, amazing! Massive congratulations to you all.”
Briony works as a birth doula, a non-medical professional who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to expectant parents during pregnancy, labour, and postpartum.
Following her own pregnancy announcement, she confirmed her work commitments would be pared back ahead of the birth.
She told Instagram followers: ‘Now we’ve announced our news to the world, you can see why I’ve closed my books for mid-October onwards for in-person doula support.
‘I’ve been at a couple of births whilst heavily pregnant in the past, and I’ve found it’s just not practical with a huge bump, plus I’ll need some time to protect my headspace in the lead up to my own birth.
‘Doulas need to birth prep too!’
The couple married in May 2019 on Stock Farm, a stunning venue located on the edge of Tatton Park, Cheshire.
Briony welcomed eldest child Sonny six weeks prematurely in 2020, with Sam revealing his wife spent nine days in hospital while their baby son recovered from jaundice.
The actor, best known for his role as Chesney Brown on Coronation Street, told OK!: ‘It was a bit of a shock for me. Everyone at work knew he wasn’t due until September.
Briony added: ‘It was hard at the time but looking back now I’d do it all again tomorrow. It was so nice to get home though.’
Breaking the news, the couple shared a video of their children being dragged across the floor by their father, with Hazel holding the unborn child’s first ultrasound pictures
Briony works as a birth doula, a non-medical professional who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to expectant parents during pregnancy, labour, and postpartum
Their situation was made even more difficult due to the fact that Sam was only allowed to visit the pair in hospital for one hour a day due to the pandemic.
He explained: ‘An hour felt like 10 minutes, especially early on as Briony was emotional as I was trying to be there and spend time with Sonny.’
Briony added that having time constraints on their time together was the most ‘stressful’ part and that she would usually ‘sob for an hour’ and then Sam would have to leave.
