Julia Goulding has given birth.
The 34-year-old actress and her husband Ben Silver welcomed a baby boy, Franklin Wolf Silver, into the world on November 30th, and the pair posed for a picture in a wood while she was in early labour.
She wrote on Instagram: "Thank you to the lovely couple in the park who took this picture for us: Taken as I was in early labour on my due date. The next day Ben and I welcomed our baby son into the world. Franklin Wolf Silver born on 30/11/19."
The cobbles star - who plays Shona Ramsey on the ITV soap - admits Franklin has changed her and Ben\'s lives "for the better".
She added: "He\'s changed our lives for the better in every way. I feel like I\'ve known him my whole life."
Several soap stars congratulated the pair, including former \'Corrie\' actress Nicola Thorp (Nicola Rubinstein).
She wrote: "I can\'t wait to cuddle him. X (sic)"
Former \'Hollyoaks\' actress Gemma Merna (Carmel McQueen) wrote: "Congratulations [love heart]"
Julia recently revealed she had "vetoed" Ben\'s plan to name their baby Han Solo.
She said: "We\'ve got a lot of girls names but we haven\'t got any boys names yet."
Ben added: "I want Han if it\'s a boy as then he\'ll be Han Silver, which sounds like Han Solo and I\'m a big \'Star Wars\' fan."
Julia replied: "Plus, Ben thinks he looks like a young Harrison Ford.
"I\'ve ruled out Han so boys names are proving difficult."
Julia also admitted Wolfgang had been vetoed, but the pair ended up giving their little one the middle name Wolf.
She added: "Ben also wanted Wolfgang but that also got vetoed. Although, weirdly, my mum wanted to call me Wolfgang if I\'d been a boy - I\'m glad I was a girl!
"I think you\'ve got to be a certain kind of cool to pull off a name like that and I don\'t think I\'m that brave."
