Lauren Pope confirms gender of first child

Lauren Pope is expecting a baby girl.

The former \'The Only Way is Essex\' alumni announced in March she was pregnant, and the 37-year-old reality TV has now confirmed she is due to give birth to a daughter.

She shared a picture of herself complete with baby bump, alongside her dog, and wrote: "Me n my girls (sic)"

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Lauren also added baby bump, dog and heart face emojis.

Several of her star pals reacted with excitement at the picture.

Lisa Snowdon wrote: "Stunning honey and sooooooo exciting (sic)"

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Maura Higgins posted: "Wow"

Just last week, Lauren admitted she was feeling "overwhelmed" as her due date nears.

The pregnant star - who is expecting a daughter with boyfriend Tony Keterman - felt she was running out of time to prepare everything before the baby arrives.

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She wrote: "Only 4 weeks to go & still not packed my hospital bag, nursery is full of unmade furniture & empty boxes & still not finished my birthing plan

"My challenge to myself is to have all the above done by Friday!! Anyone else due soon & feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all?! (sic)"

Lauren announced her pregnancy in March alongside a series of Polaroid snaps of her growing baby bump.

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She shared at the time: "Pure Happiness [love heart emojis] (sic)"

In one of the photographs, Tony was kissing Lauren\'s baby bump, and in another, she was cradling her stomach

She quit \'TOWIE\' in 2019, after nine years on the show, to spend more time with Tony and work on her own business ventures.