'SO SO excited' Geordie Shore star Gaz Beadle reveals he and girlfriend Emma McVey are expecting their first child

The young couple shared their happy news with a loving snap on their instagram

Geordie Shore star Gaz Beadle and his model girlfriend, Emma McVey - who started dating in August 2016 - are expecting their first child together.

The 29-year old shared an announcement image with his 3.3 million viewers on Instagram, along with the caption: 'SO SO SO excited to eventually be able to tell you all this... I AM GOING TO BE A DAD... WE ARE HAVING A BABY... I love kids and literally can't wait for this new adventure... argghhhh literally no words SOOOO HAPPY!!!

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The image quickly garnered over 17k comments and 357k likes, was swiftly followed by mum-to-be Emma sharing his excitement and reposting the pic with her own message to her 282k followers, with the caption: 'So excited to share our news and begin our new adventure, we can't wait to meet you little one ⛄️👶🏼🤰🏻 we are having a baby!!! @gazgshore'

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The happy news comes after the pair got back together on June 8th, after a brief split. The Sun Online first revealed the couple had rekindled their romance, with friends of the reality star admitting Gaz had been working hard to 'win her over'.

Needless to say, congratulations for the young couple rolled in: '❤️❤️❤️ what the hell!!!!!!!! Congrats girl you're going to be an amazing mum!!!!! I'm so proud!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️' one fan exclaimed.

Gaz then took to his Instagram and to share another adorable image of the tiny tot's scan on a chalkboard with '1+1= 3' with a Christian Dior dummy and cute booties which read 'I heart Mum' on one and 'I heart dad' on the other.

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Captioning it with the #gazthedad ‘I made this for you all to see the scan meet my little baby... it's crazy but I am soooooo excited 😱❤️👶🏼 #gazthedad'

One follower joked in the comment section: 'Wonder who's gonna be teaching them maths 😂' while another was convinced they knew the gender already... 'Judging by ultrasound I'm going to say she's a girl! Goodluck and CONGRATZ :)'

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