Caggie Dunlop – who found fame on Made in Chelsea – announced the birth of her first baby on Monday (June 2). She has since revealed their name with adorable first photos.
The star, who was linked to Spencer Matthews during her time on the show, welcomed the little girl with her boyfriend, Tom Liddell.
Initially, she shared a gallery of pictures of herself heavily pregnant – the last ones taken before she gave birth. However, in a new update, she’s opened up about becoming a mum.
‘She’s tiny, but oh so mighty’
In a new post shared on Thursday (June 5), Caggie uploaded a snapshot of herself with Tom at the hospital. She gave birth at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.
While holding a bouquet of flowers, first-time mum Caggie flashed a smile while her boyfriend held their baby in a car seat.
In the following slide, Tom was captured walking out of the hospital with their newborn. However, fans were given their first proper photo of their daughter on the third slide.
While sitting in their seat, their baby was wrapped up in a multicoloured blanket.
In her caption, Caggie revealed their daughter’s name, writing: “Lola Violet Liddell came into our lives last week – she’s tiny, but oh so mighty.”
She also detailed how her first week as a mother has come with its challenges.
“It’s been a tender few days of sleepless nights and deep healing – physically, emotionally, psychologically. Tears of overwhelming joy and love but also of exhaustion. The hormone crash alone is enough to floor you, but then there’s the spiritual expansion that is so great it takes your breath away,” she said.
“In these first moments of motherhood, I’ve struggled to find words that truly capture it — but the one I come back to most is otherworldly.”
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‘I have nightmares of worry’
Caggie continued: “My birth didn’t go the way I’d planned but I believe I had the birth I was meant to have. I was called to face my deepest fears – and divinely, I was graced with the most incredible midwives who held me through every moment. They made me feel safe, I trusted them. I could cry just thinking about them now as they were real life angels that made would could have been a grueling birth experience into an overall positive one.”
She insisted the love she has for Lola is “all consuming and debilitating kind that brings you to your knees”. Caggie said she dreams of her daughter but also stated she has “nightmares of worry and confusion thinking I’ve lost her or imagined her”.
She described the first five days as “really brutal”. However, the cuddles are “the greatest thing”.
Caggie Dunlop baby announcement
Following the birth, Caggie Dunlop shared a photo of her with a huge bump. She wrote: “These were the last pictures taken of me pregnant. I gave birth to our baby girl on Wednesday morning, Our hearts are exploding with love. And I’m completely overwhelmed by the tiredness.
“The initiation into motherhood has been unlike anything I could have imagined. I’m just trying to keep my head above water. I’ll share more in the coming days, but for now, we’re deep in the ‘newborn trenches’ as they say.”
She then went on to add: “Everyone told me to take photos while pregnant because I’d regret it if I didn’t. At the time, I really didn’t feel like being in front of a camera… but I’m so glad we captured these, the day before she arrived.”
She continued: “I already miss her being in my belly – the safety, the unity. It’s been replaced with a constant undercurrent of worry and anxiety. I remember someone once described this part as your heart now living outside your chest – and I’m learning what that really means.”
Caggie then shared: “Every cry pierces deeply. Every feed touches a part of you you didn’t know existed. It’s a brutal awakening, a maddening kind of magic. I can’t believe I’m a mum.”
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Congratulations pour in
The star, who appeared on the E4 show for three series before leaving in 2012, was soon flooded with well wishes from her MIC castmates.
Millie Mackintosh wote: “I can’t wait to meet him or her!! So so happy for you.”
Hugo Taylor wrote: “Love ya,” while Emma Louise Connolly, who is married to MIC star Ollie Proudlock, gushed: “The best.”
“So very proud of you. How lucky she is to have you as her mama,” YouTuber Niomi Smart said.
Caggie’s relationship with Spencer Matthews
Caggie joined the likes of Spencer Matthews, Hugo Taylor and Millie Mackintosh in the original line up of Made in Chelsea.
Her will they/won’t they relationship with co-star Spencer – which he revealed left him heartbroken – was heavily documented at the time. He is now loved up with wife Vogue Williams. They share three kids.
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