Mark Feehily has announced he and his fiancé Cailean O’Neill are having a baby.
The Westlife star shared the happy news on social media as he gushed over his “most special birthday ever”.
Mark, who turned 39 today, shared a snap of himself and Cailean alongside a baby scan picture as he told fans they are “beyond excited” to be having their first child.
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes everyone!🎂
It makes this my most special birthday EVER to let everyone know that later this year we will become Dads for the first time. This is the proudest moment of our lives and we are beyond excited to say it out loud! 🌈👶🏻❤️ M&Cx pic.twitter.com/EtyQ8jE8ru
— MarkusFeehily (@MarkusFeehily) 28 May 2019
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He wrote: “Thanks for all the Birthday wishes everyone! It makes this my most special birthday EVER to let everyone know that later this year we will become Dads for the first time.
“This is the proudest moment of our lives and we are beyond excited to say it out loud! M&Cx.”
Fans rushed to congratulate the couple, with one person writing: “Happy birthday and congratulations!!! Love you, Mark.”
Another said: “Awwww!!! Congratulations to you both,” while a third gushed: “OMG SO HAPPY FOR YOU TWO.”
Mark’s Westlife pal Kian Egan also congratulated him.
Kian shared Mark’s post on Instagram alongside the caption: “Such huge excitement here today!
“Not only is it @markusmoments birthday but then for him and Cailean to share there news that THEY ARE HAVKNG A BABY!
“Aggggggggggghhhhhhh… you gotta love this westlife family! 10 westlife babies now!!! (sic)”
Shane Filan wrote on Instagram: “So happy for you both. Can’t wait for westlife baby number 10 to arrive.”
It comes months after Mark announced that he and Cailean were engaged.
In February, Mark shared a photo of his hand with a silver wedding band on next to two glasses of Prosecco as the couple enjoyed a holiday in the Maldives.
Mark also shared a video of their tropic getaway and another image showing the couple walking along the beach.
The singer wrote: “2019 has been so amazing to me so far and it’s only getting started! I wanted to be the first to say it… #engaged.”
Mark has kept his relationship private over the last six years and rarely opens up about his love life.
But during an interview with MailOnline in 2017, Mark explained he keeps his romance under wraps because Cailean has “no experience in the music industry” and is “quite shy about coming to the red carpet”.
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The My Love singer also admitted at the time that the couple planned to start a family.
He added: “I am looking into all the options and obviously it is a little more complex for a gay couple than a heterosexual couple because they can just do it- literally. I am more ready now then I ever have been, I have never felt more eager and broody.”
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