BABY JOY - ‘IF THEY WERE ALL LIKE DUSTY WE'D HAVE LOADS OF KIDS!'
OK! UK|September 29, 2020
EASTENDERS STAR LACEY TURNER AND HER HUSBAND MATT KAY EXCLUSIVELY REVEAL TO OK!’S ANNABEL ZAMMIT THEY’RE EXPECTING THEIR SECOND CHILD
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BABY JOY - ‘IF THEY WERE ALL LIKE DUSTY WE'D HAVE LOADS OF KIDS!'

Lacey Turner is sitting in the kitchen of her Hertfordshire home, chatting, while her husband, Matt Kay, is dancing around the room with their one-year-old daughter, Dusty. “When you see a man be so amazing with their daughter it makes you love them even more,” the EastEnders actress says as she watches her husband of three years make Dusty giggle with delight.

It’s no surprise, then, that the couple decided to try for another baby – and now they can exclusively reveal to OK! that Lacey is 16 weeks pregnant. “We feel so lucky to be expecting our second baby, as it took so long to get Dusty,” says Lacey, 32, who’s due in February.

The journey to parenthood was a long and heartbreaking one for the couple. Lacey suffered two miscarriages before becoming pregnant with Dusty. Both were at seven weeks. Afterwards, Lacey underwent tests to determine any medical issues (there weren’t any) and a period of six months where they didn’t fall pregnant, before having Dusty in July 2019. “We didn’t know if it was going to take years again so it was an amazing surprise,” says barber Matt, also 32.

Following lockdown, EastEnders recently returned to our screens and this week viewers will see Lacey’s character Stacey Slater return to Walford to discover her estranged husband Martin Fowler [James Bye] is in a relationship with her best friend Ruby Allen [Louisa Lytton] and in true Albert Square style, there will be fireworks! “It’s always so much more fun to play a feisty character,” laughs Lacey, who’s been in the BBC show since she was 16 years old.

This story is from the September 29, 2020 edition of OK! UK.

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