Corrie's Mikey North and wife Rachel admit unborn son was conceived on their wedding night
WITH little over a month to go until they welcome their first child, Mikey North and his wife Rachel have opened up about finding out that they were expecting.
Mikey North has opened up about finding out he was having a little boy
The Coronation Street regular, who plays Gary Windass, admits they were convinced they were going to have a boy during an interview with OK! magazine.
Rachel commented: "I was doing tests for a week before because I was convinced I was pregnant, but they kept saying negative. But I just felt different."
Mikey continued: "I was amazed. It’s such a big miracle to happen in the first place. You find out and realise that your life is going to change forever."
The actor insisted that he didn’t get teary though: "We were both feeling emotional but, for once, I didn’t cry. That makes a change – I must be starting to man up in my old age!"
The actor posed with his pregnant wife Rachel
Mikey plays Gary Windass in the ITV soap
The parents-to-be got married back in January, around the same time their unborn son was conceived.
Mikey stated: "Judging by the date that the baby’s due, we think we conceived on our wedding night! Which I do remember – just about!
"We are really fortunate. We weren’t expecting it to happen as soon as it did."
The couple wed back in January
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The soap star said he knew he was having a boy
Rachel, whose is expected to give birth on November 7, went on to say they they "both thought it would be a boy all along".
Mikey added: "Rach has always said she’ll have two boys and I’ve thought the same. I know it’s down to luck in the end, but we were always convinced that it would be a boy.
"He’s probably going to take after his dad and be a sleepwalker! The other night I went to sleep in the spare room, so as not to disturb Rach, and I woke up in the street wrapped up in the duvet.
"I’d managed to turn off the burglar alarm before going out of the house, too," the star stated.
The full interview can be seen in the latest issue of OK! magazine, which is out tomorrow.