Pregnant Olivia Bowen displayed her growing baby bump in black lace lingerie as she posed for sexy Instagram snaps on Wednesday.
The former Love Island star, 30, announced last week she and husband Alex, 33, are expecting their second child.
And embracing her pregnancy, Olivia looked radiant and glowing as she struck a pose in the racy underwear.
The couple, who have been together for almost a decade, welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022.
She captioned her post: ‘If there’s any a time I need an extra confidence boost it’s when I’m pregnant, sicky, exhausted & growing by the minute – a little spruce up & some beautifully designed lingerie really does do the job
‘Other ways I get that much needed self love in whilst pregnant: baths with so many bubbles, curling my hair (new personality unlocked), face mask, spending loads of quality time with my girlfriends, cuddles with bae.’
Pregnant Olivia Bowen, 30, displayed her growing baby bump in black lace lingerie as she posed for sexy Instagram snaps on Wednesday
The former Love Island star announced last week she and husband Alex, 33, are expecting their second child
She shared a heartwarming video of the pregnancy so far and wrote in the caption: ‘A moment, a love- baby no2 – we’re waiting for you.’
The sweet clip, which looks like it had been recorded on a camcorder, showed the moment the couple find out they were pregnant.
It also featured adorable family moments between Olivia and Alex, and their son Abel, including the little one kissing his mother’s stomach and wearing a shirt that reads ‘big brother’.
Olivia showed off her blossoming baby bump in multiple clips of the video, as the family prepare to become a four.
Olivia and Alex, formerly a sales executive and scaffolder respectively, soared to fame in 2016 when they appeared on the ITV2 reality show, where she was an original star and he, a late and extremely popular entrant.
After leaving the villa their romance soon went from strength to strength and Alex popped the question in New York in December 2016.
They tied the knot at an idyllic Essex ceremony in September 2018.
After leaving the show, the couple earned thousands through brand deals and even had their own TV show, Olivia and Alex Said Yes, on TLC in 2018.
And embracing her pregnancy, Olivia looked radiant and glowing as she struck a pose in the racy underwear
Olivia announced she was pregnant with her second child last week
The Love Island star shared the adorable moment in a video on Instagram
She shared a heartwarming video of the pregnancy so far and wrote in the caption: ‘A moment, a love- baby no2 – we’re waiting for you’
Following the birth of her first child, Olivia admitted that she ‘really really struggled’ with her postpartum figure so much so that she ‘hated’ herself ‘beyond belief’.
In a candid and emotional chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast in November, Olivia told how she ‘knew’ she’d struggle to with the look of her body after giving birth, with the star constantly comparing herself to other new mums.
Discussing her post-pregnancy figure, she said: ‘So I knew when I got pregnant that was something that I would just lose my s**t over after. I really… I still struggle with it
‘But after I hated myself like beyond belief. Like really, really struggled with my body image. Pregnant – loved, loved, loved it. And then the minute, that minute Abel was born and I was looking at myself in a completely different light, which makes no sense.
‘The fact that you can look at yourself when you’re pregnant and absolutely love the way you look and think, “wow, I’m incredible. I’m carrying this baby”. But then after it was like I was comparing myself to other girls that were in the public eye, that had had kids around the same time as me.
‘And I was looking at them thinking, “oh my God, you look amazing” and not thinking about myself and thinking, “I need to bounce back”.’
After convincing herself that she didn’t look great in comparison to others, Olivia embarked on a gruelling exercise routine – which would prove to have a negative effect on her body.
She explained: ‘I ended up actually really injuring myself because I had a complicated birth.
The sweet clip, which looks like it had been recorded on a camcorder, showed the moment the couple find out they were pregnant
The clip featured adorable family moments between Olivia and Alex, and their son Abel, including the little one kissing his mother’s stomach and wearing a shirt that reads ‘big brother’
‘I started running too early because I was so conscious of what I looked like.I ended up breaking my stitches. I ended up… I horse rode too early because I wanted to get fit again, and I caused myself a lot of damage.
‘Not going into too much detail, but I ended up, like, actually really hurting myself from wanting to bounce back.’
But despite causing herself physical pain through her actions, the influencer confessed that she would probably still do the same thing again if they had another child.
She said: ‘It was like… and even now, I think I still wouldn’t have done it differently. Really, the first time around… The second… If I got pregnant again, I know to look after myself, but I know for a fact I would have done that again and again and again.
‘Like that wouldn’t have changed. But I guess it is, you know, my job is on social media. And to see all these girls look so incredible and think that you don’t look like that.
‘It was such a hard thing. And because I’d always had such great body confidence and I loved my body, that was just someone I didn’t really recognize and I had no respect for. And it’s, it’s so sad.’
While Olivia struggled with her body image, she also faced a battle with postnatal depression.
Opening up to Giovanna on not feeling like a mother when Abel was born, she said: ‘I remember writing in my notes, actually, I think he was about three months old, and I remember writing in my notes that I didn’t want to be looked at as a mum.
Olivia and Alex, formerly a sales executive and scaffolder respectively, soared to fame in 2016 when they appeared on the ITV2 reality show, where she was an original star and he, a late and extremely popular entrant
The couple welcomed their first child, son Abel, two, back in June 2022
After the birth of her first child, Olivia admitted that she ‘really really struggled’ with her postpartum figure so much so that she ‘hated’ herself ‘beyond belief’
‘I was like, I’m not a mum, I don’t feel like a mum. I have a baby and I love my baby, but I do not want anyone to look at me or call me mum.
‘I didn’t like it when people referred to me as mum. I hated it.’
As Giovanna suggested it was due to Olivia perhaps feeling ‘lost’ amid the traumatic birth, Olivia explained: ‘I think it I think it is like the lost feeling afterwards. Like I think that postnatal is just so, so common and we don’t even realize it. And I really struggled after, like anxiety wise, I was really depressive.
‘And I do think I was just shunning the image of being a mom because I just so wasn’t ready to give up who I was before, and I felt like I’d lost my whole identity. I had no clue who I was. Yeah, like I remember talking to my friends and being like, I literally don’t know who I am.
‘Like, I could not tell you one thing about myself and to lose yourself like that deeply. And then I think I’ve always. Because I didn’t want kids, I always looked at being a mom as not a bad thing, but just something that was never me.’
In August 2024, Olivia explained that she is aware of the fleeting nature of Love Island fame, and decided to begin investing in property, while following her dream of a career in interior design.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, she said: ‘I know Love Island won’t last for ever. I’ve got my [influencing] career, which I absolutely adore, but I know things are going to change. Interior design has become something that I want to do with my life.
‘My dad always instilled the importance of property into me and I had that in the back of my mind.’
Olivia and Alex tied the knot in a luxurious Essex ceremony two years after meeting on Love Island during series two
Alex and Olivia splashed out around £800,000 in 2017 to purchase their first home in Chelmsford, Essex, before buying Olivia’s dream house in 2020 for just over £1 million
Alex and Olivia splashed out around £800,000 in 2017 to purchase their first home in Chelmsford, Essex, before buying Olivia’s dream house in 2020 for just over £1 million.
The same year they also invested £128,000 into a one-bedroom in Birmingham, to renovate it and then rent it out.
Then, they sold their Essex house for £500,000 more than they bought it for and bought a plot in Essex for £250,000 in June 2023.
Finally moving into to their lavish home last month, the couple proudly displayed the final results of the swanky pad, which features an ‘ocean room’ for their toddler and even a sweet nod to the Love Island villa in Mallorca where they first met.
