Fitness influencer Alice Liveing has given birth!
The vlogger, 32, announced on Sunday that she and her husband Patrick Murphy announced had welcomed a baby girl two weeks ago, in an ‘unexpected way’.
The married couple, who tied the knot a year ago, revealed the happy news on Instagram that they are now a family of three with a slew of adorable photos of their daughter.
Alice revealed that they had named the little one Jeannie Isabella Murphy and gushed they had been ‘soaking up every second of this bubble’.
While she also teased that Jeannie’s birth had been a ‘wild story’ that she would tell fans more about soon, while calling her baby girl ‘6lb2 of teeny tiny deliciousness’.
She wrote: ‘Creeping back online to announce the arrival of… Jeannie Isabella Murphy ✨
Fitness influencer Alice Liveing, 32, announced on Sunday that she and her husband Patrick Murphy announced had welcomed a baby girl two weeks ago, in an ‘unexpected way’
‘She burst in to the world in the most unexpected way. I can’t wait to share more on this because it’s a wild story but she’s here, she’s healthy, happy and safely earthside and that’s all we could ask for.
‘It’s been a whirlwind two weeks, and I’ve taken the most time offline since I started posting over 10 years ago to soak up every single second of this bubble we’re in.
‘Paddy goes back to work tomorrow, and I’m already feeling so wobbly about it, but it felt like the right time to be back here so I can share with you all and start getting back to our new normal.
‘So yes, here is our Jeannie girl, 6lb2 of teeny tiny deliciousness, and I can’t wait to share more with you all soon.’
Alice first announced her pregnancy in June as she shared the joyous news in an Instagram post, with a video of herself cradling her growing baby bump.
Alongside the sweet video, Alice penned: ‘Some news we wanted to share with you.
‘I appreciate that the journey to get here can be a hard one. And seeing this news isn’t always easy. My heart, and love go to anyone still there.
‘I haven’t wanted to hide this from you, but for various reasons and anxieties which I won’t go in to now we’ve wanted to wait a little longer and I hope you can understand that.’
Alice continued: ‘We’re both so excited, and filled with hope and love for our next chapter, and can’t wait to take you along with us. I’m due October so the countdown is truly on.
‘Big big love and I cannot wait to get back to sharing so much more soon.’
Alice was immediately inundated with well-wishes from her celebrity pals, with Vicky Pattison writing: ‘Oh wow!!! This is incredible news congratulations ♥️’. while Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie commented: ‘Oh I’m so so so pleased for you Alice ❤️’.
Katie Piper added: ‘Huge congratulations so happy for you ❤️’; as Kirsty Gallagher penned: ‘Congratulations lovely news ❤️’ and Frida Redknapp commented: ‘Wonderful and exciting news.’
Alice’s joyous news comes after she concerned fans by revealing that she was rushed to A&E after a routine GP check-up.
The blogger, who rose to fame with her Alice-with-the-abs persona, took to Instagram Story earlier this year to share the health update with fans.
Alice revealed she had been taking to Accident and Emergency after a mystery ailment arose during a routine appointment.
Alice first announced her pregnancy in June as she shared the joyous news in an Instagram post, with a video of herself cradling her growing baby bump
Alice rose to fame with her Alice-with-the-abs persona, and now dedicates her career to helping people be healthy whatever their weight
Earlier this year, Alice revealed she had been taking to Accident and Emergency after a mystery ailment arose during a routine appointment
Alice added with another selfie: ‘Not the dramatic day I was expecting, but also makes you 10x more grateful for everything’
Sharing a snap from her hospital bed with a cannula in her arm, Alice wrote: ‘What a weird old day. Routine GP appointment turned a quick trip to A&E. The NHS is amazing and I’m always in awe of everyone who keeps it running.’
Alice added with another selfie: ‘Not the dramatic day I was expecting, but also makes you 10x more grateful for everything.’
Sharing that she had since been discharged, Alice posted a photo of lunch of anchovies, dill and caper on toast with the caption: ‘Home and grateful for health.’
Alice said the ‘saga’ was continuing as doctors were unsure what was wrong with her – but assured fans it wasn’t life-threatening.
‘The saga continues today because basically they’re not quite sure what’s going on,’ she said. ‘At some point I’ll obviously talk about it all, but only when I’ve actually got a clue what the situation is.
‘Anyway, it’s not crazily dramatic or life-threatening so I’m fine. I’m just obviously worried and want some answers.’
Getting candid about her health last year with The Sunday Times, she reflected on her previous ‘Alice-with-the-abs’ persona, which saw her front her Instagram content with a muscular yet tiny frame.
But Alice revealed that her weight dropped so low, her periods stopped.
Despite becoming a hugely successful cookbook author and receiving publishing deals that celebrity chefs would envy, Alice has revealed that her dedication to so-called ‘clean eating’; left her sleeping badly, with thinning hair and ‘terrible’ skin.
She has revealed she was 25 years old and had just met her now-husband Paddy when she visited a fertility specialist to find out why her periods had stopped; but she was shocked by the doctor’s assessment.
‘She told me, “You’re not eating enough and doing too much exercise, your body is in a state of stress and if you carry on you won’t be able to have children.” Those words changed my life,’ Alice said.
Sharing that she had since been discharged, Alice posted a photo of lunch of anchovies, dill and caper on toast with the caption: ‘Home and grateful for health’
Following the news she might struggle to conceive, Alice began following a programme to gain 10kg which saw her exercising less and eating more. However, as she slowly put on weight, the influencer has revealed she struggled to always stick to the programme and fell back into ‘bad behaviours’ from time to time.
As she changed her life, so too did her career, and Alice dropped ‘Clean Eating’ from her Instagram title in 2017.
Now Alice’s page is full off encouraging images of a woman of a healthy weight encouraging others to improve their strength and fuel their bodies accordingly.
She has just penned her newest book, Give Me Strength (which is also the name of her fitness app) but has revealed the process of writing it was ‘painful’.
Alice said: ‘I bear a lot of responsibility for perpetuating a potentially damaging narrative.’
She added she didn’t realise what she was doing was ‘wrong’ but added she can now ‘own her mistakes’.
Looking back on her life as Clean Eating Alice, the influencer revealed she was often exhausted and in private, avoided social events that involved food or made excuses about having already eaten when she did attend dinners.
Despite this, Alice would pretend differently online and sometimes posted snaps of enjoying pizza with her friends on Instagram (even though she had ordered a salad for dinner).
‘That’s the bit I feel guiltiest about — I was lying, being disingenuous,’ she said, adding that her previous Instagram life was ‘smoke and mirrors’.
The influencer tracks her issues with food back to being a student at theatre school.
Alice previously revealed that once she met her now-husband Paddy she was warned her obsession with ‘clean living’ could affect her fertility
After a year of boozing and eating junk food, as many students do, Alice claims one of her tutors told her she should be ‘conscious of her body’ if she ever wanted to pursue showbusiness seriously.
The words clearly stung as Alice took a personal training course, began dieting, and dropped from a size 12 to a size 8 within months.
She opened her Instagram account alongside her body transformation and it rapidly gained several thousands of followers.
At 22, and, in her words, with ‘no qualifications to write a book’, she was offered ‘life changing money’ to author books on clean eating and weight loss.
