TOWIE star pregnant: Cara Kilbey announces pregnancy after emergency surgery

The former TOWIE star is expecting her third child follow a ruptured ectopic pregnancy

Cara Kilbey TOWIE star pregnant

by Nathan Katnoria |
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Former TOWIE star Cara Kilbey has announced the exciting news that she’s pregnant with her third child, almost a year after she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery following a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.

Cara made the announcement on Instagram as she shared a snap of her blossoming bump with the caption, “6 Months Baby ✌🏽 Baby Harris Due in May 🍼.”

The reality star was inundated with congratulations from her former TOWIE co-stars in the comments section, including Billie Faiers, who wrote, “Congratulations darling ♥️😘✨.” Amber Dowding added, “Well don’t you look amazing 😍 congratulations darling xx,” while Ferne McCann commented, “Oh wow darling congratulations you look amazing ❤️.”

Cara already shares a daughter, Penelope Blu, and a son, Hunter, with her partner Daniel Harris who she first met in 2014.

Cara Kilbey's daughter Penelope Blu Harris

In 2015, Cara exclusively announced she was 22 weeks pregnant with her first child following a heartbreaking miscarriage. At the time, she said, "I was so nervous up until the 20 week scan. I've been trying to relax and enjoy my pregnancy but there's always been a niggle of worry. Now I've got past that point and everything is perfectly healthy, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I can start getting excited."

Cara added, "Daniel and I knew we wanted to get pregnant again straight away so I was overjoyed when I found out I was expecting two months later... I can see how something that traumatic can break up a couple. But we saw a different more caring side to each other and it brought us so much closer."

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Cara's daughter Penelope Blu was born in 2016 ©Instagram/Cara Kilbey

Cara's daughter Penelope Blu was born on 12 February 2016 and the reality star shared the happy news on Instagram as she posted a photo of the newborn resting on daddy Daniel's chest.

"Happy Valentine's Day to My Two Loves ❤️ Thank you for giving me the greatest gift of all. I Love you with all my heart ❤️," she captioned the post.

Penelope Blu is now five years old and will be turning six next month.

Cara Kilbey's son Hunter Harris

Just over a year after welcoming Penelope, Cara revealed that she was pregnant with her second child in June 2017. Alongside an adorable photo of Penelope and Cara with their hands on their stomachs, the reality star wrote, "Oh Baby Baby #BabyNo2 #2under2".

Her son Hunter was born in December that year, which Cara announced on Instagram with a picture of the newborn's feet. Alongside the snap, Cara wrote, "Welcome to the World... Hunter James Harris 28.12.2017 8lb9oz."

Hunter turned four years old last month.

CHECK OUT: all of the TOWIE babies and their famous parents

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Amy Childs

The first of the really big names to come from TOWIE, Amy quit the show in 2011 and welcomed her first daughter, Polly, in 2017. She also has a son from a different relationship who she's kept out of the limelight, but accidentally revealed his name was Ritchie in an interview.

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Georgina Cleverly

Georgina Cleverley – née Dorset – was only on the show for two series and went on to have a two sons with her footballer hubby Tom, who she keeps off social media.

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Sam Faiers

Sam is mum to daughter Rosie and a son called Paul, who she named after her husband, also called Paul. "We always wanted him to be named Paul after his dad," she said."It's traditional and we didn't have any other names on the list, so he's Paul, and his middle name is Tony after Paul's brother, his Uncle Tony."She's made a household name for herself and her family with her hit reality show, The Mummy Diaries.

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Billy Faiers

Sam's lookalike big sister Billie is also a mum to two kids of her own, sharing daughter Nelly (five) and son Arthur (three) with her husband Greg Shepherd.

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Kirk Norcross

Despite being TOWIE's original bad boy, Kirk has overhauled his image in the last few years to be the ultimate family man. He's dad to son Harry, three, and daughter Violett, four - although Violett doesn't feature on his Instagram after her mum made it clear she didn't want her in the public eye.

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Maria Fowler

Maria is mum to four-year-old Evie who she shares with husband Kelvin Batey, and earlier this year revealed on Instagram that they were preparing to welcome baby number two.Back in 2018, Maria revealed she had suffered a miscarriage, writing on Instagram, "I feel silly even referring to it as a baby as we were really early in the pregnancy and had not yet had a scan but I did grieve and I did feel like I had lost something very special."I feel it is such a cruel twist of fate to get such happy news and then have it taken away. Just like that. No explanation."

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Chloe Sims

Chloe was already a mum when she joined the cast of TOWIE back in 2011. Her daughter Madison is now 15, and largely stays out of the public eye, although last year Chloe finally revealed Madison's dad was still a close pal, posting a picture to Instagram and writing, "So lots of people have always been interested in who is Maddie's dad, well, here he is..."I was 18, he was 24... all you nosy f--ckers who wanted to know, here he is!"

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Dan Osborne

TOWIE lothario Dan Osborne already had a son, Teddy, with ex Megan Tomlin when he joined TOWIE. After he was booted in 2015, Dan married EastEnders star Jaqueline Jossa and they have two daughters together, Mia and Ella.

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Lucy Mecklenburgh

Lucy Mecklenburgh quit TOWIE all the way back in 2013 and since then has had success as an influencer and fitness guru. In 2020 she welcomed her first child with her fiancé, Corrie actor Ryan Thomas, a son they named Roman.

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Lydia Bright

How cute is this? Long-term best pals Lucy and Lydia were both pregnant at the same time and gave birth just weeks apart. Lydia is going it alone as a single mother to baby Loretta, after splitting with Loretta's dad Lee Cronin during her pregnancy.

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Ferne McCann

One of TOWIE's most high profile mums, Ferne McCann welcomed her daughter Sunday in 2017following a difficult few months. Shortly before announcing her pregnancy Ferne's boyfriend Arthur Collins was arrested and charged with an acid attack in an East London club that left two victims blind. And weeks before Sunday was born he was sentenced to 20 years.

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Mario Falcone

TOWIE OG Mario left the show after 15 series, and in 2018 welcomed a son, Parker Jax,with his fiancée Becky Meisner.

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Chloe Lewis

Chloe quit the show in 2019 after revealing she'd found herself a new relationship and it wasn't long before she and new man Danny Flasher announced they were expecting. They welcomed a healthy baby boy, Beau Lewis, in October 2019.

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Jake Hall

Meanwhile, Chloe's TOWIE boyfriend Jake Hall went on to have a family of his own. Despite an at times messy relationshipwith Real Housewives of Cheshire's Misse Beqiri, the couple welcomed a daughter in 2018, who they named River.

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Billi Mucklow

Billi Mucklow, who left TOWIE in 2013, must certainly have her hands full with her huge blended family with footballer fiancé Andy Carroll. The couple are raising Andy's kids from a previous relationship, Lucas and Emilie, and have two of their own together, Arlo and Wolf. In early 2020 they announced they were expecting AGAIN. Phew.

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Danielle Armstrong

Danielle Armstrong welcomed her first child with long-term pal Tom Edney in May 2020 after being "pregnant forever" and begging fans for tips on inducing labour. She took to Instagram to update followers on the birth, writing, "My world Is complete ud83dudc76ud83cudffcud83dudc95 Orla Mae Edney Born May 26th at 16:30pm, weighing a healthy 8Ibs11".

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Lauren Pope

Lauren quit TOWIE in 2019 after a staggering nine years on the show. In July 2020, she and her boyfriend welcome a little girl called Raine Anais Keterman.

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Sam Mucklow and Shelby Tribble

After a whopping three-day labour, Sam and Shelby welcomed their first child, a boy, in November 2020. "Shelby and our beautiful baby boy are both well and healthy," he wrote on Instagram. "Shelby didn't have a straightforward labour so she has been in hospital for five days. She has been an absolute soldier."

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Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallet

TOWIE's power couple Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallet welcomed their baby boy Brody on 5th May, 2021. They even reveal that "Mallet" is not actually Tommy's surname, when they introduced baby as Brody Fordham.

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Lauren Goodger

After years of dreaming of being a mum, Lauren finally welcomed her first child, a daughter called Larose, In July 2021. Sadly when Larose was just a couple of months old, Lauren split from the baby's dad Charles Drury, but is smashing being a single mum.

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Cara Kilbey's ectopic pregnancy

Last year, Cara was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery to remove one of her fallopian tubes after suffering a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.

In a heartfelt statement on Instagram in May 2021, Cara wrote, "I've been quiet on Instagram recently… Last month I found out I had an ectopic pregnancy that had ruptured and caused an internal bleed, so was rushed into theatre for an emergency op.

"Now I'm back again, but this time with kidney stones."

According to the NHS, an ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. If the egg gets stuck, it won't develop into a baby but it can lead to life-threatening injuries if the embryo grows and causes the tube to burst.

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Who is Cara Kilbey's partner Daniel Harris?

Cara Kilbey and her partner Daniel Harris have been together since 2014 and share two children, with their third on the way.

In 2017, the same year that their son Hunter was born, Daniel was convicted of possessing criminal property after stashing £116,000 of cash in his daughter's bedroom and was sentenced to two years in prison, although he was released just weeks later after already having served a year in prison on remand.

Cara and Daniel are still together and the former TOWIE star regularly shares loved-up snaps and family photo on her Instagram page @carakilbey.

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