Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is pregnant with her second baby!

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by Emma Dodds |
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Olympic gold medallist Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is expecting her second child with husband Andy

Olympics champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced that she is expecting her second baby!

The track and field athlete made the announcement on her Instagram profile earlier today in a super cute snap with her two-year-old son Reggie.

Jessica had given her little boy a book entitled I'm Going To Be A Big Brother, and captioned the pic: "Someone's going to be a big brother. Another little Ennis-Hill on the way. So happy," tagging her husband Andy.

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The Olympic gold medallist announced her pregnany on Instagram with this cute photo (Credit: Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill) ©Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill

Jess, who was made a dame in this year's New Year's Honours List, retired from her professional athletic career in October last year after winning silver in the heptathlon event in Rio.

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The 31-year-old gave birth to little Reggie in July 2014, her and husband Andy's first child, whom she married in May 2013.

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Jessica and Andy married in May 2013 (Credit: Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill) ©Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill

But Jessica, from Sheffield, did not give herself much time off after giving birth, winning the World Championship Gold at Beijing in 2015 and competing a year later in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

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Jessica is careful to hide her son's face from cameras (Credit: Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill) ©Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill

Speaking to Cosmopolitan.co.uk last August, Jess slated the idea that new mums should get to the gym straight away.

She said: "There are so many people who are like, 'I need to get back to where I was straight away', and that's just not the case.

"I remember in lots of interviews I did after having Reggie everyone was like 'how did you get your six pack back straight away?' But it didn't happen that quickly.

"It takes time and I think it's really important that mums don't feel like they have to have the baby and then the next week start running and doing sit-ups."

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Jessica taking two-year-old Reggie for a walk on New Year's Day (Credit: Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill) ©Instagram/ Jessica Ennis-Hill

Congratulations to the family!

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