Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Helen Flanagan has described the moment she knew she was in labour.
The Corrie favourite, who welcomed her baby boy Charlie on Thursday, has spoken out on her Instagram about the run-up to giving birth.
The 30-year-old actress shared her labour story and a photo of her hugging her eldest child Matilda, six, taken just before she set off for hospital.
Helen, who also has a two-year-old daughter Delilah, wrote: "Love this picture of me and my big girl just before Scott and I set off for the hospital. "I woke up about 5am with pains (like bad period cramps) and ran a bath to see if it would settle (had lots of Braxton Hicks) but I just knew
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