David Melleny and his wife Megan could not be happier in their baby bubble – but as they reveal, they were going through a very sad time when they found out the good news
The Yorkshire Vet’s David Melleney – though he’s the first to admit that becoming a first-time dad is quite a learning curve – is in a happy baby bubble with wife Megan, 28, after the couple welcomed their first child on 19 May. And as they welcome OK! into their rural home in Holmfirth, Yorkshire for an exclusive interview, they also reveal why their journey was so emotional at times.
Speaking of his adorable firstborn, a little girl named Lilah Rose, David revealed: “She’s been amazing so far,” he beams, sitting next to wife Megan and Lilah, who has an impressive head of baby-soft dark hair. “She’s been sleeping and eating, but we’ve been warned that everything can change.”
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The Channel 5 star married dentist Megan in a beautiful ceremony at Chateau du Doux, in France’s Dordogne, in September 2023 – and Lilah is the the first grandchild for Megan’s mum and dad, Steve and Della. But as the couple explain, when they found out they were expecting, Megan’s family were going through a difficult time, a double loss which made them cautious about finding the right moment to break their happy news.
“I’d lost both my grandmas in the space of a month, and the day we found out was the day we were clearing out Nan’s stuff from her house. My period was late, but I thought it might have been stress, so I did a test to check. It was a surreal and very emotional day”, says Megan, reflectively.
“We decided to wait a couple of weeks to tell people, including Mum and Dad. My mum and my nan were really close so I just didn’t think it was the right time. When we did tell them, everyone was overjoyed. I have one younger brother and we were pretty close to our cousins growing up, so the house was always full. I always knew I wanted to be a mum. No one in my generation has yet had a baby, so Lilah is already very spoiled.”
Aside from the sadness of family losses, Megan says her pregnancy was in general smooth-sailing – confessing she only stopped working when it got to the point where her bump made it hard to “bend over and use my arms”. And thankfully, after what in the end was a very swift labour, Lilah was born happy and healthy.
The couple spent one night in hospital before returning home for the very first time as a family of three, to a waiting charcuterie board and a bottle of wine which had been sweetly prepared by David’s brother Peter and his parents Paul and Vicky. “So I had a glass of wine and cried as I ate Parma ham, because that’s how emotional you are when you get out of hospital,” Megan laughs.
Fans of The Yorkshire Vet can also expect to see Lilah make her TV debut soon, as David and Megan introduce their new addition to The Yorkshire Vet viewers in a special episode which includes her arrival.
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