First Dates

EXCLUSIVE: There's going to be a First Dates BABY!

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Lauren Leonard

We were the first to tell you about Dan and Lauren, two people that went to the First Dates restaurant to find love separately but ended up getting together months later - it was all very lovely. You can read more about their really sweet love story here.

And now, in a GLAMOUR EXCLUSIVE, we can reveal that they are expecting a baby. Yes, this is the FIRST First Dates baby.

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Lauren Leonard

The couple have found out the sex and a baby boy is due at the beginning of October. Will the little one be named after the First Dates maître d' Fred? The couple haven't ruled it out. Lauren told us: "I like traditional names and would call our baby Fred like the famous Fred, but Dan is a little more out there, if he had his way it would be called Jäger!"

This is a little in-joke about his original date on First Dates where he had one too many Jägers.

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Lauren Leonard

But the pair are thrilled with their baby news: "Dan and I are so happy and can't wait to have our own little family. Dan is completely over the moon - every Wednesday he sings Happy Birthday to the bump as the weeks go by and I wake up to him talking to the baby."

Aww, that makes us feel all warm 'n' cuddly inside.

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Lauren Leonard

Lauren joked: "In scans, the baby looks like Dan's double and is already pouting like his father! I'll no doubt have double trouble on my hands but I'm really ready to be a mum."

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Lauren Leonard

Have they ever watched the episodes of when they were on First Dates? No. Lauren said: "We've not been able to watch ourselves again on TV... but Dan is considering applying for his Nan to appear on the next series although he is a bit worried about her diabetes and the temptation of the dessert trolley."

We imagine she might be a little busy for a love life - what with grandma duties.

Congratulations to the happy couple.