Catherine Tyldesley

The former Abi Peterson actress has revealed the touching meaning behind her daughter's name just weeks after welcoming her second child.

There you'll also find our Emmerdale features and news about the show's 50th anniversary plans. Cath also said she feels more relaxed with her second child than they did with Alfie, added: “With our first baby, we didn’t have a Scooby-Doo what we were doing and I think I tried to cope on my own. Iris Ella was born on April 19 at St Mary’s in Manchester weighing 8lb, Cath, who used hypnobirthing and meditation music during the birth, revealed she was two weeks overdue and so had to be induced. Even when my friends said 'Let’s do a baby shower,' I said 'I can’t. I’ve not got it in me.'" "If you talk to other mums, it can really help." She said: "These first few weeks have been so precious.

The Corrie actress, who left the show back in December 2017, married Tom Pitfield in 2016 and has a son with him, named Alfie James Pitfield.

“I wasn’t socialising. We are grateful beyond words and feel overjoyed that our family is complete." Tyldesley also said that she feels more relaxed with her second child than they did with her first, Alfie, noting: “With our first baby, we didn’t have a Scooby-Doo what we were doing and I think I tried to cope on my own. Tyldesley also shared the first image of her baby girl as part of a family photoshoot with the magazine. Tyldesley, who also played Iris Moss in the BBC drama Lilies in 2007, revealed that her character and her newborn daughter now share the same. Tyldesley, who played Eva Price on the ITV soap, announced in April that she had given birth to her second child with her husband Tom Pitfield.