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EastEnders' Lacey Turner debuts daughter and reveals unique name 👶

She gave birth earlier this month!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 29th Jul 2019

EastEnders star Lacey Turner has shared the first pictures of her newborn daughter and revealed her name! The 31-year-old, who gave birth on 12th July, welcomed her first child with husband Matt Kay after the pair tied the knot in 2017.

In an interview with OK! magazine, Lacey confirmed that she and Matt had chosen a slightly unusual name - Dusty Violet Kay. She was also pictured for the first time in a stunning snap shared on the OK! website, showing baby Dusty sleeping peacefully in her arms.

Speaking to the publication, Lacey revealed how the couple had come up with the unique name, confirming that they actually plucked it from an Internet search! "It wasn’t on our original list but we did an internet search for ‘pretty girls’ names’ and we both said it at the same time!

"Her middle name is Violet, which I also love. We’ve had mixed reactions, people either think it’s really cool or they don’t really know what to say!"

Matt added, "The only other Dusty I know is Dusty Springfield. We do like Dusty Springfield but she wasn’t named after her!"

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Lacey also spoke about the couple's difficult journey to parenthood, as they suffered two devastating miscarriages before falling pregnant with miracle baby Dusty. She revealed that they'd first become pregnant in October 2017, just a month after they got married.

"We were so excited and were thinking of baby names and then in December, when I was seven weeks pregnant, I lost it. It felt like my whole world had fallen to pieces and there's nothing you can do apart from try and put it back together.

"I blamed myself thinking that I'd done something wrong. I'd think, why me? What did I do? But, of course, I hadn't done anything wrong – it's all down to chromosomes and luck, really."

Thankfully, they've now welcomed baby Dusty and look incredibly happy - congratulations to the family!

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