Emmerdale fans reassure Isabel Hodgins after ‘awkward’ post-birth encounter | Soaps

Asking a woman about a pregnancy she hasn’t explicitly confirmed is an absolute no-no, but just that happened to Emmerdale’s Isabel Hodgins.

Isabel and partner Adam Whitehead recently welcomed their beautiful baby, a daughter named Georgie Grace, who was born on February 11.

Taking to Instagram, the two announced the birth with a reel, showing Isabel in the throes of labour, before cutting to an adorable black and white snap of her cuddling her brand new bundle of joy just a few weeks later.

Amid keeping fans up to date on her mothering journey, Isabel recently shared a further reel, detailing her return to the gym that was flooded with warm and supportive comments.

@sandrahicks839 commented: ‘Isabel, you are an amazing mum and mother, I think its wonderful that you want to do this, take your time, because this is your time now, lots of love from a big fan.’ @lorrainewilson7874 added: ‘Go mama. Slow and steady though. Your body grew a wee human and birthed her’

@janette.adair.31 said: ‘Go girl go…you are smashing motherhood, take care small steps’, while @ajd2701 wrote: ‘You look fab, I remember having my son and I decided I wanted to be fit and healthy so I could play football with him, run around and play all the silly games he wanted to’.

Fellow soap stars, Catherine Tyldesley and Brooke Vincent also commented, posting: ‘Go on momma!’ and ‘go on my love’ respectively.

Not all of her interactions were as soft and sweet, though.

Isabel took to Instagram and posted a selfie to her story, captioned: ‘Had someone come up to me in the gym today and ask when I’m due…slightly awkward for both of us when I said I had her 7 weeks ago.’

Big no-no.

Fans, as ever, flooded the post to support the new mum: ‘Happened to me! Awkward! But I smiled! It was there for a very good reason’, said one, with another adding: ‘Oh my goodness I’ve done that!! I was very embarrassed.’

Isabel keeps fans updated

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Isabel has been incredibly active on social media, detailing her new reality as a mum, with fans loving the super sweet content she shares.

Last week, Isabel created an adorable reel, taking fans through a morning with Georgie, captioned: ‘Mornings with my little miss’.

Giving viewers an insight into her new daily routine, Isabel showed her gorgeous daughter wriggling on the bed, plenty of nappy changes, feeding and a couple of outfit swaps.

A host of Isabel’s co-stars flooded the comment section with kind words and lovely messages, with Danny Miller, who plays brother in law, Aaron Dingle, said: ‘Oh hello!!’, to which Isabel replied with a slew of laughing face emojis. 

Lawrence Robb, who plays Mackenzie Boyd, wrote: ‘Song choice’, with clapping emojis, while Laura Norton, who plays Kerry Wyatt added: ‘Unreal’.

With Isabel celebrating her first mothers day this year, Adam curated a beautiful tribute on Instagram for her, posting a carousel of images, alongside a heartfelt caption.

‘Your first Mother’s Day,’ he began.

‘As if I didn’t already think you were amazing…but watching you become Georgie’s mum has opened my eyes even more. The love, patience and strength you show every day is incredible. We’re so lucky you’re ours.’

Emmerdale viewers recently saw Isabel’s alter-ego, Victoria Sugden, decide to head to Portugal for a fresh start with step-mum, Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen) and son Harry, after the guilt of killing half-brother, John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth), and blackmail from Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), saw her give up her share of farmland to him.

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