Coronation Street’s Sair Khan has confirmed she has given birth to a baby boy.
Sair plays Alya Nazir in the ITV soap. In order to facilitate Sair’s maternity leave, Alya was offered a new job in Dublin, and left Weatherfield in the episode broadcasted on May 8.
Taking to Instagram to share some adorable pictures of herself, her new baby and partner Nathan, Sair wrote a lengthy message alongside describing the birth, and adjusting to life as new parents.
‘He’s here! Okay, when I said ‘Spring awakening’ in my last post I didn’t mean ‘keep’ me awake. 😂 The new parent zombie look is definitely a thing isn’t it’, she penned.
‘More importantly our little boy is just marvellous. Very serious and curious about the world. He’s super strong and so resilient for joining me on the absolute rollercoaster that was our 22 hours of labour. We didn’t quite get the birth i’d hoped for but that’s okay (two birth pools, no water birth) 😂
‘How can I describe the labour experience… it was raw and primal and I’m glad I kept an open heart and no expectations because my gosh I had NO IDEA what a ride I was in for. And since then we’ve been non stop trying to figure out latches and vomit and tears all while dealing with sleep deprivation and the small issue of trying to heal my own body too. Massive respect to all the new Mama’s and Dad’s trying to get through those first few days and weeks. 🙏🏽♥️🫶🏾’
Sair added: ‘Somehow we’re off the starting blocks and I’m so unbelievably grateful for our healthy baby, for Nathan and the for the incredible support network around us for their patience, generosity and late night voice notes that have kept me going. Anyone else ever felt like there’s a DJ beat coming from your breast pump at 3am or is that what delirium is?!’
In an adorable and thoughtful way to end the post, Sair said: ‘I’ll get round to sharing all the bits and bobs that I’ve found most useful in the early days. Sound machine is definitely up there, can’t believe we did without it those first few days! And also eevvvvery-thing for soothing yourself during breast feeding! Lanolin balm, Silver Shields, Silicone shields.
‘For now it’s back to the cuteness, cuddles and intoxicating new baby smell that are making it all worthwhile. Sair x 💋 🤍 🫶🏾’
Sair and Nathan began dating in 2020 after meeting through a mutual friend, and have remained ‘head over heels’ for each other ever since.
At the end of 2021, Nathan had an operation to remove a benign bone tumour. He decided to set up a YouTube channel and began documenting his experiences living with a tumour in his pelvis.
Sair’s partner was due to have the operation on December 29 but ten minutes before, the op was cancelled and rescheduled for a week later.
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When Sair announced her pregnancy at the end of last year, her Instagram post saw her open up about Nathan’s surgery.
She said: ‘Last year was a challenging time for us both with Nathan’s chondroblastoma surgery on his pelvis. It’s been a long road to recovery and still has many obstacles ahead as we deal with the spread of the tumour to his lungs.
‘Life can be difficult and there’ll always be challenges to face but there are also important lessons to be learnt and gifts to be cherished.’
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