Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie expecting their second baby, as she says she had miscarriage

Carrie Johnson announced her pregnancy on Instagram and said she felt "incredibly blessed to be pregnant again" but also "like a bag of nerves" following a miscarriage earlier this year.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are expecting their second baby, she has announced.

In an Instagram post Carrie Johnson also said she had a miscarriage earlier this year.

She wrote: “Hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas.

“At the beginning of the year, I had a miscarriage which left me heartbroken. I feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again but I’ve also felt like a bag of nerves.”

Mrs Johnson added: “Fertility issues can be really hard for many people, particularly when on platforms like Instagram it can look like everything is only ever going well.

“I found it a real comfort to hear from people who had also experienced loss so I hope that in some very small way sharing this might help others too.”

A “rainbow baby” is a child born after a miscarriage, stillborn or neonatal death.