{"id":385267,"date":"2026-04-06T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385267\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:03:12","slug":"ireland-am-star-pregnant-with-her-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385267\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland AM star pregnant with her first child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/02\/27\/entertainment\/siomha-ni-ruairc-baby-born\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland AM<\/a> chef Lara Battigelli\u00a0has announced she is expecting her first baby with her husband Stephen Leddy.<\/p>\n<p>Lara and Stephen tied the knot in the stunning surroundings of Tuscany in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The TV chef and blogger took to social media to share that their family was growing from two to three with a sweet pregnancy announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-06-162749.jpg\" alt=\"Lara Battigelli announces her baby news with husband Stephen Leddy. Pic: Instagram\/Lara Battigelli\" class=\"wp-image-2128817\"  \/>Lara Battigelli announces her baby news with husband Stephen Leddy. Pic: Instagram\/Lara Battigelli<\/p>\n<p>In a series of loved up snaps, the mum-to-be debuted her bump and showcased her ultrasound scan while hubby Stephen delightedly help up a pair of tiny baby shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing her due date, the content creator, who has over 120 thousand followers and travels between Cavan and London, gushed: \u2018Upgrading to Mom &amp; Dad, September 2026\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/526ddf55-7b5e-49df-9f1d-3ae1f97b54c8.jpg\" alt=\"Lara Battigelli\" class=\"wp-image-2128811\"  \/>Lara Battigelli <\/p>\n<p>Well wishes quickly poured in for the parents-to-be, with fellow Irish foodie influencer Alice Kelly writing: \u2018Ohhhh congrats Lara!! Such wonderful news\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/04\/02\/entertainment\/katja-mia-six-oclock-departure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katja Mia<\/a> sweetly added: \u2018Congratulations!\u2019 alongside a heart emoji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland AM chef Lara Battigelli\u00a0has announced she is expecting her first baby with her husband Stephen Leddy. Lara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-385267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}