Charlotte Dawson gives birth to a baby boy as her fiance Matthew Sarsfield says ‘mum and baby are doing well’

CHARLOTTE Dawson has given birth to her baby boy.

The 28-year-old reality star bravely posed for pictures during her eight-hour labour this morning as she sucked on gas and air from her hospital bed.

And now Charlotte's fiancé Matt Sarsfield has revealed she has given birth.

"Baby and mum doing well! Thanks for the messages," the proud new dad posted on Instagram.

He also shared a glimpse of their newborn son in a blue babygro embroidered with 'Prince' and wrote: "The king is here."

The new mum has been open about sharing her pregnancy with fans on Instagram and this morning her labour was no different as she appeared in snaps in her nightie with her hair scraped up into a no-fuss bun.

Proud Matt had his arm around her shoulder - and was clearly beaming with joy despite his mouth being covered with a protective face mask.

He captioned the post: "We're all set ready for our little man!

"Charlotte's waters broke at 4.30, so proud of my girl @charlottedawsy she’s a trooper."

Their little boy is almost right on time - her due date was yesterday - and he was born exactly a week before her late dad Les Dawson's birthday on February 2.

The legendary comedian passed away from a heart attack in 1993 when Charlotte was just eight months old.

The star previously broke down in tears when she revealed she could see her late dad's face in one of her baby scans.

Sharing a picture of the circled scan, she told fans: "One of my lovely followers has sent me this from my scan video on my post before this … saying it’s my dads face in the black circle, can anyone see it????

“How weird !!!!!! If you don’t that’s fine. But I can see it …”

Earlier this week Charlotte told fans that after a hospital visit her midwife warned that they may have to induce her to give birth, which was something Charlotte did not want to do.

Instead, the reality star tested out a variety of methods to induce natural labour - including scoffing pineapple, bouncing on her pregnancy ball, and eating an extra-hot spicy Nandos.

She even said she'd heard "nipple stimulation" helped to promote labour, joking: "Matthew's in for a right good knead - it's the most action he'll get all year."

Charlotte then shared Matt's Instagram post to her Story, writing: "I did it… Just in labour my darlings.

"I can't believe I did most of it at home.. But thank you for all your messages, love you all x".

Matthew proposed to Charlotte last September outside a statue of Les at Memorial Park in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.