The Traitors star gives birth to second child and shares first photos from hospital bed

The Traitors star Maia Gouveia has welcomed her second child - and has shared the first precious snaps of her bundle of joy online. Maia, 25, who competed on the third season of the hit series alongside her sister Armani, announced the happy news on .

Posting a series of heartwarming photos, she wrote: “After 9 long months of waiting to meet you, you’re finally here. We were three, and it was everything…but now we’re four, and somehow, our hearts have found room to love even more deeply. A new bond, a love we never knew we were missing. Welcome to the family.”

The reality star, who is a full-time mum, first revealed her second earlier this year, sharing a clip filmed back in August where she held up her positive test. The sweet moment also featured in her 2024 highlight reel.

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Fans of will remember Maia for her dramatic turn against sister Armani - an unforgettable twist that left viewers stunned. The brutal format sees "Faithfuls" work to uncover the secret "Traitors" among them. Armani was handpicked as a Traitor by host Claudia Winkleman early on, but it was Maia who ultimately exposed her at the roundtable, leading to her sister’s elimination.

Not long after calling out her sibling, Maia herself became a target - she was “murdered” by fellow Traitors Minah and Linda later in the game. Having entered alongside her sister Armani, Maia, proved that she wasn't afraid of turning on her sibling just days into the show when she admitted that she was "60%" sure that her sister was a Traitor.

As she watched her sister uncover her true identity, the mum-of-one was left in floods of tears as she admitted: “Even though I know she's a Traitor, that's still my sister; she is everything to me, so it felt to betray her.”

Away from the castle, Maia is a self-confessed “full-time mum” to her daughter Ava, who is two years old. Prior to entering the castle, the TV personality opened up for her reasons for applying for the reality show and admitted that the cost of raising a child was a factor in her decision.

“Second one was the money. My daughter is going to nursery soon and that's expensive. It's like having a mortgage, so that was also a motivator,” she explained.

Maia, from Essex, has amassed more than 26,000 followers on where she gives fans a peek inside her life as a mum. In one particularly sweet post, star reflected on becoming a mum in her twenties. “She makes me the best version of myself, how could I not be happy?,” she wrote.

And over on TikTok, Maia was already a star before entering the gameshow, having secured a whopping 150,000 followers and more than 12 million likes across her videos.

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