Jennifer prepares for baby gifts - 19/08/09

Friends of former Brookside actress Jennifer Ellison will be on the lookout for baby gifts after she revealed she is four months pregnant with her first child.

Jennifer and fiance Rob Tickle said that they were surprised but delighted by the news when the pregnancy test confirmed that a baby was on its way.

"We got the shock of our lives when the pregnancy test came up positive, we just had huge grins," Jennifer, the 2004 champion of celebrity cooking competition Hell's Kitchen, told OK! magazine. "I had this funny feeling before - I felt different and my boobs went really big."

Jennifer, who said she has only craved cola so far, said she plans to have a natural water birth without pain relief. Jennifer and Rob also revealed they may have True by Spandau Ballet playing as she gives birth, as this is the tune that Jennifer was born to.

Rob is a businessman and has two children from a former relationship.