ITV Share By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 Coronation Street star gives birth to first baby as she shares adorable hospital snap Congrats are in order Share By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 Coronation Street star Melissa Johns has announced the birth of her first child in a new social media post. The actress shared a black and white photo onto her Instagram page, showing a photo of herself and her partner carrying their baby through the hospital. Melissa’s former Corrie co-stars have now congratulated the star on the happy news. Melissa has given birth to her first child (Credit: ITV) Coronation Street star Melissa Johns welcomes first child Melissa is best known by soap fans for playing the role of Imogen Pascoe at intervals between 2017-2019. Imogen was the girlfriend of Kate Connor, with Rana Habeeb becoming jealous of the couple. Kate wondered what Rana’s problem was with Imogen, with Rana ultimately ending up confessing her own feelings for Kate as a result. Article Continues Below Read all the latest Spoilers The star took to social media yesterday (Tuesday, November 11) to announce the joyful news that she’d given birth and welcomed a baby girl into the world. Melissa shared two photos onto her Instagram page. The first was of her daughter’s tiny feet peaking out of a Moses basket. The next saw her and husband Dan Hampton-Johns carry their newborn out of the hospital. She captioned the adorable post: “Our baby girl is here. We can’t take our eyes off of you.” This news comes after the actress initially announced her pregnancy back in June in a beach video on social media. At the time, she shared: “Oh Baby. We made a wish and it came true… Baby H-J – we can’t wait to meet you. Forever grateful.” Melissa played Imogen on the ITV soap (Credit: ITV) Melissa Johns’ followers and co-stars rush to congratulate star over baby news Melissa has now been congratulated by many followers and famous faces in her comments section following the announcement. Paula Lane, who played David Platt‘s wife Kylie on Coronation Street and who is currently expecting a baby herself, wrote: “Aw huge congratulations xxx” Former Emmerdale star Chelsea Halfpenny commented: “Huge congrats Melissa!!!! Xx” Baker Briony May Williams also said: “Congratulations!!!!! Look at those TINY feet!!” Big Brother star Kerry Riches also added: “Congratulations to you all.” Read more: 8 huge things to expect from Coronation Street this Christmas Share Good to Know Share By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 By Tamzin Meyer Nov 12 2025 Previous Story Next Story