Lauren Goodger and her ex-boyfriend Charles Drury marked their late daughter Lorena’s third birthday on Tuesday.
In 2022, the star, 38, who shares daughter Larose, four, with Charles, gave birth to Lorena, who was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
Charles, who previously dated Katie Price, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a series of posts honouring his late baby alongside pictures of Larose while Lauren shared an image of Larose at a picnic with the caption: ‘Happy birthday sister’.
Alongside a throwback snap to her second birthday, in which he was positioning balloons on her grave, Charles wrote a heartbreaking message to his daughter.
Charles penned: ‘I can’t believe you turn 3 today! My birthay wish will always be the same, but one day we will meet again. If you’re as cheeky as your big sister you’ll be running riot in the clouds today, taking the icing off the cake…
‘Just know you’ve got so many people thinking about you today. Daddy loves you’.
He then shared an image of Larose in her car seat and wrote: ‘Less than a year between your birthdays, you’d have both been three years old now. I can’t help but imagine how similar you’d look, how you’d be best friends…
‘Finding so much strength in Larose today’.
The couple recently sparked and later quashed rumours of a reunion when they were spotted enjoying dinner with TOWIE stars Junaid Ahmed and Joe Blackman.
On Tuesday, Junaid shared the same picture and penned: ‘Happy heavenly birthday Lorena. Thinking of you both today, your angel baby Lorena would be so proud…
‘Today is a hard day for yous. You are family to us and we love Lula like our own’.
Shortly after Lorena’s death, Laren revealed she was rushed to hospital while in labour at home when her midwife couldn’t detect a heartbeat in her unborn child.
She had planned for a natural water birth, to be carried out at her Essex home under the supervision of her midwife Tamzin – who had previously delivered Larose.
Her waters broke on July 6 and initial vitals were normal, with Lauren deemed ‘low risk’ after giving birth to her first child without issue.
Further tests were carried out the following day, during which the unborn child’s heartbeat was detected, but when her contractions began on day three the heart was no longer beating, and Lauren was rushed to hospital.
Following a two hour birth more than ten doctors desperately fought to save Lorena by performing chest compressions and administering adrenalin, but to no avail.
Lauren and Charles have now settled into co-parenting and a platonic relationship, following hardships in their romance and in the wake of their daughter’s death.
