Lacey Turner thinks her son Trilby has a "cool" name.
Lacey Turner
The 'EastEnders' star - who also has a 19-month-old daughter called Dusty with husband Matt Kay - welcomed her baby boy last month and has now explained the thinking behind his unusual name.
She told OK! magazine: "I always thought it was such a cool name. I knew a girl once and her sister was called Trilby Fox and I always thought it was such a cool name, and I quite liked it for a boy, so I've had it in my head for a really long time!
"It’s nice because when people say, 'What's his name?' you say, 'Trilby, like the hat.' When we had Dusty, we said, 'Dusty, like Dusty Springfield'."
The 36-year-old actress gave birth to Trilby when she was just 36 weeks pregnant and the newborn spent two days in a special care unit for babies after it was discovered he had fluid on his lungs.
She explained: "It's so strange to see your baby strapped up to loads of wires but he's doing really well now."
However, Lacey bounced back quite quickly after giving birth and returned to work shortly after to finish filming her remaining scenes before taking her maternity leave.
She added: "I texted work saying, 'I won't be in tomorrow or the next day but I'm happy to come in next week.' I had such a quick birth and my recovery was so quick, I just popped in a few days later to finish my couple of scenes.
"'EastEnders' were amazing and accommodated the times I could work. The plan is to have six months off and go back in August. So please, God, we'll be able to travel to Ibiza so we can have a few months at our home there!"
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