Rachel Riley has officially returned to work on Countdown – but was totally upstaged by bringing her adorable baby girl Maven along with her.
The maths whizz was leading lady of the mental arithmetic favourite was seen beaming alongside her baby girl and husband, Strictly’s Pasha Kovalev, as they stood in front of the iconic word board.
Welcoming her to club Countdown, the board read ‘Maven Aria, 15 Dec ‘19’ which clearly went down a treat with her little bundle of joy, who was seen giggling in her daddy’s arm as they posed.
Alongside the absolutely adorable snap, Rachel wrote: ‘First block back at work done and dusted and I can still sum post baby… phew!
‘Mave was busy melting hearts and Pash is a hero. The eternal on screen pregnancy has just a month to go! Now back to family time for us, we’re really loving it.’
Because the team at Countdown film multiple episodes a day, viewers can still see Rachel pregnant with her little one, but the pair welcomed Maven into the world on 15 December – in a dramatic labour that meant Rachel gave birth on their bathroom floor.
The couple, who have been together since 2013, named her Maven, Yiddish for ‘one who understands’, with middle name Aria meaning ‘lioness’.
And with a mum like Rachel we have no doubt she’ll be living up to that moniker!
They have wasted no time in showing her the essentials in life ever since.
For Rachel, this included taking her to her first Man U football match, taking her to see the team at Old Trafford, where they beat Watford last weekend.
(They even made sure she was fully kitted out with every bit of club merch they could get their hands on.)
Then of course the family celebrated their first ever Christmas together in style.
Countdown airs daily at 2.10pm on Channel 4.
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