Love Island’s Sharon Gaffka has given birth to her first child as she shared adorable first pictures of her baby son on Instagram on Friday.
The reality star, 30, and fiancé Matthew Torbitt posted a series of sweet polaroid photos of their baby boy, whose name they have not revealed.
The new parents looked happier than ever as they were seen cradling the newborn in the hospital and shared a snap of their son peacefully sleeping in a dog-themed baby grow.
She wrote: ‘Football might not have come home, but someone else did’.
Sharon’s fellow Love Island co-stars including Liberty Poole and Paige Thorne flocked to the comments to wish the new parents well.
They wrote: ‘Congratulations he’s gorgeous; How magical. Congratulations babe; Congratulations! Hope u guys have the happiest memories;
Love Island’s Sharon Gaffka has given birth to her first child as she shared adorable first pictures of her baby son on Instagram on Friday
The reality star, 30, and fiancé Matthew Torbitt posted a series of sweet polaroid photos of their baby boy, whose name they have not revealed
‘Congratulations Angel!!; Oh my goodness!!! A massive congratulations to you both! Hope you are all keeping well and looking forward to your new chapter’.
Last month, Sharon revealed she planned to welcome her baby via elective caesarean but admitted that the decision went against medical advice.
Appearing on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 show, the star revealed she’d chosen to pursue a c-section after carefully weighing up her options, despite healthcare professionals encouraging her to consider a vaginal birth.
‘So I controversially elected for an elective caesarean, because I don’t want an assisted birth. I don’t want some of these stories to play out in my birthing plan’, she said.
Vanessa asked if her decision was welcomed by the midwives as she recalled it not being ‘on the menu’ when she was pregnant and was persuaded against having ‘major abdominal surgery.’
Sharon replied: ‘I think that some of the midwives I spoke to were reluctant to put me forward, but I hadn’t changed my mind anytime we’d gone in for a midwife appointment.
‘I’m not one of those people to change my mind or budge once I’ve made my mind up; that’s what I want to do and I’ve been very fortunate that the regular midwife I had has supported me through that.’
Sharon, who got engaged last December, previously revealed that the start of her pregnancy had not been smooth sailing.
Taking to Instagram, she explained she’d had to cancel her 30th birthday celebrations after being hit by severe morning sickness and skin issues, that she admitted were ‘making me cry’.
Captioning the snap, she penned: ‘Throwback to December, when I’d planned a huge girlie weekend away to celebrate my 30th… But instead, I was busy making a human out of @nandosuk mash and @dashdrinks cans of water.
The new parents looked happier than ever as they were seen cradling the newborn in the hospital and shared a snap of their son peacefully sleeping in a dog-themed baby grow
She wrote: ‘Football might not have come home, but someone else did’
‘Not only was I vomiting all day everyday, I broke out, my skin was so dry it was making me cry because I was so itchy and nothing was working, and I was DRAINED.’
Sharon had only unveiled her romance with Matthew in March, having chosen to remain tight-lipped about her dating life post-Love Island.
The civil servant appeared on the show in 2021, but unlike former stars of the show, admitted she wasn’t bothered by fame and said resuming her career in the civil service was of the utmost importance to her.
She now works as a VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls) activist and an ambassador for domestic violence charity Refuge.
While fiancé Matthew may also be a familiar face to some as a political commentator who regularly appears on TV and radio to discuss news and social issues.
He is also a Homelessness and Prison Reform Advocate and a former Labour Advisor.
The impending arrival of her first child comes after Sharon bravely opened up on her past abortion and miscarriage to raise awareness of Baby Loss Awareness Week in October last year.
In August 2023, she revealed that she suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage back in 2021, just months after leaving the Love Island villa, recalling how the grief hit her ‘like a train’.
She shared a teary selfie to Instagram, she explained that she’d been ‘trying to find the strength’ to open up about the loss that she’d spent the past 18 months healing from and admitted she was initially scared of people commenting on her miscarriage.
Detailing her pain, Sharon also revealed that that week would have marked her baby’s first birthday and that the grief she felt due to the date hit her ‘like a train’.
She added at the time, she’d found it ‘incredibly tough to function’ as normal, telling her fans she didn’t share her news for ‘sympathy’, but simply for her ‘own healing’.
In June 2025, Sharon then opened up about having an at-home early medical abortion which was ‘painful, lonely, and traumatising.’
She said that although she doesn’t regret having an abortion, it was the ‘hardest decision’ she has ever had to make.
Sharon’s fellow Love Island co-stars including Liberty Poole and Paige Thorne flocked to the comments to wish the new parents well
The civil servant appeared on Love Island in 2021, but unlike former stars of the show, admitted she wasn’t bothered by fame and resumed her career in the civil service
However, in October last year she revealed how after bravely sharing her story, cruel trolls compared her to child serial killer Lucy Letby and threatened to dox her.
Speaking on the Her Discussions Podcast with Dr Faye Bate, Sharon said: ‘It’s still the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make. Regardless of whether it was the ‘right’ decision or not, it was 100 per cent the right decision.
‘I don’t regret it at all. So when people sit there and say ‘you took the easy way out’, trust me, it was not easy.
‘I had to live with the emotional trauma of going through something so physical, and I had some horrific messages. I had someone call me Lucy Letby 2.0. I had people threaten to dox me all because I had an abortion.’
And marking Baby Loss Awareness Week, she shared an inspiring post sharing how her miscarriage and abortion ‘both changed me’ and ‘both deserve compassion’.
She wrote: ‘This week is baby loss awareness week, and I wasn’t sure whether to post this, but both my miscarriage and my abortion have shaped me in ways I’m still learning to understand.
‘Both were losses. Both changed me. Both deserve compassion.
‘It’s complicated, grief, guilt, relief, and love are all sitting side by side. If you’ve been through any kind of baby loss, please know you’re not alone in it.’
If you have been affected by this story, you can seek advice at www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk or by calling 01924 200 799.
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