I’m 21 and I’m pregnant by a man more than twice my age – I’m already a stepmother to his two teenagers

A woman dating a man more than double her age has announced she is pregnant with their first child.

Ellie Liptrot, 21, met her boyfriend Mark, 44, when she was just 18 years old and it didn’t take long for them to fall in love.

The content creator, from Wales, was on a Christmas night out with her boyfriend three years ago when she bumped into Mark, 23 years her senior, and they moved in together after just a few months of dating.

Mark is already father to two teenagers from a previous relationship, Marcus, 12, and Isabelle, 16, who call Ellie their ‘stepmother’.

In an earlier video, Ellie said: ‘We were both in the same city and it’s very strange because we definitely would have bumped into each other at some point in our lives.’

She then said that Mark owned a smoothie shop, adding that she used to go there often as a child.

The influencer has now done that revealed told her 166,000 followers on TikTok that she is expecting a child with Mark in 2025.

She wrote the caption: “When our family of four becomes a five.”

The clip, which has been viewed 2.9 million times, showed Ellie holding up an ultrasound scan of their child while Mark held her stomach.

The loved-up couple then share a kiss on the lips before the camera switches to an intimate gender reveal party with Marcus and Isabelle in front of their Christmas tree.

Ellie and Mark also shared their gender reveal with their followers, with the couple holding a confetti cannon and Mark’s teenage children holding up a cake that was cut into pieces to reveal the gender.

When the confetti and the inside of the cake turned out to be blue, the entire brood seemed overjoyed with happiness, including Marcus at the news that he was having a baby brother.

The couple have since started their nursery, which is painted blue, and have a collection of newborn onesies and toys ready for their son’s arrival.

The clip received more than 170,000 likes, with many people congratulating the couple, but others expressing their shock at the news.

One wrote: ‘I love how much his kids love you! My stepmother was mean. It’s so beautiful to see.’

Another wrote: ‘Awww Ellie, you are already an incredible stepmother. You’ll be a great mother.’

Ellie and Mark shared a kiss on the lips ahead of their gender reveal party over the festive period in December

A third said: ‘I have no one to talk to about this.’

A fourth said: ‘I’m honestly so happy for you all! You will be such a wonderful mother, just like you are a stepmother. You will be such a sweet family.”

Ellie has continued to film her pregnancy journey and recently surprised her stepchildren with a holiday to Tenerife.

The pair flew to sunny Spain today, but some followers wondered why the two teenagers were not back at school after the Christmas holidays.

Ellie filmed both herself and Isabelle getting their nails done at a salon before popping into McDonald’s before buying last-minute clothes for their trip.

But then she said her “pregnancy hormones kicked in” and she had a breakdown because she looked like a “big person” and none of her clothes fit her.

Mark then drove them both to the Trafford Center and Ellie said she managed to get a few pieces but admitted it was ‘so hard to buy a bump’.

Ellie then bought a dress from Skims for £78, adding that it was the ‘best’ thing she had tried on all day.

In July last year, the couple flew to Thailand to celebrate Ellie’s 21st birthday and she told her followers about her presents, the first of which was a Gucci ring.

She was also taken to the Cafe Del Mar beach club in Phuket for her birthday and Mark’s children got Ellie a birthday card for step-mum and treated her to all her ‘favorite things’ at 7/11.

In total, Mark spent around £1,227 on gifts for her birthday, but on top of that, Ellie also wanted a Ninja Creami – an ice cream and frozen dessert maker that retails for around £200.