Daily Mail Birth of Baby Joseph - 2011 Coronation Street

Away in a manger: Coronation Street's Katy and Chesney welcome their baby son during the local nativity play

By J J Anisiobi
Updated: 12:33, 19 December 2011

Coronation Street will welcome a new arrival next week as the show has a Christmas birth.
Teen Katy Armstrong gives birth to her baby son Joseph Peter while acting as Mary in the local nativity play.
As the production reaches the scene where Mary gives birth to Jesus, the audience in the Weatherfield community centre are amazed by Katy's extremely believable acting.

New parents: Chesney and Katy welcome their son Joseph Peter on stage during the Nativity in Coronation Street

They are unaware that the 17-year-old has gone into labour but finally call an ambulance when they realise she isn't acting.

Dad-to-be Chesney hears that his girlfriend has gone in to labour but is stuck at a garden centre where he is working as an elf.
The teenager eventually does make it back in time to see his son being born in a manger on stage with the help of Anna Windass.

Hard work: Katy pushes as her boyfriend looks on during the birth scene

The midwife: Anna Windass helped deliver the baby after the ambulances were called too late

The young parents are played by Sam Ashton, 18, and Georgia May Foote, 20.
Georgia says she likes children but isn't ready to have any of her own just yet.
She told the The Sunday People newspaper: 'Playing Katy has made me realise just how hard it is to bring up a baby at a young age.

Tender moment: Anna passes baby Joseph to his mother after the heartwarming birth

We are family: Chesney's sister Fiz arrives to see her new nephew

'She's a teenager and her life has changed completely.'
Georgia prepared for the birth by researching it on the internet and by watching Channel 4's One Born Every Minute.
She also attended the birth of her sister Katie's child which she said helped a lot.

Well worked: Georgia May Foote, who plays Katy, researched the birth by looking on the internet

She told the newspaper: 'It was a bit scary seeing so many births but thankfully I was not doing it for real.'
Newborn Joseph Peter is being played by twins Tommy and Ronnie.
The boys were only nine days old when they started filming and one of them weighed just 4lbs.


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