A woman described as the UK’s youngest mother after having a baby with her brother when aged just 12 has announced she is pregnant again.
Tressa Middleton, 31, from Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland, revealed the happy news – following a series of tragic family setbacks.
She has been mourning the death of her father Gary Middleton, aged 55, last October – having previously lost her 41-year-old mother Tracey to pneumonia in 2012.
But friends have now been congratulating her as she announced her pregnancy on Facebook, along with her partner Darren Young.
Ms Middleton previously hit the headlines in 2006 when it was revealed she was giving birth just after leaving primary school.
Her first child was taken into social care, as the mother slipped into depression and struggled with addictions to alcohol and cigarettes.
Years later, the dark truth behind her tale was uncovered when it was revealed that the father of her baby was her brother Jason, who had raped her and was sentenced in 2009 to four years behind bars.
She told of her experiences in a book called Tressa: The 12 Year Old Mum: My True Story, published in 2015.
Tressa Middleton has revealed she is expecting a new child with partner Darren Young
Tressa is pictured in 2006 after giving birth, alongside her mother Tracey who died in 2012
The 31-year-old has announced she is pregnant, prompting congratulations from friends
Ms Middleton has since turned her life around with partner Darren Young, and the couple formerly announced in December 2021 they were expecting a daughter.
Her Facebook profile now pays tribute to her children as well as her father, saying at the top, ‘Love all 4 of my girls with all my heart. I will make them proud!’ – and adding: ‘RIP Dad, 3/9/69 – 28/10/24.’
Ms Middleton has now updated followers by sharing a pregnancy ultrascound scan photo and saying: ‘Well guys seems our family is just getting bigger. Definitely my last!’
Responses included ‘Congratulations beautiful girl’, ‘You deserve all the happiness in the world’ and ‘Congrats to you both missy’.
Ms Middleton came to national attention in 2006 when it was revealed she was expecting a baby aged just 11.
She had suffered a damaged childhood and her mother Tracey Tallons struggled with addiction and Tressa was forced to endure late night parties.
Her older brother Jason sexually abused her from the age of seven and she fell pregnant by him when he, aged 16 at the time, drunkenly raped her four years later.
Tressa told the Daily Mail 14 years ago: ‘Sometimes he bribed me, blackmailed me, to do it. He’d say he was going to tell Mum. He’d give me things – joints, drink, cigarettes. Or he’d threaten me.’
Tressa Middleton, from Bathgate, West Lothian, is pictured with partner Darren Young
She has paid tribute online to her father Gary Middleton who died aged 55 last October
Tressa Middleton is pictured here with her father Gary in a picture shared on his Facebook page
She kept the identity of the baby’s father a secret and the pair were taken into care until – aged 14 – she broke down and told a social worker what had really happened.
Jason, 19 at the time, was jailed for four years in 2009 after a police probe and DNA test proved Tressa was telling the truth.
The attack, and Ms Middleton’s later breakdown, led to her daughter being taken away from her and then adopted in 2008 – and she had no access, except for a twice-yearly letter.
At her lowest point, in 2011, she developed a £400-a-day heroin habit – but she managed to get clean with the help of a counsellor and began to build a new life with Darren.
She currently has four daughters aged 19, seven, three and one – with photos shared on her social media sites of the children including Arihanna born in October 2017.
MailOnline has contacted Ms Middleton for further comment.
