Harry Judd admits IVF battle nearly broke up his marriage

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by Emma Dodds |
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McFly's Harry Judd and his violinist wife Izzy have opened up about how trying for a baby and struggling with IVF nearly broke them up.

It's hard to believe that the couple, who married in 2012 following years of dating, would ever have been pushed to the point of splitting up.

Especially when you see them with their two beautiful children, Lola, 22 months, and two-month-old Kit.

WATCH: Izzy Judd offers advice to mums struggling to conceive on Lorraine

But Harry, 31, has revealed in an interview with The Sun's Fabulous magazine that their fertility struggles nearly tore them apart.

Whilst they both opened up about the strain that IVF put on their marriage in Izzy's book, Dare To Dream, Harry has revealed for the first time that it was touch and go on their relationship at that time.

He told Fabulous magazine: "Izzy so desperately wanted to be a mother and so as soon as we realised there was a problem, it took over her life."

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Lola was born in January 2016 and Kit was born in August this year (Credit: Instagram/ Harry Judd) ©Instagram/ Harry Judd

The Strictly 2011 winner continued: "The dynamic changed because all the focus was on getting pregnant and in a way I lost her a little bit. I lost that smiley, confident, beautiful wife.

"Our wedding had been the happiest day of our lives – cut to a year later and she's in absolute despair. I remember after two years thinking: 'God, we haven't even had a kid and already I'm sick of this.' It was constant but I felt I couldn't get frustrated at her."

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The new parents haven't had it easy (Credit: Instagram/ Harry Judd) ©Instagram/ Harry Judd

The couple, who sadly suffered a devastating miscarriage before turning to IVF, have bravely been very open about their struggles to conceive and going through IVF to conceive their first daughter.

Izzy herself appeared on Lorraine in June this year to praise how "magical" IVF was: "We thought we would get pregnant after we got married and it didn't work out that way. In the end we did turn to IVF and I'm so grateful that we did."

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Izzy suffered a devastating miscarriage before having Lola (Credit: Instagram/ Harry Judd) ©Instagram/ Harry Judd

Thankfully, the couple stuck it out, and had little Lola who turns two in January.

They also recently had their second child, Kit, who was born on 26 August and were amazingly, Harry and Izzy were able to conceive naturally.

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