EastEnders actress Kellie Bright and her husband Paul Stoker have announced they are expecting their third child together.
Kellie, who plays Linda Carter on the BBC soap, announced her lovely news and revealed she underwent IVF with a frozen embryo.
Speaking to OK! magazine about her previous struggles to conceive, Kellie, 44, said, "I want to be open and honest about this, because I think it's important for younger women to understand.
"It's important for women to know that, yes, you can have children in your forties and, yes, you can be lucky and do it naturally. But for a lot of us it doesn't work that way, so I wouldn't suggest leaving it late by choice."
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1 of 15Rachel McAdams
Hollywood actress Rachel McAdams is expecting her second child, reports suggest.
2 of 15Ashley Tisdale
Former High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale announced she's expecting her first baby with husband Christopher French, sharing a set of beautiful photos on Instagram with no caption.
3 of 15Brian McFadden
Westlife singer Brian McFadden and his fiancée Danielle Parkinson are expecting their first child together in May 2021. The couple announced their lovely news in November after previously suffering two heartbreaking miscarriages.
4 of 15Kimberley Walsh and Justin Scott
Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh and her husband Justin Scott are expecting their third child together in 2021! The singer announced her lovely news in December, when she was 15 weeks pregnant.
5 of 15Binky Felstead
Made In Chelsea star Binky Felstead announced she's expecting her second child in 2021, with her boyfriend Max Fredrik. Binky is already a mum to her three-year-old daughter India, after welcoming her with her ex-boyfriend Joshua Patterson in 2017.
6 of 15Sophie Hinchliffe (Mrs Hinch)
Sophie Hinchliffe (AKA cleaning sensation Mrs Hinch) announced at the start of 2021 that she's expecting her second child with her husband Jamie Hinchliffe later in the year. The couple are already parents to one-year-old Ronnie.
7 of 15Emma Stone
In January, it was reported that La La Land actress Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary are expecting their first child.A source revealed to US Weekly, "She seems very happy and very excited about becoming a mother — she's constantly oohing and cooing. She looks great, she looks healthy, she's glowing,"
8 of 15Christine and Frank Lampard
Loose Women star Christine Lampard announced in January she is expecting her second child with her husband, former Chelsea FC manager Frank Lampard. The couple are already proud parents to their daughter Patricia.
9 of 15Lauren Goodger
Former TOWIE star Lauren Goodger announced she's expecting her first child with her boyfriend, 23-year-old Charles Drury.
10 of 15Halsey
American singer Halsey shocked her fans in January when she share three stunning images of herself to Instagram, showing off her baby bump! She wrote, 'surprise! ud83cudf7cud83cudf08ud83dudc7cud83cudffb'. (sic)
11 of 15Tyson and Paris Fury
Boxing champion Tyson Fury confirmed at the start of February that his wife Paris is pregnant with the couple's sixth child!
12 of 15Casey Batchelor
Reality TV star Casey Batchelor is expecting her third child in three years with her boyfriend Dane Goodson.
13 of 15The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced on Valentine's Day that they are expecting their second child. A spokesperson said, "We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child."
14 of 15Christine Quinn
Selling Sunset star Christine Quinn announced she's expecting her first child with and her husband Christian Richard, with her pregnancy reportedly due to play out on series 4 of the Netflix show.
15 of 15Ne-Yo and Crystal Renay
Ne-Yo is expecting his fifth child! His wife Crystal Renay is pregnant with their third child together, and the couple shared a video of her baby bump alongside the caption, 'Overjoyed to announce... ...the family is expanding...ud83dudc76ud83cudffd! #Number5❤ufe0f #5thandFinal #BlessingsOnBlessingsud83dude4fud83cudffe @itscrystalsmith ud83eudd70ud83eudd70ud83eudd70 You ready baby? Let's go!'
Revealing she followed the same process as she did for her second child Freddy, Kellie added, "To set the scene, I really struggled getting pregnant with my second child. I was 34 when we naturally conceived Freddy but we couldn't get pregnant again.
"We tried for a long time and we got to a point, around the time I was doing Strictly, where we started to investigate IVF.
"I was 39 by this point and we went for it. It was successful. We managed to get four good, strong embryos. One became Gene, the other three went into the freezer."
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Despite the first two embryos for her third child not working, Kellie's third attempt was successful, with the actress saying, "So this baby inside me now was the last one we had – the last chance of a pregnancy, because at 44 we were not going through IVF again. I believe it was meant to be."
Kellie and her husband Peter welcomed their first child into the world through natural conception in December 2011, a boy called Freddy, before adding to their brood with Gene in November 2016.
Between the birth of their first two children, Kellie and Paul got married during an intimate ceremony in Cornwall in 2014.
Congratulations to Kellie and Paul on their lovely news! 👶