Kate Lawler, 40, panicked she would never have a baby after discovering ‘really low’ egg count but rules out having more
KATE Lawler reveals she panicked as soon as she found out her egg count was “really low” for her age.
The 40-year-old first-time mum - who welcomed her baby daughter Noa last month - has also ruled out having any more children despite her fiance Martin wanting more.
"As soon as I found out my egg count was really low for my age it did make me fear I wouldn't be able to have kids,” she exclusively told The Sun.
“It does flip a switch in your head and I did start to panic a little.
“You realise you can't really sit on the fence any longer.
“It does make you realise time is against you so we decided to start trying and face any difficulties as we went on.”
Against all the odds, Kate quickly fell pregnant with her baby girl but was warned her “geriatric” pregnancy would come with risks.
“In the end we were so, so lucky. We pretty much got pregnant right away it kind of came as a surprise,” she said.
“It could have easily been the case that we were never able to have kids so I know how special it is.
“Because I was forty I was told that pregnancy came with extra risks of preeclampsia and I would have to have extra scans.
“The only thing they discovered was my placenta was really low at one point but it corrected itself.
“All things considering it couldn't really have gone any better.”
But after welcoming baby Noa, who has been in and out of hospital to be treated for an infection, Kate isn’t planning on adding to her brood any time soon.
“I can't see myself having another child. One is enough,” she said.
“Martin would definitely like another but I can't see it happening.
“Having said that I did say at one point that I would never have any kids at all so you never know.
“The problem is I'm an identical twin and identical twins are more likely to have twins themselves so we could easily end up with three and that's definitely not happening.”
Kate Lawler is among the stars who have signed up for MTV’s new show Celebrity Bumps: Famous & Pregnant.
“I jumped at the chance to go back to reality TV,” the previous Big Brother star said.
“It is something I've not done for a long time and it was exciting to go back.
"For the last ten-years I've really been focusing on radio.
"I don't think I could do I'm A Celeb or something intense like that so this was perfect for me as I was really easy TV.
"I really wanted to document the whole experience because I know I am only going to do this once so it was a special experience for us both to record it.
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“The hardest thing was convincing Martin to do it at the beginning. As soon as he started he loved it.
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“You can't really call it hard work because it's just us dicking around on camera. It was so much fun.
“We'd definitely be up for a second series and I'm certainly keen on doing more TV.”