Katherine Ryan said she has been ‘addicted to pregnancy for five years’ and hinted she won’t be having anymore children.
The comedian, 42, welcomed her daughter Holland this month and also shares son Fred, four, and daughter Fenna, two, with her husband Bobby Kootstra.
She also a mother to her first daughter, Violet, 16, from a previous relationship.
Katherine took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a picture of baby Holland as she revealed she had given away most of her newborn clothes.
‘Meanwhile, I gave away a bunch of newborn clothes today and it was heartbreaking,’ she wrote.
She went on to hint she has no plans to get pregnant for a fifth as she added: ‘I’ve been addicted to pregnancy for give years and giving it up is tough.’
Katherine Ryan said she has been ‘addicted to pregnancy for five years’ and hinted she won’t be having anymore children on Instagram on Wednesday
Katherine took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a picture of baby Holland as she revealed she had given away most of her newborn clothes
Katherine recently opened up about the fierce backlash her parenting advice has received.
Speaking on Davina McCall’s Begin Again podcast, which was recorded while still heavily pregnant, Katherine said she’d been branded ‘privileged’ after offering advice to other new mums, especially when it comes to potty training.
After previously revealing her son Fred was out of nappies by eight-months, she said: ‘I say that you should start potty training babies from almost birth.
‘And when I say potty training, I think it gets lost in translation.
‘People go: “What do you mean?” And they get mad right away because they feel like: “Well, because I’ve got a three-year-old in a nappie, you’re saying that’s my fault and I’m negligent, and I don’t love my child” I just think there’s a miscommunication.’
The mum-of-four went on to explain that she believed ‘well-meaning, very loving parents’ didn’t realise they were in fact training their newborns to use a nappy.
‘If you take the nappie off at regular intervals and you put them, you hold them on a potty, you’re training them to go in the potty.’
But Katherine said she understood this could not work for all families, with many new mums having to go straight back to work and babies put in day care.
The comedian, 42, welcomed her daughter Holland this month and also shares son Fred, four, and daughter Fenna, two, with her husband Bobby Kootstra. She also a mother to her first daughter, Violet, 16, from a previous relationship
The mum-of-four went on to explain that she believed ‘well-meaning, very loving parents’ didn’t realise they were in fact training their newborns to use a nappy (Katherine, Bobby and Holland seen in November)
‘The reaction that I get is people going: “Well, you’re privileged, and you have chefs and nannies,” well, I don’t.’
Katherine paused as she added: ‘I mean, I do.
‘I have a nanny, and I have a cleaner that comes twice a week, but there’s no chef.
‘Oh, that’s Bobby. Yeah. Okay. So, there I do have all that. But I potty trained [eldest daughter] Violet as a very financially insecure single mom.’
She has been open about her fertility struggles in recent years, revealing in 2024 that she had had three miscarriages in five years.
Speaking in November 2024, Katherine admitted she would love to have more kids – but was worried about her age.
‘I’m old. I used to think I was going to be the babies’ dad because I’m working but actually I’m like their grandmother,’ she quipped at the time. ‘My back hurts, sometimes I give them treats. I’m like a fun grandma.’
The TV star revealed in 2022 that she had kept her second pregnancy a secret, because she was scared it would lead to her losing work.
She was eight months pregnant when she presented ITV’s Ready To Mingle, a fact that she hid from everyone.
Katherine and her husband Bobby have been together since 2018, but have known each other since they were children as they grew up together in Canada.
Childhood sweethearts, the two parted ways initially before rekindling their romance this side of the Atlantic.
