Laura Adlington has given birth to a baby boy!
The GBBO star, 36, and her husband Matt announced on xxx that they have welcomed their miracle IVF baby after nine years of infertility and being told to lose 14st before she could get pregnant.
The couple, who tied the knot five years ago, took to Instagram to announce the happy news that they are now a family of three.
To share the new arrival the married couple posted a series of snaps from the birth, alongside the caption: ‘After 9 years of wishing and 9 months of growing and waiting – our little miracle is finally here, safe in our arms.
‘Everyone, meet George. George, meet this community of amazing women who have championed you long before you arrived.
‘We’re all doing really well and are happily disappearing into the newborn bubble for a bit.
Great British Bake Off star Laura Adlington has welcomed her miracle IVF baby with husband Matt
To share the new arrival the married couple posted: ‘After 9 years of wishing and 9 months of growing and waiting – our little miracle is finally here, safe in our arms’
‘But I just wanted to let you know that he’s here and say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the love and support. I’ve felt it every step of the way.’
Laura first shared she was pregnant in an Instagram post in April after ‘quietly deciding to give IVF a try’ over a year ago.
The size 26 body positivity model previously gave up her hopes up of having a baby after she was told by doctors that her only chance to get pregnant was to try IVF and she would have to lose weight first to qualify.
Sharing her happy news, she wrote: ‘After 9 years of infertility, we are very excited (and still a bit in shock) to be expecting our little IVF miracle in October ✨
‘I know announcements like this can be really painful, especially if you’re in the thick of waiting or grieving, so please feel free to mute or unfollow if you need to and know I’m sending so much love your way.
‘It’s been such a really long, and to be honest lonely road to get here – something many of you will know if you’ve followed me for a while or listened to the podcast.
‘We’d honestly made peace with the idea that having children might not happen for us. But about a year and a half ago, we quietly decided to give IVF a try.
‘We kept it to ourselves and decided not to share online (or even with family) just so we didn’t put more pressure on ourselves.
She announced she was expecting her first child with her husband Matt after nine years of infertility and being told to lose 14st before she could get pregnant
Laura shared the joyful news in an Instagram post on Sunday after ‘quietly deciding to give IVF a try’ over a year ago
‘We had an unsuccessful round and a cancelled round, and then found out a couple of months ago that I was finally pregnant.
‘I’ll be sharing a bit more over the coming weeks about our journey to get here but for now we’re just really excited to share our news with you all. We honestly can’t believe our luck.’
In 2022, Laura detailed it was always a dream of hers to become a mother after admitting she decided against starting a family.
Speaking to Fabulous magazine , she said: ‘Unless you’ve gone through infertility and that heartache of really wanting it and it not happening . . . it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through.’
The star, who appeared on the 2020 series of the Channel 4 show, told how she had always wanted to be a mother and thought, ‘what’s the point?’ if she couldn’t have a child.
She said: ‘I’ve never thought, ‘I want to take my own life’, but I definitely have had thoughts that I didn’t want to be here any more. And I have phoned Samaritans on a few occasions and really benefitted from it.’
Laura said she tried to lose weight after speaking to her doctors and even considered bariatric surgery before deciding it wasn’t for her.
The star, who has struggled with her weight since she was eight, found it difficult to lose so much to have the IVF.
Laura recently opened up about the contradicting thoughts she battles when it comes to her weight as she said ‘it’s important to be honest’
She said: ‘It was such a lot to lose — about 14st and I just struggled to do that. I wonder if that will always play on my mind, particularly as I get older.’
Laura recently opened up about the contradicting thoughts she battles when it comes to her weight as she said ‘it’s important to be honest’ while she admitted she was tempted by the concept of weight loss injections like Ozempic.
In a lengthy caption in a post on Instagram, Laura penned: ‘My name’s Laura and I’m a walking contradiction. I accept myself and my body as it is now…
‘But there’s still not a single day that goes by that I don’t think about being smaller. I believe all bodies are good bodies, but I still sometimes feel like mine is ‘wrong’.
‘I want to live a life free from diet culture, but I also wonder if losing weight would make things easier. I don’t judge other people for changing their bodies, but I feel disappointed in myself for wanting to…
‘I like how I dress for my curves, but I also wonder what it would be like to not struggle so much to buy clothes…
‘I advocate for body confidence, but I still have days where I can’t stand my reflection. I tell people they don’t need to shrink to be worthy, but I sometimes wonder if my life would be easier if I took up less space…
‘I know weight loss injections aren’t a magic fix, but with all the noise in the media about them and so many people on them, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted. I want to rebel against beauty standards, but I also want to feel beautiful within them…
She also admitted she was tempted by the concept of weight loss injections like Ozempic
The fashionista recently enjoyed a lavish holiday alongside Police Community Support Officer Matt as the happy couple beamed for an Instagram selfie shared on Sunday
She continued: ‘Within these contradictions I sometimes feel quite lost. My relationship with my body (and food) is messy and complicated, and sharing this makes me feel quite vulnerable. But I think it’s important to be honest.’
Last year, the GBBO favourite revealed she spent a long time wanting to ‘slim down’ in order to have ‘better sex’ before she found self-confidence.
Laura said that she often found herself ‘putting things off’ due to her weight, thinking she would enjoy things more, like sex, adventures and holidays, if she was ‘slimmer’.
But now, after finding inner-confidence Laura has admitted she will never put her life on hold again because ‘life is too short’.
In a candid interview, Laura said: ‘I spent a long time not doing things or putting things off, and reserving things for when I was smaller…
‘I’d always say ‘Laura version 2.0 is going to go on more adventures, more holidays, have better sex, greater friendships’, but actually, you are just putting your life on hold. If Covid taught us anything, It’s that life is short.
‘You don’t need to have a small life just because you’re in a bigger body, or if you have insecurities. Life is for living.’
