Liz McClarnon Shows Off Baby Bump at The Baby Show After Eight IVF Rounds

Liz McClarnon Shows Off Baby Bump at The Baby Show After Eight IVF Rounds

Liz McClarnon cradled her blossoming bump as she joined Maeva D’Ascanop at The Baby Show in London on Saturday.

The Atomic Kitten singer, 44, who announced in May she is expecting her first child after eight rounds of IVF, looked incredible in a long-sleeved white jumper as she arrived at the Olympia.

She layered her polo neck top over a pair of black leggings and slipped into a pair of white trainers.

Meanwhile, Maeva, 32, wore a low-cut black top, which she paired with black, high-waisted trousers which featured white stripes down the side.

The Made In Chelsea star, who is expecting her second child with her husband James Taylor, added inches to her frame with shiny heeled boots. 

Maeva became a mother for the first time in 2022, after welcoming a son named Beau with James.

Liz McClarnon cradled her blossoming bump as she joined Maeva D'Ascanop at The Baby Show in London on Saturday

Liz McClarnon cradled her blossoming bump as she joined Maeva D’Ascanop at The Baby Show in London on Saturday 

Meanwhile, Maeva, 32, wore a low-cut black top, which she paired with black, high-waisted trousers which featured white stripes down the side

Meanwhile, Maeva, 32, wore a low-cut black top, which she paired with black, high-waisted trousers which featured white stripes down the side 

She married James in November 2023 in front of their Made In Chelsea co-stars, including Ruby Adler and Sam Prince.

The couple had their second ceremony at Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire in December, after officially marrying at Chelsea Registry Office in November.

Liz and her husband Peter Cho started their IVF journey early on in their relationship, as Liz explained that they were both conscious of her age – 40, at the time they met.

In 2022, the couple had three failed embryo transfers, which took a mental and physical toll on Liz. ‘The first time we did it, I thought, “This will be it,”‘ she recalled to The Mirror.

‘But by my third cycle, it was obviously very different. When that one didn’t work, I was really quite sick and I was in a dark hole.’

‘I’d put on so much weight but I didn’t want to tell anyone why, because I didn’t want the IVF to become my identity, my whole personality.’

Liz previously revealed how she coped with the hormonal imbalances she faced.

A full cycle of IVF takes around three to six weeks to complete and hormone medications play a crucial role in stimulating the ovaries to produce multiple eggs and prepare the uterus for implantation.

The Atomic Kitten singer, 44, who announced in May she is expecting her first child after eight rounds of IVF, looked incredible in a long-sleeved white jumper as she arrived at the Olympia

The Atomic Kitten singer, 44, who announced in May she is expecting her first child after eight rounds of IVF, looked incredible in a long-sleeved white jumper as she arrived at the Olympia 

Maeva, who is expecting her second child with her husband James Taylor, added inches to her frame as she wore black, shiny heeled boots

Maeva, who is expecting her second child with her husband James Taylor, added inches to her frame as she wore black, shiny heeled boots

Taking to Instagram earlier this year, Liz uploaded a montage of snaps from the past few years, which detailed her treatments with husband Peter Cho as well as the side effects of the medication.

Liz captioned the video: ‘After 8 IVF cycles within 3 years, as you can imagine, I’ve been on hormones more often than not.

‘I just wanted to share how it can look. Sometimes normal and sometimes very not.’

Liz’s clip began with her looking drained as she mused: ‘sometimes you could tell’, before cutting to an energetic shot of herself captioned: ‘sometimes you couldn’t’.

She then shared a video of Peter helping her with her injections on their first attempt at IVF, explaining that ‘life carried on as normal’.

As the cycle continued and she needed more injections, she confessed: ‘I started to gain weight… of course that didn’t matter’.

Yet she admitted she ended up feeling ‘a little bit broken’ as the cycle continued.

How does IVF work?

In-vitro fertilisation, known as IVF, is a medical procedure in which a woman has an already-fertilised egg inserted into her womb to become pregnant.

It is used when couples are unable to conceive naturally, and a sperm and egg are removed from their bodies and combined in a laboratory before the embryo is inserted into the woman.

Once the embryo is in the womb, the pregnancy should continue as normal.

The procedure can be done using eggs and sperm from a couple or those from donors.

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that IVF should be offered on the NHS to women under 43 who have been trying to conceive through regular unprotected sex for two years.

People can also pay for IVF privately, which costs an average of £3,348 for a single cycle, according to figures published in January 2018, and there is no guarantee of success.

The NHS says success rates for women under 35 are about 29 per cent, with the chance of a successful cycle reducing as they age.

Around eight million babies are thought to have been born due to IVF since the first ever case, British woman Louise Brown, was born in 1978.

Chances of success

The success rate of IVF depends on the age of the woman undergoing treatment, as well as the cause of the infertility (if it’s known).

Younger women are more likely to have a successful pregnancy.

IVF isn’t usually recommended for women over the age of 42 because the chances of a successful pregnancy are thought to be too low.

Between 2014 and 2016 the percentage of IVF treatments that resulted in a live birth was:

29 per cent for women under 35

23 per cent for women aged 35 to 37

15 per cent for women aged 38 to 39

9 per cent for women aged 40 to 42

3 per cent for women aged 43 to 44

2 per cent for women aged over 44

 

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