Olympia Valance has revealed intimate details about her IVF journey with husband Tom Bellchambers.
The former soap star, who memorably played Paige on Neighbours, says the lengthy process left her worn out and the 31-year-old reached a low point following a tragic miscarriage.
‘My body was exhausted and my mind was spent,’ she said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Thursday.
‘I’ve always been an outgoing, happy person and found myself becoming a hermit. I needed a full reset.
‘I really wanted to get out of the house and out of my comfort zone,’ she continued.
Olympia Valance (pictured) has revealed intimate details about her IVF journey
The former soap star, who memorably played Paige on Neighbours, says the lengthy process left her worn out and the 31-year-old reached a low point following a tragic miscarriage. Pictured with husband Thomas Bellchambers
Olympia jumped at the opportunity to take part in Channel Nine’s real life mountaineering show The Summit, admitting it was just what she needed to recover from her IVF experience.
‘When I got back, I felt great. I decided I want to live again and enjoy life,’ she told the publication.
‘I’m sick of being disappointed every month. I don’t want my next two to three years to revolve around IVF. So we’re going to do life and see what happens.’
In July, 2023, Valance revealed that she miscarried twin babies during the Covid pandemic and later that year revealed she had a second miscarriage at six weeks.
Olympia jumped at the opportunity to take part in Channel Nine’s real life mountaineering show The Summit, admitting it was just what she needed to recover from her IVF experience
Olympia and football player Thomas, 34, were married in June 2022.
The half-sister of Holly Valance, Olympia will be appearing in The Summit alongside Baywatch star Simmone Jade Mackinnon and former Bardot band member Tiffani Wood.
The series, filmed in the rugged alps of New Zealand’s South Island, saw Valance thrown together with 14 strangers to climb a mountain in 15 days.
Other famous competitors on season two, which debuted last Saturday, include former NRL player Mat Rogers.
Olympia in a scene from Neighbours playing the character of Paige (pictured)
It comes after Daily Mail Australia revealed the series was on the brink of cancellation after season one failed to win high ratings.
A Nine insider told Daily Mail Australia the network previously had no plans for a season two, but decided to give it the green light.
The Jai Courtney-hosted action-adventure series, initially touted as the network’s breakout series of the year, struggled to climb above around 400,000 viewers.
The source painted a picture of a series fraught with production nightmares and financial setbacks due to severe weather conditions.
Filming the action-packed 8500ft New Zealand mountain trek proved a herculean task, costing hundreds of thousands.
