BAKE Off star Laura Adlington has revealed she’s pregnant with her first child.
The TV star, 36, shared the happy news with her fans on social media on Sunday.
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Laura said she and her husband Matt were expecting a ‘miracle’ baby after nine years of infertility and being told to lose 14st.
The star admitted she had “quietly decided to give IVF a try” over the last year.
She shared a photo of her smiling alongside Matt while holding a baby scan in her hand.
Laura 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.
“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.”
Back in 2022, Laura shared her dream about becoming a mum and starting a family.
Two years before, Laura appeared The Great British Bake Off and made it all the way to the final, but lost out to the series’ youngest-ever winner Peter Sawkins.
The baking queen opened up about her struggles to conceive.
Laura previously told The Sun’s Fabulous Magazine: “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.”
Laura has since made a name for herself as a plus-size fashion influencer since her TV stint, where she captured the nation’s heart with her baking skills and infectious personality.
But since then, the Kent-based star has turned her attention to something even more important: redefining beauty and body positivity.
As a proud curvy content creator, Laura uses her platform to help women embrace their bodies, no matter their size or shape.
Despite this, being in the public eye hasn’t come without its challenges and Laura has faced her fair share of trolls, with some even telling her to “go and die”.
But she is having none of it, as Laura told us: “I’m fat and happy.
“I get messages calling me a ‘fat b***h’ and a ‘fat c***’ and telling me I should diet and ‘go and die’. Those ones don’t bother me.
“[Trolling] happens and I think it’s a reflection of insecurities and jealousy, but I try not to let it bother me and affect me.
“The ones that bother me more now are the ones that say I’m promoting obesity.
“That really angers me and frustrates me because it’s not true. I’m not standing in the high street signposting people to McDonald’s and telling people what to eat.
“There’s so many influencers that promote FAD diets, I don’t talk about what I eat. I don’t share anything about that.”
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