19 November 2023 , 17:32
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Rhian Sugden has announced she is pregnant!
The star who found fame as a Page 3 star has been extremely open about her fertility struggles in recent years and admits that OnlyFans has helped fund her and her husband Oliver Mellor's rounds of IVF.
Having tried to have children for six years, Rhian, 37, and Oliver, 42, are set to become parents for the first time. Manchester-born Rhian admits they are "over the moon" with their news, before adding that their lives are "going to change". Rhian has previously stated that she believed the couple wouldn't have children. In her early 30s, tests discovered that she had a low egg count and had perimenopausal hormone levels.
Rhian Sugden and Oliver Mellor are expecting their first child (Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Ivy Spinningfields)
The model previously explained how OnlyFans helped fund their journey to becoming parents (rhiansuggers/Instagram)Their latest round of IVF took place in August this year, which she believed would not be successful. However, just nine days later, she took a pregnancy test which came back positive. "I was woken up by her calling out, 'Oh my God, I'm pregnant!'" Oliver told Hello magazine. The former Celebrity Big Brother star says she keeps taking pregnancy tests to "make sure".
She added: "We were convinced it would never happen. But here we are, and we're thrilled." Taking to Instagram to share new her news, Rhian's fans were delighted for the star as one exclaimed: "OH MY GOD!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!"
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A second penned: "Congrats love!!" A third went on to type: "Congrats suggers!!!" The model previously opened up to the Mirror about being mum-shamed while trying to conceive her first child. Discussing her decision to be open about her IVF struggles, the Bury-born star went on to add: "Once you start talking about it loads of people get in touch which is quite nice because I've formed a little community of friends and we're all the same position. I've never met them in real life but we speak all the time on WhatsApp so that's quite nice.
"Eighth time lucky hopefully – that's why I've got OnlyFans, it's expensive, it's like £15,000 per go. We had one round free with the NHS but, the other seven, not so much."
"In the same breath, people will mum-shame me so to speak, even though I'm not a mum for being on OnlyFans," she revealed before adding: "Well if I'm not working, I can't afford this because it's extortionate. I feel lucky to be in a position where I can earn the money to pay for stuff like this. I'm not flashy, I don't drive around in a Range Rover or anything, my money is solely going on IVF at the moment."