RHIAN Sugden has announced she is pregnant after her long IVF journey as she told fans “good things come to those who wait”.
The glamour model, 37, has previously spoken about her gruelling experience of IVF treatments after seven unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant.
But today she took to her Instagram page to share her incredible news with her 485,000 fans.
Rhian posed with husband Oliver Mellor in a glamorous photoshoot and the star cradled her baby bump.
She captioned her post: “EEEP We have the most exciting news to share exclusively in @hellomag this week…
“Good things come to those who wait!”
Fans wasted no time in congratulating her and one gushed beneath her post: “The best news!!”
Another shared: “Don’t normally comment on stuff, but buzzing for you. Congrats!”
“Woah! Congratulations, guys! Amazing news!” one more typed.
In September 2019 Rhian was left heartbroken when she was told her first round of IVF had not been successful, but the couple vowed to go again.
After undergoing 10 days of hormone injections, Rhian remained positive when she was told her second round had progressed further.
She had only a two percent chance of an egg being fertilised, but one of them did just that.
She then had a two-week agonising wait to find out if she was pregnant but – just a week before Christmas – her hopes were dashed when the test came back negative.
The former Celebrity Big Brother star took to her social media again earlier this year and revealed her seventh round of treatment had failed.
She said at the time: “It’s been a hell of a month for me. It’s looking like IVF round 7 has failed.
“Please don’t message saying sorry, I know you mean well but it does get harder every time, I don’t want my barren ovaries being apologised to.”
Despite the heartbreaking setback, she vowed to continue on with her treatment.
She also wrote: “I’ve just got to pick myself up and go again.
“I’m so thankful for everything in my life and I’m even more thankful for my mum who has made me into the such a strong person..
“I’m ok, I’m heartbroken but I have a lot of other amazing things happening around me. I’m a warrior and I WILL do this.”
Rhian previously revealed that she and her husband, ex-Corrie actor Oliver spent over £75,000 on IVF treatment after undergoing a sixth round last year.
On Mother’s Day this year, she posted an emotional picture to her Instagram stories.
With tears streaming down her face, she wrote: “The reality of Mother’s Day for an IVF warrior. It’s hard.
“Last year was the year from hell.
“I’m in a much better place now but in the summer I was so anxious that I felt full all the time and everytime I tried to eat I felt like I was being strangled.
“It was a really horrible choking sensation and for about three months I lived on a square of chocolate and half a banana every day.
“Oliver booked a meal at a nice restaurant for my birthday in September but I physically couldn’t eat food.
“Mum was recovering from bowel cancer and we were undergoing IVF and tests and I just felt so overwhelmed by everything.”
