‘I knew it was my last chance’: EastEnders star Kellie Bright, 44, is pregnant with her ‘miracle’ third child after undergoing IVF treatment
EastEnders star Kellie Bright is pregnant with her ‘miracle’ third child after undergoing a frozen embryo transfer.
The actress, 44, already a parent to sons Freddy, nine, and Gene, four, with husband Paul, will welcome the child in August.
Speaking to the latest edition of OK!, Kellie admitted she was desperate to have more children after discussing the issue at length with her family.
She’s expecting: EastEnders star Kellie Bright is pregnant with her ‘miracle’ third child after undergoing a frozen embryo transfer
She explained: ‘It has nothing to do with the boys not being enough – they absolutely are. It’s just I never felt like I was done.
‘I always had an itch, a desire to have more. My husband and I went round in circles for a couple of years deciding whether or not to just go for the third.
‘I have a demanding full-time job and the reality of having a baby and a toddler within all of that is overwhelming, and we weren’t quite ready.
‘But I had such an emotional attachment to those embryos. I know they’re cells but they have the potential to be another Gene! I couldn’t let it go. Eventually, we decided to go ahead at the end of 2019… and then Covid-19 happened.’
Kellie admitted the ensuing lockdown prompted further discussions regarding whether or not they should pursue their dream of a third child, before finally opting to proceed.
‘I felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me,’ she explained. ‘Suddenly, Paul and I were having conversations about not having more kids. Everything felt so uncertain.
‘But by the end of the first lockdown, we did a complete 180. Having that precious time at home with our boys, doing simple things, we knew we had to try to make it happen.
‘So we waited for the clinics to reopen and started a frozen embryo transfer, which is less invasive than the initial IVF and only involved implanting the embryos.’