Katie Price is undergoing IVF treatment.
Katie Price
The 42-year-old star - who already has Harvey, 18, with Dwight Yorke, Junior, 15, and 13-year-old Princess with first husband Peter Andre, and Jett, seven, and Bunny, six, with third spouse Kieran Hayler - and her fiance Carl Woods want to have a baby as soon as possible because her mother Amy is terminally ill, so they have turned to doctors for help to conceive.
Katie said: “We’re going to call the baby Miracle.
“I’m doing this for my mum. She told me to have IVF so she can see us have kids. It will break my heart if she can’t.”
The 'Loose Women' star thought she'd find it "easy" to get pregnant again and she and Carl have never used contraception because they "knew they'd be together forever".
She added to The Sun newspaper: “It has not happened naturally, unfortunately.
“I thought it would be easy as I’ve never had to plan it before. It’s always just happened.
“We have never been careful having sex from day one, as we knew we wanted to be together.
“But we really started properly trying in the Maldives in November.
“We’ve been planning it all on an app and having loads of sex on the three days I’m ovulating.
“We haven’t been doing it every day as they say not to.
"We don’t do it for three days ahead of ovulating, to make sure the sperm is stronger. We’ve tried everything.
“It’s frustrating as I feel young but I’m not inside. I’m 43 this month so I guess I need help.
“It’s always when you really want something that it doesn’t happen.
“Who knows, it could be down to the stress of trying so hard.”
Although doctors have reassured the couple they "will have a baby", Katie is worried because she's unsure she can carry a child, while Carl needs to undergo tests to check his sperm count.
She said: “I’ve had my tests and the doctor said I’m still ovulating but my eggs are far less now.
“I had a scan and some blood tests and they were happy.
"The danger with me is I’ve got to see an obstetrician as I can’t give birth to a baby naturally.
“They need to check I can actually carry a baby. I may not be strong enough to do that because I’ve had four caesareans and because of my age.
“We want a baby so much, we’re very stressed about it.
“Last week we saw a doctor who reassured us we will have a baby.
“It is just how we do it now. Carl is getting tested because he’s never got anyone pregnant before.
“We don’t know yet but he might need medication to help his sperm.
"There’s obviously a reason why we’re not getting pregnant. Whatever happens, we’re having a baby this year.”
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