Sarah-Jane Crawford is pregnant.
Sarah-Jane Crawford
The 39-year-old presenter and her partner Brian Barry-Murphy will welcome their second child into the world in the autumn and the former 'Xtra' factor star admitted it is "surreal" to be expanding her family again, having given birth to daughter Summer last August.
She told HELLO! magazine: "It's one of those things that's a little bit surreal. I never thought I'd have one baby, let alone two."
But Sarah-Jane - who had a miscarriage before having Summer and was told she may need to have IVF to get pregnant - thinks having multiple children is a "good" thing, even if she hasn't had the "luxury" of a bigger age gap.
She added: "People say, 'Oh, brilliant, our kids grew up together, they're best friends'. I think there's a lot of practical reasons and emotional reasons, in terms of siblings, why it's good.
"But I don't think I've necessarily had the luxury to think, 'You know what, I'll space them out a bit'."
And because she's getting close to 40, Sarah-Jane knows her fertility will decline in the coming years.
She said: "We find it hard to accept that we have evolved as a human race in so many ways – women are now more educated than ever before, we have impressive careers.
"But ultimately, what hasn't changed is that there will come a day, on average, in your 40s, where you can't have any more children. And that's just the fact of the matter."
The presenter is a vegan but has been craving meat, though she's determined not to give into her carnivorous urges.
She said: "The worst thing is, sometimes people will go 'Oh, listen to your body. You obviously need the meat if you're craving it'. But I know it would make me so ill to just suddenly start eating meat. I haven't touched meat in six years!"
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