Amanda Keller 'My IVF Battle'

The TV Week Gold Logie nominee and mum-of-two admits her fertility struggle is ‘still raw’ 17 years on

- Zara Zubeidi

Mothers know all too well how quickly time flies when it comes to raising children – not least TV and radio presenter Amanda Keller. The Living Room host underwent IVF to have both her now-teenage sons, and admits her memories of that struggle are just as raw today as they were when she welcomed her firstborn 17 years ago.

“I’m still close enough to the person who went through IVF back then to be amazed at how far we’ve come,” Amanda tells Woman’s Day.

“I saw their first moments as embryos. Now Liam is a prop in rugby, he’s shaving and looks about 30 years old! And Jack is almost as tall as him.”

While Amanda was once reluctant to speak about her fertility struggles, these days the TV Week Gold Logie nominee is open to sharing more about her ordeal.

In a recent interview with Chezzi Denyer on her podcast Mum Stories, Amanda says she was plagued by fear in the early stages of her first pregnancy at age 39, at one point thinking she’d lost Liam.