'For 10 years I tried to have her and failed'

Emma Kenny on her fertility struggles and finally giving birth to daughter Etta-Blue

- LUCY ROBINSON

After trying for a baby for a decade, last month TV psychologist Emma Kenny revealed she’d given birth to her third child at the age of 50. The This Morning star, who’s already a mum to sons Tyde, 20, and Evan, 18, introduced gorgeous Etta-Blue in a surprise social media post.

Talking to new less than four weeks after her daughter’s arrival, Emma says she and husband Pete Skywalker are on cloud nine. “She’s my little miracle. I’m lapping up every second,” Emma beams.

While it was never her intention to become a mum at this stage in her life, Emma, who feared she’d become an “easy target” for trolls, has been taken aback by the overwhelmingly positive response she has received. In fact, any concerns about her being an older mum have come from Emma herself.

“I felt a great deal of selfishness all the way up until giving birth,” she tells us. “There are moments when I think, ‘I wish I could have another 20 years with Etta.’ I could beat myself up about it, but my best friend died at 43, so you don’t always get the time that’s promised to you. I’ll have conversations with Etta about it as she gets older.”

Having welcomed her boys almost two decades ago, Emma has spent the last 10 years on a fertility journey, enduring rounds of IVF and, sadly, several miscarriages.

“For 10 years I tried to have her and failed constantly. I’ll have to process my grief over the fact that I couldn’t have her at 42 or 45,” she explains. “I feel I’ve had years stolen from my child, but I’m very grateful for having her.”