‘IF WE WANT TO GET PREGNANT WE HAVE TO BE POSITIVE'

DESPITE THE HEARTACHE OF MISCARRIAGE AND A FAILED IVF ATTEMPT BRIANMCFADDEN AND DANIELLEPARKINSON TELL OK!’S MICHELLE GARNETT WHY THEY STILL FEEL HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE

- MICHELLE GARNETT

Brian McFadden and his fiancée Danielle Parkinson look the picture of health and happiness when OK! joins them for a socially distanced spa day at The Belfry Hotel & Resort near their home in Rochdale. Seeing the besotted pair, you’d never guess that behind the scenes they’ve been experiencing an emotional journey in their quest to start a family together.

The couple, who met four years ago and got engaged just before Christmas, had already told OK! about their plans to have a baby. But it’s only now that they feel ready to share the heartache they’ve experienced along the way.

Having begun their first cycle of IVF over 12 months ago, they were devastated when Danielle had a miscarriage late last year while Brian was out of the country. A subsequent attempt also failed. Despite this, they’re still full of hope and positivity as they prepare to try again using one of the two eggs that currently remain on ice.

“We’ve got so much love, we want to share that love with someone else,” Brian tells OK!, adding pragmatically, “But it’s not the end of the world if we don’t get pregnant. We always said we’d try every option.”

For Danielle, who’s 39 next month, the IVF process has been “invasive”, but she explains in her upbeat manner, “I’m a get on with it kind of person.” Brian, 40 – who’s celebrating the success of his Strings Attached album with Boyzlife collaborator Keith Duffy – is already a father to daughters Molly, 18, and Lilly, 17, with first wife Kerry Katona. He was also married to Vogue Williams, who’s just had her second child with husband Spencer Matthews.