BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent admitted that she cried "half a dozen" watching Alex Jones' new documentary exploring fertility and IVF. In Alex Jones: Making Babies, the Welsh TV presenter opens up about her own miscarriage and speaks openly about her own pregnancy journey.
For the documentary, Alex actually trained as a fertility assistant at one of the leading fertility clinics in the UK, known for their world-renowned research and innovative technology.
The 48-year-old presenter has also spoken about the difficulties she faced while trying for a second baby after the birth of her first child Teddy. She said, of her and husband Charlie Thomson's pregnancy journey: "We didn't have a straightforward time, between the two boys, we had a loss then and quite late on and then it resulted in some complications. I didn't go down the IVF route, we thought we might have to but we didn't in the end." The pair are now parents to three children Kit, Teddy and Annie.
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Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Monday morning about the documentary, Alex says: "There are success stories in the programme, but we don't shy away from the fact that success rates are still not that great, but what the science is doing is giving people hope, where there wouldn't be any. I feel it is a very balanced representation of what IVF actually is."
Sally added: "The sensitivities around it are so important. I must have cried almost half a dozen times while watching because I could see you had made a connection in someone and felt very invested in whatever is going to happen to them next."
Filming was delayed when she found out she was pregnant with her third child, Annie, but she was back on the ward four weeks after giving birth and spent up to three days a week training.
"I am lucky and I would go home every night and hold those children a little bit tighter," she said. "All of us who have children are so lucky.
"I know the series will be a trigger for some people, and some will find it difficult to watch. I had a miscarriage, and filming certain parts did bring things back but it needs to be talked about. I just hope that me talking about my experience, and the patients very kindly sharing their stories, that it will help make this a conversation we can have with no taboos surrounding it."
Sally added: "One of the things that really made me cry was the dads talking about it. You can see they really don't want to say, and they crumble quite quickly The whole programme is very uplifting and gorgeous to watch.."
Alex agreed: "It is a very hard thing to talk about, especially on camera but all those contributors will have made such a huge difference to other people going through it."
You can watch Alex Jones: Making Babies, Thursdays at 8pm on W Channel.
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