Boxer Nicola Adams and her partner Ella Baig have opened up about "emotionally challenging" IVF journey, ahead of their brand new documentary which airs on ITV tonight.
Following two years of dashed hopes and heartbreak during IVF cycles, double Olympic champion Nicola Adams and her partner Ella Baig today spoke to This Morning about their journey and finally getting their baby boy Taylor in July 2022.
Speaking to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, the couple revealed that they are hoping to eventually have four children if they can. Nicola said: “It was an amazing moment finding out that Ella was pregnant. I was over the moon and buzzing - we did two [pregnancy] tests to make sure!”
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Ella admitted how the journey to having Taylor wasn’t plain sailing, she said, “The first [IVF] attempt didn’t take, and the second time we miscarried, and then the third time we got him… after the second time when I wanted to try again, I said if it doesn’t work this time ‘I need a break’ because it’s really emotionally challenging and can be really really hard.”
Nicola went on to explain another reason for doing the documentary was to highlight the lack of diverse sperm donors. She explained, “There’s barely any black donors when you look on the websites, there’s maybe two or three, maximum…”
Ella added, “You’ll go on a site with thousands of donors and you’ll narrow down your search to Caribbean or African and they’ll be no Carribean and maybe three Africans and that’s it and for people that are going through IVF who looks like them and is the same race as them, there are no donors.”
Nicola Adams: IVF & Me airs on Thursday at 9pm on ITVBe and ITV Hub.
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