Atomic Kitten’s Liz McClarnon broke down in tears as she opened up about her IVF journey and revealed her baby’s gender live on Wednesday’s episode of Loose Women.

Last month the 44-year-old and husband Peter Cho revealed that they were expecting their first child after years of ‘painful’ IVF.

Happy couple Liz and Peter met four years ago and soon after meeting started their IVF journey – and unfortunately had three failed embryo cycles in 2023, and then suffered two miscarriages the following year, but finally got the happy news that they wanted.

After her VT was played out to Loose Women viewers, an emotional Liz walked out on stage to sit down with the panel and confessed: ‘That piece then, it made me get a bit teary back there.’

Jane Moore was keen to know how far gone she is in her pregnancy and asked: ‘Where are you now, what stage?’

Liz said: ‘I am just around five months.

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Atomic Kitten’s Liz McClarnon breaks down in tears revealing baby’s gender live on Loose Women – and recounting grueling struggles to conceive before finally falling pregnant aged 44

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Last month the 44-year-old and husband Peter Cho revealed that they were expecting their first child after years of ‘painful’ IVF

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Happy couple Liz and Peter met four years ago and soon after meeting started their IVF journey – and unfortunately had three failed embryo cycles in 2023, and then suffered two miscarriages the following year, but finally got the happy news that they wanted

‘We know what we’re having.. if you’d like to know?’

She then thought it would be the perfect time to share if she is having a baby boy or girl.

Liz continued: ‘We’re having a boy!

‘We thought it might be a girl, we thought it might be a girl.’

She added: ‘Lots of names going around in my head and getting really excited by.’

Earlier on in the segment, Liz got emotional as she explained why she got upset after seeing her VT play out.

She said: ‘It’s been really tough actually.

‘It’s strange because I speak about it, but hearing you talk about it then, in third person, it’s completely separate to me, it made me upset, it was almost likes someone else.

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Speaking about her IVF journey, Liz said: ‘Whereas when you deal with it yourself, you’re like “oh, carry on. Let’s do this”‘

‘Whereas when you deal with it yourself, you’re like “oh, carry on. Let’s do this”.’

Jane Moore was interested to know if they had realised before trying for a baby that they would have fertility issues.

Liz explained: ‘The reason we went to a doctor to find out, when we met, I was over 40, it’s a reality. We thought let’s see where we are, let’s see where we stand.’

She continued that they told her: ‘Everything seems ok, you have fluid around your ovaries, but let’s start some treatments.

‘A couple of hormones…’

Speaking about her experience, Liz said: ‘You do think straight away, this will be fine, one go. This will be it.

‘The first time we got 10 eggs, couple fertilised, then we went on holiday, it was so stressful, you get phone calls every day, they keep you updated.

‘We got so stressed we went to France for a few days.

‘We got a phone call while there that no embryos have reached the last stage.’

She confessed: ‘It was the biggest shock of my life. I didn’t expect them to say that.

‘I don’t think anyone does.’

Liz said: ‘The second time, maybe this time, you do have so much hope every single time…

‘I hated myself for having the hope, but you’re so right, if you don’t go into it with that, why are you doing it?’

Liz and Peter – who tied the knot in 2023 – announced their happy news last month.

In the sweet clip, Liz could be seen sitting on a park bench before turning around to reveal her bump.

During the video, she said: ‘I’ve been keeping a secret from you, and I’ve mostly kept myself off social media because sometimes it was hard to smile.

‘But after years of sometimes quite painful IVF and dark times, I’m pregnant! We feel like we’ve been given the world.’

Liz captioned the post: ‘I started to record a video of me just telling you but I got too emotional so I thought I’d just hide behind this little announcement instead.

‘I just can’t believe we’re here. So many have been through exactly what I went through and worse.

‘I want to share what I can and add my voice and ears to those who already help others understand or deal with all that comes with IVF and loss after so much hope.

‘I’ve been a part of some beautifully supportive communities. I’m so grateful.’