Katie Price’s new IVF documentary Making Babies, in which she attempts to have her sixth child, has been slammed by Channel 4 viewers as ‘inappropriate’.

The Channel 4 show, which was filmed in 2023 before she split with former fiancé Carl Woods, documents her and Carl’s fertility treatment journey as they planned to have another baby.

However, viewers have taken umbrage at the mother-of-five’s plans to expand her brood, noting that it’s offensive to couples facing fertility issues or are struggling with their own IVF journey.

Katie is mum to son Harvey, 22, with former footballer Dwight York, son Junior, 19, daughter Princess, 17, with her first husband Peter Andre, and son Jett, 10, and daughter Bunny, nine, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler.

Meanwhile, some have questioned why the two-part documentary is airing at all  considering Katie split from the care salesman in 2023.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, viewers didn’t hold back on their opinions.

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Katie Price’s new IVF documentary Making Babies, in which she attempts to have her sixth child, has been slammed by Channel 4 viewers as ‘inappropriate’

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The Channel 4 show, which was filmed in 2023 before she split with former fiancé Carl Woods, documents her and Carl’s fertility treatment journey as they planned to have another baby

They penned: ‘Crikey caught a bit of the Katie Price documentary. I’m angry on behalf of people who want and deserve IVF treatment’

‘Plus Katie Price isn’t even with Carl Woods anymore. Bizarre to show this. Thank goodness the IVF didn’t work because potential names were “Frog” or “Monster”‘

‘@Channel4 You’re disgusting giving rancid Katie Price IVF treatment for viewing figures. Give it to couples who may never get the chance to become parents!’

‘Katie Price desperately wanting to get pregnant to hang on to a younger bloke who doesn’t have children is actually quite sad. He should want to be with her for her. She should be enough’

‘The “Making Babies” docu on @channel4 is an affront to anyone who has undergone fertility issues. C4 willing enablers in the continuing freefall that is Katie Price’s life. IVF clinics willing to take anyone’s money. Thoroughly shameful all-round.’

During the show, Katie was left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with ex Carl.

The former couple had been trying to fall pregnant for three years, however, they were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’ and that her body was showing signs of menopause.

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Katie is mum to son Harvey, 22, with former footballer Dwight York, son Junior, 19, daughter Princess, 17, with her first husband Peter Andre, and son Jett, 10, and daughter Bunny, nine, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler

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Viewers have taken umbrage at the mother-of-five’s plans to expand her brood, noting that it’s offensive to couples facing fertility issues or are struggling with their own IVF journey

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, viewers didn’t hold back on their opinions

Breaking the news to the pair during the first episode on Monday, gynecologist Carole Gilling-Smith informed them that they had ‘less than one percent’ of falling pregnant using Katie’s own eggs, adding that it she was ‘unlikely’ to produce a ‘healthy egg’.

And while the situation was a crushing blow to the then couple, Katie was then seen panicking that Carl would dump her amid the fact that she was facing the menopause ‘within a year or two’ and might not be able to give him a child naturally.

The mother-of-five exclaimed: ‘He probably won’t want to be with me now anyway.’

Speaking to the camera, she added: ‘But I now am paranoid that he won’t want to be with me because he’ll want a kid, and he’d think I’m so much grief that he’d go and get someone younger and set up a family. That’s what I think.’

As Carl slammed her negativity as ‘insanity’, Katie went on to say how ‘paranoid’ she was, remarking: ‘The door is closed on me!’

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Meanwhile, Katie was left gutted after being informed that she was heading towards the menopause as she tried for IVF with former fiancé Carl Woods on her documentary, Making Babies

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They were dealt a crushing blow when a fertility expert told a then 45-year-old Katie that she only had ‘a couple of awake eggs’ and that her body was showing signs of menopause

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‘Now am paranoid that he won’t want to be with me because he’ll want a kid, and he’d think I’m so much grief that he’d go and get someone younger and set up a family. That’s what I think’

Fertility expert Carole then later admitted that the news was a ‘big blow’ for Katie (now 46) as she told how ‘the first sign of ageing is coming from her ovaries’.

She also shared that when women get news such as Katie’s, they often get the feeling that they are no longer attractive.

Despite being given such a low chance of producing a healthy egg, a determined Katie later informed Carole that she wanted to go ahead with the egg retrieval.

The documentary then sees Katie undergo a procedure to retrieve her egg, with the star later delighted when two are collected.

And while at the time the couple were excited at the prospect of having a baby, they went on to split mid-filming, while the IVF was ultimately unsuccessful.

HOW DOES IVF WORK?

In-vitro fertilisation, known as IVF, is a medical procedure in which a woman has an already-fertilised egg inserted into her womb to become pregnant.

It is used when couples are unable to conceive naturally, and a sperm and egg are removed from their bodies and combined in a laboratory before the embryo is inserted into the woman.

Once the embryo is in the womb, the pregnancy should continue as normal.

The procedure can be done using eggs and sperm from a couple or those from donors.

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that IVF should be offered on the NHS to women under 43 who have been trying to conceive through regular unprotected sex for two years.

People can also pay for IVF privately, which costs an average of £3,348 for a single cycle, according to figures published in January 2018, and there is no guarantee of success.

The NHS says success rates for women under 35 are about 29 per cent, with the chance of a successful cycle reducing as they age.

Around eight million babies are thought to have been born due to IVF since the first ever case, British woman Louise Brown, was born in 1978.

Chances of success

The success rate of IVF depends on the age of the woman undergoing treatment, as well as the cause of the infertility (if it’s known).

Younger women are more likely to have a successful pregnancy.

IVF isn’t usually recommended for women over the age of 42 because the chances of a successful pregnancy are thought to be too low.

Between 2014 and 2016 the percentage of IVF treatments that resulted in a live birth was:

29 per cent for women under 35

23 per cent for women aged 35 to 37

15 per cent for women aged 38 to 39

9 per cent for women aged 40 to 42

3 per cent for women aged 43 to 44

2 per cent for women aged over 44