James and Ola Jordan are expecting a baby girl.
The professional ballroom dancers – who wed in 2003 – battled through three years of fertility struggles before finally falling pregnant through IVF in June, and now the pair have announced the gender of their first child, which has made the whole experience "very real now".
In an interview with HELLO! magazine, James confessed: "Because we were quite nervous going through IVF we didn’t want to jinx anything … now we know it’s a little girl it just feels very real now. It’s amazing. It’s brilliant."
Ola added: "As a couple we always wanted to know what we’re having and I think Christmas is the best time to find out. I was so emotional!"
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ stars are due to welcome their little girl into the world in March, and Ola, 36, thinks its "the best thing" for her outspoken husband.
She said: "A little girl is the best thing that could happen to James, honestly. He’s not going to let her go."
James, 41, didn’t disagree with his wife, as he quipped: "I’m going to be wrapped around her little finger.
"But she will be locked up until she’s at least 32."
The couple announced the happy news earlier this month on social media, and James said it was their "biggest achievement ever".
He said at the time: "We’ve been with each other for 20 years, married for 16, travelled the world, achieved amazing things in our careers: trophies, accolades, Ola won ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, I won ‘Dancing On Ice’. But finding out that we are pregnant is no doubt our biggest achievement ever. This is probably the most special and exciting thing that has ever happened to us."
Ola revealed she found out she was expecting their child after taking tests while James was out.
She said: "I did a test, he was on the golf course. I cried, I was over the moon. The thing is with IVF, because we couldn’t get pregnant for a long time, you don’t believe it. You’re like is it OK, is it normal? "I waited for him to get home and I gave him the test because I couldn’t actually tell him. I couldn’t say it, I was so upset, so happy. I did loads [of tests]."
James and Ola Jordan expecting a baby girl
