Matthew and Amelia Wright almost gave up on becoming parents.
The 53-year-old star and his wife have opened up about their difficult eight-year journey to become parents, and the couple managed to conceive through IVF in what was their "last chance".
Speaking on ‘Lorraine’, Matthew said: "The last time Amelia met you I was in the jungle and she was just talking then about struggling to have a child and then immediately after that was two very big miscarriages. That was very hard."
Amelia said: "After that happened I thought ‘I need to have a break.’ I don’t know what the future holds. Maybe we’re not meant to be parents.
"So we just had to take a break and think about what we wanted to do. Mentally and physically it’s good to do that. Last chance saloon.
"We had an embryo in the freezer, been there for six years. We were talking about donating it to medical science.
"Because I just didn’t know if I could go through another round of heartbreak, disappointment, I didn’t know if I could put myself through it. And then when it came down to it, I just couldn’t give it up, I had to give it one last shot."
Amelia "almost can’t believe" she is expecting, and thinks Matthew will made a great father.
She said: "I almost can’t believe it’s happening. Eight years trying, six miscarriages. But seventh time lucky.
"He’s going to be the most doting dad. Hands on."
Matthew added: "Primary carer, potentially. I’m being quite serious about that.
"I was thinking, I had one eye on early retirement, some fishing, chilling out, wine in the sunshine, and then the baby news came I think three, four days after I quit my job on the telly and I thought, ‘Blimey, I might have to go back to work now.’
"But actually I’m thinking ‘no I can be a pensioner parent’."
Matthew and Amelia Wright almost gave up on becoming parents
