'I thought he might run': Chantelle Houghton reveals heartbreak at having to tell Alex Reid that she's infertile

By Jody Thompson


Still together: Chantelle Houghton, pictured here with Alex Reid after her interview on This Morning, said she feared he'd leave her over her fertility problems


A few weeks ago she was on the show with new love Alex Reid to gush about their relationship - and now Chantelle Houghton has gone on This Morning to talk about the devastating news that she only has a one per cent chance of falling pregnant naturally.

Talking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, she also revealed that she feared that Alex Reid might leave her if she told him and that she agonised over whether or not to tell him her heartbreaking news.

The 27-year-old former professional Paris Hilton lookalike who now runs her own fashion boutique, explained she was either born with a low number of eggs, or the loss has accelerated over the years.

Love you: Chantelle said the pair had already discussed trying to have children


Either way, doctors have told her she only has a one per cent chance of conceiving naturally so she will have to rely on fertility treatment to have children.

Chantelle explained however that she agonised over whether to tell the 36-year-old martial arts fighter, saying: 'When I found out it obviously it was really early [days] being with Alex. It was really hard and I didn't know what to do.

'I wrestled whether to tell him and I thought this is the situation, but I was scared what he might do. [I thought] he might run, its a scary thing to tell someone that you've just got together with.

'But I thought this is the situation and I'm not going to be able to change it, it's still going to be the same in six months or a year, and it all came tumbling out one night and he's been absolutely amazing and I couldn't thank him enough.'

Chantelle however said that though she initially thought that years of extreme dieting might have been to blame, that was not the case.

She said: 'That's one thing I really wanted to clear up, because that [extreme dieting] is not the cause. I was born this way; it was either because I was born with a low amount of eggs, or over the years I've had an accelerated loss of eggs. Yes, dieting wouldn't have helped, but that isn't the cause.'

Heartbreak: The former Celebrity Big Brother star said she was devastated when she was told the news

Advice: With fertility expert Carol Cooper on the sofa

Chat: Chantelle was talking to This Morning's Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford


Chantelle also revealed how she took the news saying: 'To be honest it was so unexpected because its not like I was trying to have children - I went because I was getting some pain in my left ovary. I never ever expected to have this told to me.

'It was devastating and I have over the past six to eight weeks started to come to terms with it a lot more. But it's awful and you don't ever get told this. At 25, you're actually classed - in infertility years - as old, and women don't get told this. There's nothing when you're at school, all there is is how not get pregnant.'

Fertility expert Dr Carol Cooper then interjected, and said: 'Eggs do start to deteriorate early on, but its different for each woman and even after tests you don't know what is going to happen.

'And while Chantelle feels very hopeless about it now, this doesn't mean that she'll never have children. There is always an element of unknown...even if you have a hormone test, you don't know that there isn't going to be an egg released when you need it.'

Chantelle said: 'Obviously there's that great thing of what's mean to be, is what's meant to be, but with medical science... and if I can be helped then I will take the help that I can have. There is just a very very low chance that I would conceive naturally and the doctor gave me a time scale of about three years that I've got left.'

Birthday girl: Alex took Chantelle out for a meal at Nobu on Saturday to celebrate her birthday on Sunday


She added: 'I actually got the results through the post, not expecting it to be what it was. I just casually opened the letter and I literally just cried and cried and cried. My mum was really upset as well. It's just been awful.'

Of the future, Chantelle said: 'Would I try fertility? Absolutely. I'd take any help that I could. I've always wanted children, I've dreamt of it and that's the missing piece of my life really. I'd love to try and have my own children first [before considering adoption]...

'I think adoption is amazing and having looked into IVF and there are some amazing women out there that actually donate their eggs to other woman that can't and I think those woman are amazing, I really do.'

She also revealed that she and Alex are considering undergoing fertility treatment further down the line to have a family together.

Chantelle replied: 'We have spoken about it. Alex is brilliant with kids, he amazing around them and they just stick to him like glue. But we have spoken about it definitely and obviously we have a lot to talk about.'

The pair were celebrating on Sunday night nevertheless as Chantelle celebrated her 28th birthday.

They went to Nobu and she wrote on her Twitter afterwards: 'Had such a great birthday weekend...Alex spoilt me so much. Thank you baby @Only1AlexReid X'


source:dailymail