‘IVF was the next best thing!’ Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec expecting first baby together

ICONINSIDER — Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec are expecting their first baby together.
The 39-year-old star has been married to fellow former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional Aljaž, 33, and revealed that the pair had decided to turn to the NHS for In vitro fertilisation treatment after struggling to conceive naturally for some time.
She said: “For the past couple of years we hadn’t been using protection but nothing was happening, so we thought IVF was the next best thing for us to do. I turn 40 later this year and the NHS offers really good services to women under 40. The doctor said that as soon as I got my period we would start injections, but my period never came!”
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two’ host went on to add that IVF treatment can be “really strenuous” but recalled “crying and hugging” with her husband as they celebrated the “miraculous” news.
She told HELLO Magazine: “I know that IVF can be really strenuous on a woman’s body and there is no guarantee it will work, so to know that this little miracle just came from a wonderful night we had together is amazing. I think the baby decided to make Mum and Dad panic a bit before saying, ‘ok, fine, I’m coming up now!’ I called the doctor and I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I think I’m pregnant, what do I do?’ And she said, ‘First of all, calm down, and second of all, congratulations. What has Aljaž said?’ And I said, ‘I haven’t told him; he’s in the living room!’ [But when I did], we cried and hugged; it was quite a moment..”

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