A Love Island star has announced that she is expecting her first child after a whirlwind year-long romance.
Amy Hart shared made the announcement that she and boyfriend Sam Rason are expecting while appearing on Loose Women on Monday.
The 30-year-old began by explaining how the ITV chat show is the perfect place to announce her pregnancy, having already discussed her fertility issues on the show.
Amy, who has openly discussed her low egg count, had previously spent €17,500 freezing her eggs over three separate rounds to give herself the best chance of becoming a mum one day, reports OK.
But in today's episode, she could share her happy news.
Amy explained: "It was very unexpected. We weren't going to try until next year.
"I had my 30th completely sober. I had people coming up to my saying, 'You don't seem very drunk'.
"I said to my best friend, 'People are starting to ask' and they said, 'Well, you're going to have to do something'.
"So when the ABBA tribute band performed Lay All Your Love On, I started crawling across the dancefloor – and nobody asked again."
Amy then went on to say she wasn't quite sure how many weeks pregnant she was as the scan revealed different time periods, but she thinks it's between 13 and 14 weeks.
She also confirmed that she isn't using her frozen eggs, saying: "No, so I might need them [frozen eggs] in the future because it was never about not being able to get pregnant it was more about the longevity of my egg reserve.
"I might need them in the future, but if I don't, I'll donate them."
Congratulation messages flooded in from fans on social media as they wished Amy and Sam all the best.
One person on Twitter commented: "Ahhh what lovely news !!! I am so happy for you Amy and Sam."
Another added: "What a lovely couple congratulations," while a third added: "I am literally crying whilst typing this - huge congratulations to Amy and Sam."
"Oh my GOD! I am absolutely thrilled for you both. This is such wonderful news," said a fourth person before a fifth wrote: "Oh my God! HUGE congratulations Amy!! Sooo very happy for you both! You'll make a fabulous mum."
In an exclusive interview with OK! back in June, Amy made no secret of her desire to have children.
The reality star has been dating partner Sam since August 2021 and gave the entrepreneur the keys to her West Sussex home just two months into their relationship.
Speaking about the future, the couple told us how they want at least two children.
Amy also opened up about how they wouldn't be hanging around due to her fertility and would ideally have two children "back to back".
She said: "We don't have time to enjoy being a couple and go travelling for the next five years, like some couples do.
"We'll need to make a decision at some point about what we're going to do first, but we'd like at least two. That doesn't leave us a long time and it'll have to be back to back."
Sam added: "That excites me because I do want to be a dad and build a family with Amy.
"We'll definitely try in the next four years. Amy has been open about her fertility and in some ways that creates time pressure. In an ideal world, you'd get engaged, married and have kids. But for us, it may have to change up."
He added: "I definitely want children. I'm not as precious about having children first or getting married."
But for Amy, her dream scenario was to get married first before having children, with the star saying she would ideally tie the knot in 2023.
"I'd love to get married first, just because I think then you can be truly selfish with your wedding if you get married first.
"Once you have children, all your priorities change. I'd love to get married next year," she said.
The star began her egg freezing journey last year and ended up with 12 eggs after the three rounds.
She told us: "I've got 12 more [eggs] than I would've had. I would've liked more for the amount of medication I had, but I'm grateful for that."
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