I wouldn’t have IVF, says Christine Lampard (. . . and why IS everyone so fascinated by my body clock?)
SHE has often expressed a wish to have children with her husband, former England footballer Frank Lampard.
But television presenter Christine Lampard, 38, reveals today that she is not considering IVF treatment – and questions why everyone seems to be obsessed by her body clock.
‘I think women are never allowed to feel that everything in their world is OK – if they are not worried about something, they should be,’ she tells The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine.
‘I am always being asked when I am going to have a baby. Everyone seems to be fascinated by my body clock.
‘As far as I am concerned, my attitude is that I will wait and see what happens. I’m not pushing myself. I’m not getting stressed or unhappy. I’m a believer in what will be will be.’
Last year, the Loose Women presenter hinted on the programme that she would not rule out IVF.
But in today’s You magazine interview, Christine says: ‘That isn’t something we have thought about. I know friends who have torn themselves apart and jeopardised their relationship because going through IVF was so traumatic and I don’t know if I could do that to myself or Frank.
‘I’m not one of those women who was thinking about babies at the age of 18, and when I first met Frank it wasn’t on the agenda.
‘If it happens, it happens, but right now all is well in my world as it is.’
The Northern Ireland-born star made her name as a co-presenter on BBC1’s The One Show with Adrian Chiles, and she married former Chelsea midfielder Frank two years ago. She is stepmother to Frank’s two daughters – Luna, 11, and Isla, ten – from his relationship with former model Elen Rivas.