{"id":5073,"date":"2025-05-06T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:43:14","slug":"bbc-presenter-40-announces-pregnancy-live-on-air-after-emotional-fertility-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/bbc-presenter-40-announces-pregnancy-live-on-air-after-emotional-fertility-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC presenter, 40, announces pregnancy live on air after \u2018emotional\u2019 fertility struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michelle Ackerley announced her pregnancy live on air this morning (Picture: Getty for The National Lottery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A BBC<\/a> presenter announced her pregnancy<\/a> live on air after admitting she had gone through an ’emotional’ struggle with infertility.<\/p>\n

Michelle Ackerley, 40, has presented shows such as Crimewatch, The One Show<\/a> and Watchdog.<\/p>\n

Currently, she is presenting on BBC One’s Morning Live show and was seen today alongside co-host Gethin Jones<\/a>, 47.<\/p>\n

After being introduced by Jones, he told viewers at home that she had ‘some news’.<\/p>\n

Ackerley responded: ‘I have actually, yes. I know I still can\u2019t quite believe it myself, really, very, very happy.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s just come out slowly but surely. I am four months pregnant.’<\/p>\n

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Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The news caused guests on the show to smile and clap as they gave their congratulations.<\/p>\n<p>Ackerley went on to explain how she had been ‘waking up in the middle of the night at 3am’ and she would nudge her husband to say this is ‘what we’ve got to get used to, no sleep’.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the presenter married Ben Ryan, who is a performance director at <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\">Premier League<\/a> football team <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/brentford\/\">Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan formerly coached the England Rugby 7’s team as well as Fiji, which he helped win a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Instagram, Ackerley said: ‘[I] can\u2019t believe it\u2019s nearly been a year since getting married.’<\/p>\n<p>She also added that she is ‘nervous’ but is cautiously excited.<\/p>\n<p>In a 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\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The 40-year-old presenter shared this picture to her Instagram (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘Feeling part of a community \u2013 especially when it comes to women\u2019s health \u2013 can really make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>‘Even at the very start of this year, I was gearing up for yet another endo[metriosis] procedure and trying to come to terms with the mental and physical impact they can have. 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