Brian McFadden has revealed he is planning to become a father for the fourth time as he hopes to have another child with his fiancee Danielle Parkinson.
The former Westlife singer, 42, and his gym teacher partner welcomed their daughter Ruby via IVF just 18 months ago and plan to use a fertile egg from treatment to try again in the next few months.
The star declared “we’ll probably wait a few more months,” and described fatherhood as “the most incredible experience of my life.”
‘We’ll try in a few months’: Brian McFadden, 42, has revealed he is hoping for a fourth child with fiancee Danielle Parkinson as the couple prepare to start IVF again
In addition to youngest daughter Ruby, Brian also shares Molly, 21, and Lilly-Sue, 19, with ex-wife Kerry Katona.
He and Danielle were finally able to welcome their first child, Ruby, together after undergoing IVF treatment and suffering two miscarriages in the process.
Chatting to FUBAR Radio this week, the singer detailed his plans to become a father for the fourth time, explaining: “Yes absolutely we had IVF treatments to have Ruby.
“We had four fertile eggs, the first two were implanted and they miscarried, Ruby was the third and the fourth is the strongest. We’ll probably wait a few more months and then try the last egg.’
Parents: The couple gave birth to daughter Ruby via IVF just 18 months ago
Try again: “We had four fertile eggs, the first two were implanted and they miscarried, Ruby was the third and the fourth is the strongest. We’ll probably wait a few more months and then we’ll try the last egg.
Noting the 19-year age difference between his youngest and eldest daughter, Brian admitted he now has more time to be a hands-on dad – sharing that he “misses so much” of Molly and Lilly’s childhood have.
“She is [Ruby] amazing she is amazing obviously i have three girls. But Molly and Lilly are twenty-one and nineteen, and when I had them both I was at Westlife, so I didn’t have time.
“We didn’t facetime or video calls back then, so I missed so much of them, their first steps, their first words, I missed so much of that,” he explained.
Doting dad: In addition to youngest daughter Ruby, Brian also shares Molly, 21, and Lilly-Sue, 19, with ex-wife Kerry Katona
Brian gushed, “It was just the most incredible experience of my life and I wake up every morning so excited to see it.”
Continuing: “I see absolutely everything with Ruby, I’m with her pretty much every day, she comes everywhere and when she’s not coming I can Facetime and talk to her and see her.
“It was just the most incredible experience of my life and I wake up every morning so excited to see it.”
Brian and Danielle welcomed Ruby via emergency C-section in May 2021, with the gym teacher previously sharing that she would receive “all the pain relief” if she welcomed another child.
Chat with OK! Last year, she explained that the gas and air “didn’t touch the sides” and that if she had another child she would have “epidural” and “all the pain relief.”
Explaining her recent birth, she continued, “There was a queue for the theater so I had to go through these labor pains which were awful. I was in so much pain and desperate for pain relief.”
Family: Brian and Danielle welcomed Ruby via emergency C-section in May 2021, with the gym teacher previously sharing she would have “all the pain relief” if she welcomed another child.
While focusing on parenthood, Brian and Danielle also tried to tie the knot – with their wedding anniversary postponed three times.
Brian explained on Fubar Radio: “We got married in South Africa when the first wave of the pandemic hit, so we had to cancel because everyone was in lockdown. Then everything was lifted and we had to go back into lockdown so we canceled it again.
He continued: “The third time we were told we could go to South Africa and get married, but South Africa was on the red list so we would all have to be in hotel quarantine over the summer holidays…
“That would be a sexy honeymoon, wouldn’t it? Be in a beautiful vineyard in Africa and then spend two weeks in a Holiday Inn at Gatwick Airport and have margherita pizzas shoved under your door. No thank you.’
The couple is now scheduled to tie the knot in 2023, two years later than originally planned.
