Alex Jones says her 'obsession' with falling pregnant put a strain her marriage trends now
Alex Jones admits her 'obsession' with having a second baby after suffering a miscarriage put a strain on her relationship with husband Charlie Thomson.
In 2017 the presenter - now a mother-of-three - was forced to undergo a missed miscarriage operation just nine weeks into her second pregnancy after the baby foetus stopped developing and her body struggled to expel pregnancy tissue.
Jones, 45, eventually welcomed a second child, son Kit, at London's Queen Charlotte Hospital in May 2019, and her own struggles contributed to a new role in BBC series Alex Jones: Making Babies.
Struggle: Alex Jones admits her 'obsession' with having a second baby after suffering a miscarriage put a strain on her relationship with husband Charlie Thomson
The One Show presenter worked as a fertility assistant during the fly-on-the-wall reality show, filmed exclusively at King's Fertility clinic, and admits to understanding the desperation prospective parents feel while attempting to fall pregnant.
She told The Times: 'When people decide to have children — I know it happened for me — you kind of go from that thing, "Oh, I can’t get pregnant," to it becoming all you want. You become this person with blinkers on.'
Jones admits she had little time to process the loss of what should have been her second child, with presenter travelling from hospital to the BBC studio, where she was scheduled to host The One Show, which is transmitted live five nights a week.
Tragic: The One Show presenter tragically lost her unborn child in 2017, with the baby having 'stopped developing' at nine weeks (pictured with husband Charlie Thompson)
To further complicate matters, the presenter needed a second operation after the first failed to clear away all of the
