{"id":6377,"date":"2016-09-19T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T08:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/alex-jones-i-was-naive-about-getting-pregnant\/"},"modified":"2016-09-19T20:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T14:21:44","slug":"alex-jones-i-was-naive-about-getting-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/alex-jones-i-was-naive-about-getting-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jones: I was naive about getting pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

TV presenter Alex Jones has told how she feared she had left it too late to have a baby after being \u201cshocked\u201d to discover that her mother went through the menopause at 44.<\/p>\n

The One Show host, 39, recently revealed she is pregnant with her first child with husband Charlie Thomson.<\/p>\n

She discovered she was expecting after filming documentary Fertility And Me, in which she delved into the little-known facts about conception and the issues that can come with having a baby at an older age.<\/p>\n

Alex Jones and Charlie Thomson (Ian West\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Alex told ITV show This Morning that it was only when she filmed the BBC documentary that she discovered her mother had a premature menopause.<\/p>\n

She said of her mother\u2019s revelation: \u201cShe told me that and I was quite shocked. I thought \u2018gosh I\u2019ve got six years\u2019. And I\u2019ve always known I wanted a family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about why her mother had not told her sooner, Jones said: \u201cShe probably thought she doesn\u2019t need to know that until she thinks about it, if she thinks about it (getting pregnant). But it was quite a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n

The One Show host added: \u201cI was, like many people, quite naive. Of course you know that age impacts your fertility but you don\u2019t really realise to what extent until you start looking into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Jones (Ian West\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cNobody leaves it late on purpose\u2026It\u2019s all a case of timing. Family was the number one priority. I didn\u2019t meet my husband until a bit later on\u2026 I thought it will be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she added: \u201cFaced with what mum said and with tests \u2026 it was quite stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n

She told the TV show: \u201cI still was in my early 30s saying \u2018I can\u2019t get pregnant\u2019 and then one day you suddenly go, \u2018gosh I really want children\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TV presenter Alex Jones has told how she feared she had left it too late to have a baby after being \u201cshocked\u201d to discover that her mother went through the menopause at 44. The One Show host, 39, recently revealed she is pregnant with her first child with husband Charlie Thomson. She discovered she was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}