Dancing on Ice star shocked as she discovers bizarre reason for her ‘unexplained infertility'
Skating queen Alex Murphy, 37, and husband Paul Klein, aka one half of YouTuber duo Woody & Kleiny, have been trying to conceive for two years.
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Previously, Alex broke down in tears as she bravely opened up on her "hellish" battle to becoming pregnant.
Now the former ITV show champion, who has suffered previous health issues including a stroke, has taken to Instagram for another candid video.
Shedding light on the situation, she told fans: "It's not what you think it is - I wish it was."
Sat in front of an exposed brick wall in her lounge she told how she and Paul had travelled to Athens, Greece, to undergo "specialised" fertility treatment.
She told how at-home tests had shown she and her partner had a chemical mis-match and were "basically allergic to somebody else's blood."
Alex told how the medics had advised this was why they were not getting pregnant and she continued: "The way it has been explained to us is that my body is fighting off his body and essentially does not want to make an embryo.
"Or if it does, it attacks it.
"It was really devastating news obviously at first but now we feel like we have a bit of a plan."
She told how they then flew out to Greece to learn more about the "DNA genetic blood disorder."
Dancing On Ice fan favourite Alex explained how the treatment then involved having Paul's blood injected into her arm, and her own blood injected into her uterus.
Dancing On Ice pro Alex Murphy sobs as she reveals 'hellish' fertility journey & shares incident that made her suicidal
She is now on antibiotics and a medication given to oncology patients.
She added: "I've never heard of a scenario like mine, I've never heard of the situation.
"Obviously, neither has my family so everyone is really anxious and nervous about it but I took two big bags home of needles and injections from Greece.
"They are sitting in my fridge right now and we are getting ready to start this next chapter of our protocol."
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Alex has candidly made public her struggles to conceive, speaking out to help others.
She appeared on Amy Hart's Mum's Club podcast talking about her attempts to fall pregnant and said: "It wasn't a thing to me that I would have a time limit, but then when you start trying to conceive, all of a sudden everybody talks about the time limit, and you're like 'Oh my God'.
"We started trying when I was 35, I hit 37 and I wanted to drive my car off a cliff."
Alex added she felt "embarrassed" that her "body's not working", but still had "so much faith it's going to happen."
She then further opened up in a video on her TikTok page, sobbing as she recalled an incident that had "derailed" her entire day.
"I walk into town and this woman, who meant no harm by this in any way, shape, or form, comes up to me and she's like, 'Alex, so good to see you, how are you?'," she said.
"She gives me a hug, goes, 'Haven't seen you in a while', grabs my belly, touches my stomach, and goes, ' No babies yet?'
"If I can give anyone a piece of advice, I don't care if you're a mum or a daughter or a granddaughter or a sister, do not go up to someone and talk about pregnancy.
"I don't care if they look nine months pregnant, don't talk to them about their pregnancy.
"Do not ever ask them if they're pregnant, do not ever ask them why there's no babies, don't ever ask them anything.
"Shut up and don't say anything."
Alex said she had to sit there and grit her teeth as she said "No, none yet".
"I am going through torture with my husband at this point, we are going through hell," she continued.
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