‘It can happen': Former Home and Away star reveals big news
Popular radio host Christie Hayes has revealed she is pregnant after a four year IVF journey.
Ms Hayes, who is the co-host of The Hit Network's Dan & Christie, broke the big news during an emotional segment to listeners across regional Victoria and Tasmania.
It comes as the former actress kept her battle with fertility challenges in the spotlight, including a heartbreaking 'non-viable' pregnancy with husband Justin Coombes-Pearce last year.
'It's been four years in the making … I am pregnant,' she said on air with co-host Dan Taylor on Monday morning.
'We are ecstatic, we are safe, and we're in the second trimester already.
'I just want you to know that if you are going through IVF – I have been where you are,' Ms Hayes added. Ms Hayes has shared her fertility challenges on-air during the Dan & Christie show that she co-hosts on The Hit Network. Tracy Vagg Credit: News Corp Australia
'I know how hard it is. I just want you to know that it can happen.
'When you least expect it, your life can change.'
Ms Hayes thanked her listeners for being alongside her through her journey and on the egg transfer day.
'I truly from the bottom of my heart believe that when I walked in that day I was surrounded by love and optimism and encouragement, and hope,' she said.
The mum-of-two surprised Mr Taylor off-air three weeks ago with a lunch box full of positive pregnancy tests.
In September 2024, she opened up about the devastating moment she was told her pregnancy at the time was not viable.
Ms Hayes said instead of waiting for confirmation from a doctor, she 'did what you're not supposed to do' during IVF and took things into her own hands.
After testing positive to two tests at home, she went to get a blood test to confirm the pregnancy. Instead, she left with heartbreak. Radio host and former Home and Away star Christie Hayes has shared her pregnancy news on social media. Instagram/@christiehayes_ Credit: News Corp Australia
'She looked at me, this beautiful nurse, and she said, 'It's positive but it's not viable,'' she recalled.
'Our hearts just broke. It's grief all over again. That's the worst thing with IVF, is the waiting and waiting, and then the grief, no one tells you about.
'You put so much time and energy into something, you try so hard, and then it's ripped away from you,' Ms Hayes added.
She decided she was going to share her story on-air to let others going down the same path know they're not alone.
'Where there is hope, there is life,' she said.
'So, thank you.'
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