Channel Seven star Erin Holland has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child with her cricketer husband Ben Cutting, following a years-long fertility struggle.
The glamorous Australian model, 37, tells this week’s Stellar magazine that she was overcome by emotion when she finally received the exciting news.
‘I’m going to cry! It’s only taken me 30 seconds, and here I am crying. After 20 rounds of IVF, I’m pregnant, it feels so weird to say out loud,’ Erin began.
She added it was amazing to finally receive this joyful news after years of struggling to get pregnant, as she recounted just how difficult the journey had been.
‘It wasn’t easy to get here. I’ve had 20 rounds, five egg collections, seven transfers, four miscarriages, one ectopic pregnancy, one round of chemotherapy to save a tube, two hysteroscopies… I’ve injected myself thousands of times,’ she revealed.
‘This is the first time I’ve cried and it’s probably because I’m saying it out loud to someone other than my husband and immediate family.’
Channel Seven star Erin Holland has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child with her cricketer husband Ben Cutting, following a years-long fertility struggle
She then revealed that being 23 weeks pregnant was a surreal experience, after years of disappointment.
‘To be honest, it still kind of feels like I haven’t gotten into the club yet. I’m at the front of the line but I haven’t entered through. I know nothing is promised in fertility,’ she said.
‘I feel like I’m as close as I’ve ever been. That’s really exciting but it’s like a Pandora’s box of parenthood and I’m trying to pry it open with every plier and winch known to man.’
Erin then said how she and her husband Ben would be parenting their child, given their unique long distance relationship.
‘My husband and I are based in two different cities for work, so we’ve started to have conversations about where we’re going to primarily live,’ she said.
‘He’s been in a team environment his entire life where cricket is a very family orientated sport. Families travel with the players a lot and he’s been around families for a really long time. It’s broken my heart that I couldn’t give him that.
‘I know he’s going to be a fantastic really hands-on parent.’
In January, Erin opened up about the highs and lows of her unconventional long-distance marriage.
The glamorous Australian model, 37, tells this week’s Stellar magazine that she was overcome by emotion when she finally received the exciting news
In January, Erin opened up about the highs and lows of her unconventional long-distance marriage to Australian cricketer Ben Cutting
The Miss World Australia winner splits her week between Sydney and Brisbane, living in Sydney from Monday to Thursday and flying to Brisbane every weekend to be with her husband.
‘It sounds dramatic, but I do have to think like that sometimes. It’s been a hectic year,’ Erin told Stellar magazine.
‘The only good thing about having such a busy schedule is I don’t actually have a body clock to stuff up anymore, so jet lag isn’t a thing. It’s like, have I slept eight hours in the last 24? No… I haven’t!’
The Cairns-born presenter moved to Sydney at 17 for university and has lived there ever since, while Ben is based in Brisbane.
The power couple have only ever lived together for longer than a few weeks during Covid lockdowns.
First crowned Miss World Australia in 2013, Erin is also a classically trained soprano and recently performed at Sydney’s Carols In The Domain.
She hosts cricket coverage for tournaments including the Indian Premier League and the Pakistan Super League.
