Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke has opened up about the tough IVF journey he and his husband Gareth are going through.
Earlier this year they announced that they would be starting a family through surrogacy and they updated fans on Instagram along the way.
However, sadly their first attempt failed and he admitted it had been tougher than he thought it would be.
"I think it's because we all expected that everything would be okay," he told The Mirror. "We had a positive mental attitude. We were really excited, and in the end, it didn't work.
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"We are going back there in a couple of weeks and it will all be sorted. But yeah, life isn't as easy as it seems sometimes."
Ollie noted that they have had a lot of support from the online community of people going through the same thing and that has really helped.
"It's lovely to have a community around us. Joining a community of people who are also struggling to have children is lovely. It's weirdly lovely to be a part of it as everyone helps each other."
He explained: "It's nice because, in that environment, no one is famous or in the public eye. Everyone joins this one community where we're all in the same boat together. Everyone wants to help each other and try to reach that final goal. It's actually really sweet."
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Ollie previously opened up on Instagram about their failed attempt to conceive a baby, revealing that they would be trying again when they were able to.
He wrote: "I'm sorry I have been quiet, sadly we found out last week our first attempt at IVF hasn't worked and after the heartbreaking news we have come to terms with the situation and are now looking forward to getting out to go for a second attempt very soon.
"Doing surrogacy and IVF is not a straight forward thing and there are a lot of ups and downs and testing times that really make you appreciate what it means to achieve the end result of having children."
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