Model Rhian Sugden shows off her miracle baby George after spending £150k on IVF

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Model Rhian Sugden has spoken of the five hellish years spent trying to conceive.

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Rhian and actor husband Oliver Mellor spent £150,000 on eight rounds of IVF hoping she would fall pregnant.

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And now the couple are celebrating the arrival of their gorgeous son George.

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Showing off her son in her first photoshoot since the birth in May, Rhian, 37, said: “He’s taken all the years of pain away."

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Rhian and ex-Corrie actor Oliver began trying for a baby shortly after marrying in a ceremony on the Turkish coast in September 2018.

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Oliver said: “You lose hope. Everyone kept saying, ‘Keep trying, stay hopeful’, but it was hard.”

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After turning to IVF and years of treatment Rhian was about to give up on ever conceiving - before she fell pregnant and they were able to welcome George to their family.

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