Kerry Katona has changed her mind and decided she wants to have a sixth child.
The 43-year-old reality TV star is a mother of five but has no biological children with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney, 35.
He has daughters, Molly, 22, and Lilly, 20, with her ex-husband Brian McFadden with whom she was married between 2002 and 2006.
She is also the mother of Heidi, 17, and Max, 15, with ex-husband Mark Croft and DJ, eight years from her relationship with the late George Kay.
Following a recent hospital scan, Kerry explained that doctors told her she could still carry a baby, prompting some conversations with Ryan about the possibility of trying for a baby.
Kerry Katona has changed her mind and decided she does want a sixth child. The 43-year-old TV star is a mother of five, but has no biological children with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney, 35.
The Atomic Kitten star had been in hospital after a cancer scare and explained in her… OK! Magazine Column: ‘When I went for the ultrasound last week and they gave me the all-clear, they told me that I still have follicles, which means I could have another baby.’
“I don’t think she wants another one, but Ryan keeps changing his mind. If she wants another one, that’s fine, but we have to hurry.”
She added that she thought she would not want to have another child and would explore the possibility of surrogacy after her difficult birth with her youngest daughter, DJ, “traumatized” her older children.
In February, Kerry revealed that her dream of having a baby was over and admitted she had given Ryan a “free pass” to have a baby with another woman.
Kerry explained: ‘I don’t want to deprive him of anything, in fact I gave him a pass and said, ‘If this is something you want to pursue, let me now!’
“I don’t want anyone to have that feeling of having a child of their own, but I think I should be enough for a man.”
Last week, Kerry admitted she hadn’t seen her eldest daughter, Molly, in a whole year.
Molly now lives in her father’s native Ireland, but will soon be reunited with her mother on a trip back to the UK.
Writing in his last Ok! columnKerry said: ‘Lilly and Molly are coming home from Ireland this week for a visit and I can’t wait to have them back.
‘I haven’t seen Molly in almost a year! We talk on the phone every day, but she hasn’t come to visit us for a long time. Lilly is also getting on really well, she’s very settled in and has a good job in Ireland. I’m proud of her.
She is mum to Heidi, 17, with ex-husband Mark Croft and DJ, eight years, from her relationship with the late George Kay (pictured).
Kerry’s only son, Max, is 15. His father is Kerry’s second husband, Mark Croft.
She has daughters, Molly, 22, and Lilly, 20, with ex-husband Brian McFadden, to whom she was married from 2002 to 2006 (Kerry, Brian, Lilly and Molly appear in 2004).
“It’s good for me to see my children prosper. I’ve done my part as a father and now it’s up to them to live their lives.”
Kerry and Clancy Abbey They were both left in tears after the Atomic Kitten star recently opened up about her tragic childhood and why she tattooed her daughters’ names on her wrists.
The star got emotional as she admitted that her biggest fear is that her children will feel “unloved” as that’s how she felt growing up.
Kerry’s mother, Sue, was manic-depressive and spoke to Abbey on her podcast. Annex AShe confessed that her first memory is seeing her mother cut her wrists when she was only three years old.
She confessed: ‘I think my biggest problem was always feeling like I wasn’t good enough because you know when you see your mother trying to kill herself you think ‘Am I not good enough for you to want to be here?’
Last week, Kerry admitted that she hasn’t seen her eldest daughter, Molly, in a whole year. Molly now lives in Ireland, her father’s home country, but will soon be reunited with her mother during a trip back to the UK (they were spotted together in 2020).
“I was pretty screwed before I got famous anyway.”
Revealing her biggest fear, she continued: ‘I remember sitting in rehab and I couldn’t believe I had let myself sink so low and I kept thinking is this in my DNA and is this a genetic thing and I thought the one thing I never want my kids to feel is that I don’t love them or want them, because that’s how I felt.
“I thought if this is (self-harm) something I might end up doing, so I got Molly and Lily tattooed on my wrist because I thought it would be really selfish if I put my kids through that.
‘No matter what’s going on in my life, I want my children to know that I love them very much and that I will never abandon them.’
