Matty J reveals miscarriage fear after pregnancy announcement

Reality TV star and dad-of-two Matty J has opened up about his fear surrounding his wife’s latest pregnancy announcement.

A reality television star and father of two has opened up about the fear his wife’s latest pregnancy announcement has brought up in him.

Laura Byrne and Matty Johnson met on reality dating show The Bachelor, before tying the knot in 2022. The couple share two children — Marlie-Mae, nearly six, and Lola, four.

Last week, the couple announced they were expecting yet another little girl after cutting a gender reveal cake during Laura’s radio show The Pick Up, which she hosts with Brittany Hockley.

But during Matty J’s radio show Two Doting Dads, which he hosts alongside Ash Wicks, he spoke about his fears surrounding Laura’s pregnancy.

Matty Johnson has opened up about a pregnancy fear. Picture: Instagram/Two Doting Dads

“When I found out, we were at 11 weeks. We didn’t even have the big tests, and so I was conscious that it was very early days, and I didn’t want to celebrate that we were having a kid,” he said.

“With our cycle, when I say ours I mean Laura’s. Our first child was a miscarriage, then Laura was pregnant with Marlie. After Marlie was born, she got pregnant again and we lost that child around 12 weeks. And then we had Lola.”

He said he was looking at the “road map” he and his wife had just come down, and worried they were “kind of due for another miscarriage”.

He added: “There’s no greater emotional whiplash than having a miscarriage.”

At the time of the podcast recording, the couple were 15 weeks along. He said now all the tests have been done, and everything was “tracking nicely”.

The reality TV star, who recently appeared on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Outta Here!, said he almost felt like he was “waiting for the bad news” and he wouldn’t feel OK until the baby was in his arms.

Many listeners headed to the comment section to thank Matty J for his honesty.

The couple have two daughters, and also had two miscarriages. Picture: Instagram/matthewdavidjohnson

“Pregnancy loss changes your brain chemistry so much. Lola & Marlie are both your rainbows. As somebody who’s lost babies, thanks Matty J for sharing. The world needs more of this,” one said.

Another added: “So nice to hear a male talk about this!”

“Thanks Matty J for talking about this! Great to hear from a dad’s perspective. I had two miscarriages and it’s so hard to go through pregnant after loss. Very lucky to have two happy boys now,” one parent shared.

Another added: “Thank you for saying ‘we’. So often it’s put on the woman; ‘She lost the baby’. But truthfully it’s both and not at all the woman’s fault.”

Someone else agreed: “It’s so important to hear Dad’s talking about this. Thank you both for everything you do.”

The couple revealed their child's gender. Picture: Instagram/thepickup

“Miscarriages and pregnancy loss should be spoken about, it’s so common and it shouldn’t be something that is taboo to speak about. So thank you for speaking about it,” another wrote.

“I have two children and on my eighth pregnancy, the worst part is the whole first trimester, denying and hating the sickness/nausea/sleepiness bc in the back of your mind is probably gonna lose it anyway,” one said.

Another shared: “The anxiety is so real, we had one healthy boy, followed by a miscarriage, followed by an ectopic with twins, followed by our rainbow baby boy, every pregnancy is stressful and an anxious journey after loss.”

The 37-year-old revealed he and Laura were expecting the baby to arrive mid-October, saying they initially started trying to fall pregnant before he appeared on Ten’s popular reality TV show.

He said the couple were very conscious that there is only an 18 month gap between their two girls, and they didn’t want a large age gap between the three kids.

Originally published as Matty J reveals miscarriage fear after pregnancy announcement