Television personality Sonia Kruger has revealed her joy to be finally pregnant after several miscarriages

SONIA Kruger has undergone counselling to prepare for motherhood, after finally falling pregnant at 49 following years of failed attempts and several miscarriages.

21/8/14. The City. Tram Talk with Sonia Kruger (Presenter). Pic Keryn Stevens

MEDIA personality Sonia Kruger’s happy pregnancy news comes after several failed IVF attempts and a handful of difficult miscarriages, she has revealed.

The 49-year-old host of Big Brother and Channel Nine’s Mornings program revealed last week that she and television executive partner Craig McPherson are expecting their first child together.

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In an interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly, Kruger has gone in to more detail about the close friend and egg donor who made the pregnancy possible.

And she has opened up about her painful several-year journey to become a mum, admitting she is still “worried” about her high-risk pregnancy.

“I feel blessed,” Kruger told the Weekly. “I feel relieved, I feel excited, but most of all, because it has been such a long road to get here, I almost feel scared to believe it’s true.”

Too cute. a picture from Sonia Kruger's Twitter account that read "Here's a fun fact ... I'm having a baby! #overjoyed #newhousemate”

Birthday girl ... Sonia celebrating her 49th birthday on the set of Mornings today. Picture: Adam Taylor

The baby, which Kruger also revealed this week is a girl, wouldn’t have been possible without the help of a friend, whose identity is being kept secret.

The woman has joined Kruger and McPherson at counselling sessions to work out what role she will play in the baby girl’s life.

“All of these things have been discussed at length and agreed long before the egg donation process begins,” Kruger said.

Over many long years, Kruger has tried desperately to fall pregnant using IVF and her own eggs, but it didn’t work.

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“At my first round of IVF at 45, my doctor said my chances of success using my own eggs were virtually zero,” she said.

Kruger also revealed to the magazine that she had fallen pregnant naturally “a couple of times” in the past, but miscarried.

And a trip to South Africa to receive an anonymous donor egg ended in sadness when the procedure didn’t take.

That long road makes Kruger even more delighted to be expecting, she said.

“I had long ago come to terms with the fact that I probably wouldn’t have children. And that was OK because there are far worse things ... but if I’m honest, I have always wanted a child.

“And even now, even though it’s a peanut in my belly, I have started to feel a bond. I can only imagine the rush of love you feel when you get to hold your baby in your arms.”