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Lucy Needham

Strictly's Janette Manrara pregnant with first baby with Aljaž after 'two year struggle'

Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec are expecting their first baby.

The professional dancers revealed they have been trying to conceive for more than two years and were afraid it would not happen for them.

Janette, who now presents spin-off show It Takes Two, said she feared her dream would be even more unlikely as she prepares to turn 40 later this year.

The TV star had been due to start IVF treatment only to make the shock discovery she was already pregnant.

Sharing their incredible news for the first time, Janette said: "For the past couple of years we hadn’t been using protection but nothing was happening, so we thought IVF was the next best thing for us to do.

"I turn 40 later this year and the NHS offers really good services to women under 40. The doctor said that as soon as I got my period we would start injections, but my period never came," she told Hello magazine.

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