Katherine Ryan reveals she was pregnant for 18 months and suffered two miscarriages back to back before having Fred

KATHERINE Ryan has revealed she was pregnant for 18 months and suffered two miscarriages back to back before giving birth to her son Fred in June.

The 38-year-old comedian shocked fans earlier this year when she appeared heavily pregnant on stage and gave birth to her gorgeous little boy just two weeks later.

Now, in an exclusive chat with The Celeb Report, the Canadian star has revealed her extraordinary journey to become a mum for the second time six weeks ago, thirteen years after having daughter Violet.

Tragically Katherine, who is in a civil partnership with childhood sweetheart Bobby Kootstra, lost two babies in very quick succession before getting pregnant again and carrying full term.

The Duchess creator, who has joined forces with Gousto to launch their BBQ and picnic range, explained: “We were not trying for long, I get pregnant really easily.  I was pregnant for 18 months, which is the gestation of an elephant.

“I was pregnant and then we lost that one, and then I was pregnant and we lost that one and then I was pregnant and that was Fred. They were late in the first trimester or early second trimester.”

Unfortunately, due to coronavirus and various restrictions, Bobby was unable to be with Katherine when she heard the news the second time.

“There were a lot of dad’s getting bad news in parking lots, it wasn’t great but I am happy there is a dialogue now,” she said.

“The first time he was with me but the second time was lockdown and he was in the parking lot.”

Secret pregnancy

Katherine managed to keep her pregnancy hidden almost right up until she gave birth, which she now says wasn’t intentional.

She says, while partly it was out of respect to people who had fresh losses themselves, it was easy because  people just assumed she had gained a little weight and had more Botox.

“A lot of it was suspicion,” she said. “Even for myself, we didn’t talk about it in the house, so it wasn’t that I was hiding it from people, it was just something we did not address at all.

“We didn’t speak about it between us really. Also, because I had spoken to people about loss, I didn’t want it to be triggering for people. I wanted to be discreet for myself but also other people’s feelings. I felt discretion was the best way forward.”

Katherine continued: “I think botox and filler helped me a lot because I don’t actually get much Botox at all, but because I have joked about it a lot in Roast Battle or with Jimmy Carr it has become a funny punchline to say I have had loads of plastic surgery. 

“So any time I gain weight or look a little bit different, people assume I have had work done to my face. So I didn’t hide it. I was out, I was filming, I was working ,it’s just people assumed I had work done to my face for some reason and I didn’t correct them.”

Katherine was speaking to The Celeb Report as she helps Gousto to search for the most extravagant garden-dining improvements in the country.

The busy working mum of two said: “I find I have less time, but I have an amazing husband who I keep pushing to be the shirtless Gousto dad and no one listens to me! He was not an adventurous cook when I met him and he’s now the main one who whips together all these meals.”

She added: “ We used to live more centrally in London and when it was just my daughter and me, we got a lot of takeaways and I wasn’t proud of that. Now we live a little bit further out, and there is less option for takeaway, but I genuinely don’t like takeaway any more.

“A Gousto pad thai is so much better than any Thai one I could get. I am seriously proud of how much we are cooking and how much money and time we are saving.”

Katherine Ryan is working with Gousto to find the UK’s most ‘extra’ al fresco diners, as the recipe box launches its new BBQ and Picnics range. The range is designed to make any day of the week an al fresco dining day and is available to order now from Gousto.co.uk.