MAFS's Mel Schilling on becoming a mum: ‘My miscarriage made me desperate for a baby’
ok.co.ukMel Schilling - relationship expert and Married at First Sight coach - has revealed that having a miscarriage opened her eyes and made her realise how much she wanted to become a mother with her husband Gareth Brisbane.The couple's relationship quickly turned serious after meeting through EHarmony, as the pair went on to tie the knot in 2020.
Mel, now 50, and Gareth have a seven year old daughter called Madison, but their journey to parenthood hasn’t been without some bumps in the road.
Mel explains: “We were older parents – 42 – when we had her. I had her through IVF and that was a challenge for us to go through, but so worth it. “I got pregnant when I was 40 and had a miscarriage and that really changed things.That was a real eye-opener and just made me realise how much I wanted a child.
Both of us did." She continued: "We tried for 12 months until I was 41 and had no joy. "Then we thought, ‘OK, we don’t have time on our side now,’ so we did one cycle of IVF and were so lucky, as there she was.” The MAFS UK star said since becoming parents with Gareth, she now feels like a "team" and having a child made their relationship "better". “Being parents has changed us because it’s made us more of a team," she said. "When you’re a couple without a child, you can still be quite selfish and bring a lot of your single life into your relationship, but once you have a child, there’s no opportunity for that.
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