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Pregnant Bake Off star Laura Adlington, 36, hits out at the NHS as she admits she was fat-shamed and received 'dreadful' infertility treatment


The Great British Bake Off star, 36, announced she was pregnant with her 'miracle' IVF baby last month.

The Great British Bake Off star, 36, announced she was pregnant with her 'miracle' IVF baby last month and has shared her frustration at numerous fertility experts in the NHS who told her she 'needed to lose weight' to conceive. Laura told fans her BMI was 45 and after being denied IVF on the NHS her and her husband Matt went to The Lister Fertility Clinic in London to receive their treatment. Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that IVF should be offered on the NHS to women under 43 who have been trying to conceive through regular unprotected sex for two years.

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