Mario Falcone is set to become a father for the second time.
The 34 year old former TOWIE star announced the happy news that his wife Becky is expecting his second child on his sister Giovanna Fletcher's podcast, Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.
Mario also candidly revealed that the baby was conceived via IVF, following Becky suffering a devastating miscarriage. The couple are already parents to four year old son, Parker Jax.
The star revealed the news as he spoke about his mental health on Giovanna's podcast, saying: "Even now, with the next baby that's coming," to which they all cheered.
Mario continued: "This baby that's coming, we had IVF.
"That was a really really … I had this thing in my head when we were tying for baby two, we had this added pressure we were letting Parker down.
"He's so ready for a sibling – when he comes home from his cousins and he loves being there, he says 'why haven't I got a brother or sister?'.
"That literally kills you as you're like I can give you anything you want as my son, but this is the one thing I actually can't give you."
Mario also revealed that, prior to this pregnancy, Becky suffered a devastating miscarriage more than eight weeks after having an embryo planted.
He said: "That was probably the hardest thing we have had to deal with in our relationship.
"It's a disappointment of yourself, because we got really excited about telling our families at Christmas, we had little cards made that unfortunately arrived he next day, and then telling Parker – but we hadn't told him on that one."
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