{"id":646315,"date":"2026-05-03T05:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:16:12","slug":"erin-holland-announces-her-pregnancy-following-a-five-year-fertility-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646315\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Holland announces her pregnancy following a five-year fertility journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\ufeffussie model and TV presenter, Erin Holland, has announced her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Holland and her husband, cricketer Ben Cutting, have been trying to fall pregnant for five years, sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/erin-holland-infertility-reality-social-media-post\/5ab86259-0fd5-42f6-8b3a-cf61486a6b68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"their heartbreaking fertility journey\">their heartbreaking fertility journey<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/after-20-rounds-of-ivf-and-%24150-000-erin-holland\/id1553858670?i=1000765809398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Something To Talk About podcast\">Something To Talk About podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Holland shared that the couple has gone through 20 rounds of IVF, five egg collections, seven transfers, four miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9e07297f-dd87-4a33-b52c-dc746d11bd65.jpeg\"  alt=\"Ben Cutting and Erin Holland\"\/>Ben Cutting and Erin Holland are expecting their first child! (Instagram\/erinvholland)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the hard part about infertility and pregnancy loss is that beautiful naivety of just seeing a double line on a pregnancy test is robbed from you because the first time you do it, it&#8217;s elation, it&#8217;s so exciting,&#8221; she told podcast host Sarrah Le Marquand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then the second time you do it, you&#8217;re cautiously excited. By the third and the fourth time, you think it&#8217;s catfishing you.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Despite Holland&#8217;s excitement for her pregnancy, she shared that she still feels cautious about \ufeffthe process because of her fertility struggles in the past.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/erin-holland-infertility-reality-social-media-post\/5ab86259-0fd5-42f6-8b3a-cf61486a6b68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\ufeffFormer Miss World Australia gets candid about fertility struggles\">\ufeffFormer Miss World Australia gets candid about fertility struggles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/pip-edwards-bondi-beach-shooting-leaving-ksubi\/991823f6-5ffa-476c-8d4a-d0cd4d260686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"&#039;We just held each other&#039;: Pip Edwards&#039; Bondi shooting ordeal\ufeff\">&#8216;We just held each other&#8217;: Pip Edwards&#8217; Bondi shooting ordeal\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/78417d6b-bbd8-4ae6-88de-9ef2008cef10.jpeg\"  alt=\"Erin Holland\"\/>Holland has been ppen about her struggles with fertility, trying to fall pregnant for the past five years.  (Instagram\/erinvholland)<\/p>\n<p>Just nine months ago, the Aussie star opened up about her journey in a candid Instagram post\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many losses, many failed transfers down, today was all about exploratory surgery, internal &#8216;renovations&#8217; &amp; starting testing from scratch again to try &amp; find some answers to the soul destroying unknown,&#8221; she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Infertility feels like your face is pressed up against the glass of a club you so badly want to be a part of, but no one is letting you in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To all going through it, life can be tough &#8230; but my darling, so are you. Hang in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/62029df2-0aa5-47f2-ba7b-8ea1f2c2ce9d.jpeg\"  alt=\"Erin Holland\"\/>She shared a candid post on Instagram alongside images of her in hospital.  (Instagram\/Erin Holland)<\/p>\n<p>On the recent episode of the Something To Talk About podcast, Holland detailed the financial toll her fertility journey has taken on her and Cutting. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I added it up, and it&#8217;s horrible,&#8221; she said of the amount the couple has spent on trying to fall pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a house deposit. We&#8217;ve spent $150,000, which is worth every penny if it works out, but so often it doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Despite their heartbreaking journey, Holland and Cutting had no plans on giving up, with Holland sharing that her pregnancy didn&#8217;t feel real until the 14-week mark.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d55e4c9d-3d63-4ba5-bece-17402f8bd9ce.jpeg\"  alt=\"Ben Cutting and Erin Holland\"\/>The couple paid $150,000 over the past fwe years of their fertility journey.  (Instagram\/erinvholland)<\/p>\n<p>Now, past 20 weeks, she started to hit some major milestones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffI&#8217;m starting to feel movement,&#8221; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an absolute bloody miracle to be honest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\ufeffussie model and TV presenter, Erin Holland, has announced her pregnancy. 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