Influencer Chessie King announced her second pregnancy with an emotional Instagram video on Tuesday, declaring, “it was all worth it.” The 32-year-old social media personality shared a heartfelt glimpse of her growing baby bump with her nearly 700,000 followers, following an arduous journey through fertility treatments and IVF.

Chessie acknowledged that while her pregnancy is still in its early stages, she felt compelled to share this momentous news with her supporters. She expressed apprehension about going public but wanted to include her fans who have been there throughout her fertility struggles.

The lifestyle and parenting blogger and her husband, Mathew Carter, were overjoyed upon discovering the positive pregnancy test. Chessie, who experienced an early miscarriage in March, conveyed her immense gratitude and sense of fortune at this long-awaited development.

In her Instagram post, she wrote about her overwhelming joy, describing the experience as “pure euphoria” and expressing profound appreciation for the IVF/ICSI process, which made this moment possible.

She wrote: ‘Pure *euphoria* there are no words in any language that will ever be able to explain just how unbelievably grateful we are for IVF/ICSI.

‘We’ve only kept it our secret for 2 weeks meaning I’m still *very* early but we have never done any of this quietly, we’ve shared every negative that has lead to this positive with you.

Influencer Chessie King cried ‘it was all worth it’ as she announced she is pregnant with her second child by sharing a ‘euphoric’ video on Instagram on Tuesday

The social star, 32, shared her first ‘bump’ snap with her almost 700,000 followers after facing a gruelling fertilitybattle and IVF

‘& the whole ‘don’t tell anyone until 12 weeks’ feels outdated & you’ve all taught us that support matters at every stage but I’m not going to lie, we’re still nervous & feel like it’s too good to be true [after losing a baby from early miscarriage back in March]

‘We feel indescribably lucky & I truly appreciate this may be difficult for you to read. Please know we are wishing for every single one of you still waiting, hoping & hurting.’

Chessie praised the fertility clinic she used as they gave her ‘so much hope’ but admitted it has cost the couple an ‘absurd’ amount.  

She continued: ‘Avenues have been nothing but extraordinary throughout this journey, when we went to them for our initial consultation we received more answers in the half an hour of being there than we had since last October. 

‘It was our third fertility clinic & they have honestly given us so so much hope. We are paying clients [& my goodness does IVF add up, the fertility medication I’m on now until my 12 week scan is absurdly expensive!]’

IVF costs vary widely, but in the UK, a single cycle typically ranges from £3,000 to over £7,000, however there will be extra fees on top for consultations, bloode tests, procedures which can bring the total cost to over £10,000. 

Fans and friends including Giovanni Fletcher and Radio 1 DJ Nat O’Leary took to the comment sot congratulate the happy couple.  

Chessie, who is already a proud mum to four-year-old daughter Auraelia, has been open throughout her IVF journey and showed off her ‘lil bump’ for the first time on her Instagram Stories.

Lifting her grey sweatshirt revealing her bump, she wrote: ‘It’s definitely just all the hormones I’m on [sounted injection no.86 this morning!] but look at this lil bump’. 

Chessie explained she is ‘very early’ on in the pregnancy and is ‘nervous’ about sharing with fans, but decided she wanted to because they have been on the journey together 

The lifestyle and mum blogger, who had an ‘early miscarriage in March’, said she feels so ‘lucky’ as she and husband Mathew Carter saw the positive pregnancy test and jumped for joy

She wrote: ‘We’ve only kept it our secret for 2 weeks meaning I’m still *very* early but we have never done any of this quietly, we’ve shared every negative that has lead to this positive’

Fans and friends including Giovanni Fletcher and Radio 1 DJ Nat O’Leary took to the comment sot congratulate the happy couple

Three weeks ago, Chessie shared a video of her embryo transfer as she gushed there was so much ‘hope’ in the room. 

Lying in a hospital bed, she captioned the short clip: ‘We didn’t understand IVF until we needed it. 

‘It’s pure magic, it’s the biggest gift ever invented for people who want a family. This embryo transfer was one of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced, the room was full of hope.

‘The smallest seed has been planted into the softest soil & we’re now whispering ‘grow little one’, make yourself at home.

‘We truly appreciate just how phenomenally lucky we are to be able to go through this & take that with us through these days of waiting.

‘Still on 3 injections, 3 pressures & 3 tablets a day, until the 12 week scan [if this is successful].

‘Sending an almighty scoop of love to anyone who has or is currently going through this, it’s an emotional extravaganza & thank you thank you thank you for being so thoughtful in us sharing something so private, so public’.

Last year, Chessie opened about about suffering a stroke at the age of just 23, which left her with 70% hearing loss.

Recalling the 2016 stroke on A Gentle Start: The Showercast podcast, she said: ‘There was so much intensity in that period of my life and it all came to a head when I was in my second boxing class of the day.

‘It was only 9am and I had a mini stroke. A lot of the people who witnessed it thought I was having a heart attack. And from there, I lost 70% of hearing in my ear, so I’m partially deaf now.’

Three weeks ago, Chessie shared a video of her embryo transfer as she gushed there was so much ‘hope’ in the room

Chessie and husband Mathew, who tied the knot in 2022, are already proud parents to four-year-old daughter Auraelia

The complications from the stroke also led to her needing a cesarean section during labour with her daughter Auraelia, as well as a heart operation. However, she believes the terrifying ordeal has made her body stronger. 

She said: ‘I wish I could go back to that Chessie and give her a cuddle. Now I live not just for today, but I do things for the future. 

‘If I could look in the mirror and tell myself something the day that I found out I was pregnant with Aurelia, I would tell myself to trust myself and trust that everything’s going to be okay. My body knows what it’s doing.’

Chessie also opened up to the Showercast about making it through a rough patch with Mathew, who she married in 2022, admitting the pair came dangerously close to calling it quits.

‘We just became unrecognizable to each other, and I didn’t feel comfortable around him,’ she said. 

‘I didn’t feel like I could be myself around him. We felt like housemates. It felt like parenting with a stranger, and it felt like we’re just getting by. 

‘And I’ve never wanted to be someone that just gets by. I don’t want to be just ticking along. I want to be thriving. I just love living every part of my life, and Matt just felt like he was so disconnected from myself, from Aurelia’.