TEARS, HOPES & NERVES KIMBERLEY'S MIRACLE BABY

The star's health reset delivered a welcome surprise

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TV star Kimberley Crossman is not good at keeping secrets from her husband Tom Walsh. So when she found herself home alone in Los Angeles, clutching three positive pregnancy tests, it was almost impossible not to call him immediately.

"I wanted the moment I told him to be special and in-person," explains Kimberley, 35. "He was in New Zealand working and we were going to be together again in six days' time. Still, it was difficult holding it in - I kept having to cut short our conversations!"

Kimberley's journey to motherhood has involved heartbreak and angst.

Two years ago, she and Tom lost their first baby, a little girl they call Blueberry. There had been signs the pregnancy wasn't tracking well and at about 12 weeks, they discovered at a scan that there was no heartbeat.

While Kimberley was ecstatic to find herself pregnant again, there was inevitably anxiety too.

"This whole journey, I've been trying not to replicate the things I did the first time because I didn't want to jinx it," she says.

"My heart has felt guarded for a lot of it. Last time, I told Tom on Facetime, so while it was tough, I decided to wait."

This pregnancy felt particularly miraculous because not long before, the couple had learned that Kimberley has very low levels of anti-Müllerian hormone - a measure of how many eggs a woman has left. Fertility doctors warned they would need IVF treatment, but the couple decided to try some alternative therapies first to give them the best chance of success.

During a month together in LA, they explored anything to help them become healthier in body and mind.

Both had already given up alcohol, a decision led by Tom, 45, a year before.

"I've always enjoyed a few drinks but wasn't liking it any more," he says. "So we decided to stop and I'm blown away by how much better I feel. My stress levels have gone right down and I have more clarity."