Coleen Rooney reveals the emotional toll of suffering two miscarriages has made her fear she 'can't carry girls'

Coleen Rooney says she has questioned if she is was unable to 'carry a girl' after suffering the trauma of two miscarriages.

The I'm A Celeb star and husband Wayne, both 40, are parents to four sons Kai, 16, Klay, 13, Kit, 10 and Cass, eight.

Coleen revealed in her 2023 autobiography how her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage just months after she and Wayne married in 2008. 

Writing in her book, My Account, she told how she then had her second miscarriage in 2014 after giving birth to her first two children.

Reflecting on her losses during an interview with Paul C Brunson on the We Need To Talk podcast, Coleen said after her first miscarriage 'that was the first thought that came into my head: "Will I be able to have children? Will I be able to carry a child?"

'With the two miscarriages, it always does play in the back of my mind: were they girls? Were they female? Am I not able to carry girls? And I do wonder that. But they don’t investigate until you have three.'  

Coleen explained how she sought comfort from her parents Colette and Tony after they went through seven years of fertility treatment before they conceived her.

'The one thing that was positive out of it was my mum never conceived. She never actually got pregnant for that seven years. So my mum said "that's a one step further than what I ever got in that seven years."'

'So that to me, you know, was that a little bit of a positive to take on board, but obviously it's a a situation that you would not want anyone to be in.'

Coleen added that her husband Wayne was 'probably more affected by it than I was.'

'I always remember him saying "I do feel it too, you know, because it’s our baby." 

'No one really thinks about the partners, you know, you do, but it’s always about the woman and them losing the baby and supporting. Whereas it’s both of the parents.'

Coleen and Wayne's four sons have been branded 'the stars of the show' following the release of their 'chaotic' Disney reality series last week.  

The couple have given fans an intimate look inside their family life in their new £10million fly-on-the-wall show, The Real Rooneys, which was filmed last year.

However while Coleen was a huge hit in the I'm A Celeb jungle, her reality series with her husband has received rather mixed reviews from critics. 

The Daily Mail's Christopher Stevens gave the show a one star scathing review as he wrote: 'The extent to which I find this offensive, and the anger of my reaction, surprises even me.'

Taking offence with the fact that none of Wayne's previous cheating allegations or alcohol struggles are addressed he wrote: ' To call it The Real Rooneys, however, and then make no mention, is simply deceitful.'

He added: 'Why anyone would want to be portrayed as vacuous, self-obsessed, intellectually numb, absurdly insulated from reality and just spectacularly tacky, is beyond me.

'It's like an endless Instagram loop devised to convince us that life with the Rooneys is all a great boisterous lark, where everyone laughs and frolics until they fall into bed with exhausted happy smiles, excited about what tomorrow will bring – a Scouse version of The Waltons, with a hideous gilded brick barn instead of a wooden house.'

Meanwhile Mark Jefferies from The Mirror credited the couple's four children as being the 'stars of the show' who carry the best lines in his four star review. 

He wrote: 'Their personalities are not tamed by years of media training so when they speak about their parents what they say is how they feel - I liked one saying Coleen had thrown high heels at Wayne in a row, it's a real shame that wasn't caught on camera!' 

Mark added that it seems the aim of the series is also to show Wayne in a different light and showcase him as a decent dad.

The Guardian's Jack Seale marked the show with a middle-of-the-road rating with three stars. 

Agreeing with Stevens that their portrayal is by no means as real as they would like to have you believe, he remarked that 'their self-deprecation is hard to not enjoy'.

Tommy's is a national pregnancy and baby charity and offers advice and support for anyone affected by baby loss. Website: www.tommys.org. Helpline: 0800 0147 800