Renée Hoenderkamp, 59, Reveals She Is Expecting Her Third Child

Dr. Renée Hoenderkamp announced on air that she is pregnant with her third child at 59, sharing the news with her fellow panelists before they had been told privately. “I’m actually going to be a mother of three shortly, and I am currently 12 weeks pregnant,” she said during the broadcast. Hoenderkamp, a general practitioner and GB News contributor and presenter since 2021, has two children. She welcomed her daughter Alice at 51; Alice is now seven. Hoenderkamp’s eldest child, Calum, is 37, and his daughter Isabella is just two months older than Alice. The presenter said the pregnancy followed treatment with frozen eggs and three rounds of IVF at a clinic in Poland. She explained that she went abroad because, according to her, most clinics in the United Kingdom will not treat women aged 55 and over. Hoenderkamp also described the process as difficult, saying she had continued appearing on the show while uncertain whether the treatment would succeed. Her decision to have another child has drawn criticism, she said, including claims that it was selfish because of her age. Hoenderkamp responded that she keeps fit and hopes to be around for her children, while acknowledging that no one can know what the future holds. She also pointed to Alice’s happy life and said she hopes the new baby will have the same opportunity. Hoenderkamp has previously written that pregnancy can be easy or complicated at any age, describing individual circumstances as important. After she shared the news, the panel surprised her with a gender-reveal cake decorated in pink and blue icing. The Daily Mail reported that one panelist called the announcement the most shocking moment they had experienced on air since the assassination of Ali Khamenei.