Gemma Collins reveals ANOTHER hurdle in her fertility journey – but says she still hopes to achieve her baby dream next year

Gemma Collins has hit yet another hurdle in her fertility journey, but remains hopeful about having a baby in 2024.

The former TOWIE star, 42, has suffered three heartbreaking miscarriages over the years and has been open about her struggle to conceive with fiancé Rami Hawash, 48.

The television personality spoke exclusively to MailOnline about her family plans, revealing she had booked a doctor's appointment last week but it was unfortunately cancelled.

Gemma said she always wanted to be a mother and 'continue the legendary GC bloodline'.

She told MailOnline: 'Well I was due to have an appointment the other day and the doctor canceled so I'm going back to it in February. Hopefully the GC's child will be born in 2024.

The former TOWIE star, 42, has suffered three heartbreaking miscarriages over the years and has been open about her struggle to conceive with fiancé Rami Hawash, 48 (pictured)

“I'm going to have it in Portland [private hospital]. I'm going to make a press call. I saw David Beckham there when Victoria had the baby. And I send me out to say that mother and child are well, and then I will appear like the Royals.

“I mean, my child will be a gift from God. Everyone has wanted me to have a baby for so long, right?

When asked what type of fertility help she will receive, Gemma revealed that she is not really sure as she is still in the very early stages.

She said: 'There's nothing to say at the moment. We're literally in the very early stages, and hopefully, but yeah.

'Next year we will definitely give birth at Portland Hospital. I mean, I gotta keep the legendary blood alive.

“I just think I'm at a point in my life. It's the right time, so let's see. If it's meant to be that way, that's how it would be.'

When asked if she wanted a boy or a girl, Gemma explained that she wasn't worried about it.

Gemma recently said she was happy to hear that Tana Ramsay had welcomed her sixth child at the age of 49, giving her hope that she too could get pregnant in her 40s.

Gemma hopes to do a 'press call' outside Portland Hospital 'like the Royals' (Pictured: Kate and William outside the Lido Wing at St Mary's Hospital in 2013)

She told MailOnline in a recent interview: 'The Tana Ramsay news was the best thing to wake up to. Incredible.

'It really made me think positively about my future and took the pressure off. I don't think anyone knew she was pregnant so it was a nice surprise, but I got butterflies in my stomach when I saw it.

'This is great news for me. I will be starting my fertility journey in the coming weeks. I'm going to a clinic, so watch these cards and get ready, sweetie.'

Gemma previously revealed she would wait until she was 50 to try to get pregnant, inspired by supermodel Naomi Campbell, but has now decided to bring her plans forward.

However, fertility specialists have warned that celebrity success stories of later motherhood could convince women that they can get pregnant naturally later in life or that fertility treatments are easy.

For most women over the age of 45, the chance of becoming pregnant is obviously about one percent.

Gemma's grueling fertility journey became clear in 2017 during an episode of The Only Way Is Essex.

Gemma was deployed to the nation and was told at the age of 36 that she could not freeze her eggs and that she had a low egg count.

This meant that the star's fertility options would be limited.

The doctor strongly advised against egg freezing and said she had two options before her: IVF with donor sperm or using a donor egg and sperm.

Gemma was also told that her weight would negatively impact her chances of conceiving and has since been on a quest to lose weight naturally.

The reality star has had a roller coaster of time with her weight while battling trolls over the past two decades.

In her 20s, Gemma was a size 10, but after she was diagnosed with PCOS, she gained weight.

She admitted that she never saw the weight creep in during her 20s because she used it as an emotional coping mechanism.

The star fluctuates with her weight but has said that if she wants to lose weight, she likes to do it naturally