Coleen Rooney Feels "Very Lucky" To Be Pregnant

Wayne and Coleen Rooney are tabloid favorites in the UK: He's the talented young star of the Manchester United football club, she's a TV personality and columnist. The couple, both 23 years old, tied the knot last summer in Italy and are expecting their first baby in October.

In her first interview about the pregnancy, Coleen tells The Mirror that she feared that it would be a struggle for her to conceive. In fact, when she saw the first positive pregnancy test, she had to take another 10 just to convince herself there was no mistake!

“People just take it for granted sometimes that they can have children but you can’t always," she says. "My mum suffered for seven years trying to have me. She went through operation after operation and had me after taking fertility drugs and sometimes I thought that could have happened to me. I wondered if it ran in the family. So I’m just made up I’m pregnant now. I feel very lucky that I can have children and hopefully I’ll have a healthy baby.”

Though the first photos of their newborn would likely draw a pretty penny in the UK, the mom-to-be insists that they won't be for sale.

“I’m not going to do any photo shoots with the baby – nothing. I’d like for our life as a family to be as normal and private as possible. I won’t be doing anything in public with the baby. It’s a personal decision. Some people do it and there’s nothing wrong with it, but me and Wayne have always said we wouldn’t and we’re going to stick to it. We are both in the public eye but we don’t want that for our child. Hopefully people will respect that."

Coleen is seen here in London earlier this year.