The One Show’s Alex Jones admits she would leave TV to work in a fertility clinic

Alex Jones has admitted that she would swap her TV career for a job in a fertility clinic after becoming inspired working in one while filming a new series.

The One Show presenter, 45, trained as a fertility assistant in King’s Fertility Clinic in London as part of her new TV series, Alex Jones: Making Babies.

She admitted she was left so in awe of how the ‘unbelievable’ staff helped people who want to be parents that she said she would ‘swap’ her TV career to work there.

Inspiring: Alex Jones has admitted that she would swap her TV career for a job in a fertility clinic after becoming inspired working in one while filming a new series

Speaking at a Q&A to launch the forthcoming series, Jones told interviewer Stacey Dooley: ‘Honestly, after six months, I would swap my job to work with that team.

‘I always thought it might be nice to be a nurse when I was growing up. But, oh my God, just the job satisfaction. God it’s much harder than what we do.

‘The level of satisfaction is off the charts, I was just in awe really every time I went through the door.

‘They’re just unbelievable human beings – their levels of kindness. They’re like angels walking around.’

Work: The One Show presenter, 45, trained as a fertility assistant in King’s Fertility Clinic in London as part of her new TV series, Alex Jones: Making Babies

Alex herself has suffered baby loss and pregnancy difficulties in the past, and she did not have her first child with husband Charlie until she was 39. The couple share sons Teddy, five, and Kit, three, and daughter Annie, one. 

Reflecting on her time working at the centre, she admitted she messed up her first blood test and said her first try out was on a doctor having fertility treatment as a patient.

Alex said she didn’t want to be a ‘clumsy TV presenter’ while training and filming at King’s – one of the world’s leading reproduction centre headed by Director Dr Ippokratis Sarris.

She said: ‘You know when you feel like the new girl when you start a new job, but I really felt like the new girl.

Impressed: She admitted she was left completely in awe of how the ‘unbelievable’ staff helped people who want to be parents that she said she would ‘swap’ her TV career to work there

‘Dr Sarris, he’s a hard boss, but I was terrified of him the first few weeks.’

When she was allowed to do her first blood test, Alex said she was shocked to find out her first attempt was on an actual paediatric doctor called Katie.

She said: ‘She’s a doctor! So I’m doing a blood test on a doctor. Why was she my first one?

She added afterwards: ‘It didn’t go very well. She kept giving me tips on how to find the vein.

Difficulties: Reflecting on her time working at the centre, she admitted she messed up her first blood test and said her first try out was on a doctor having fertility treatment as a patient

‘But I think that was her coping mechanism – switching into doctor mode. She could concentrate on the fact that I was utterly shit.

‘Blood-taking if somebody hasn’t got a juicy vein – you’re done for. With men it’s much easier because their veins are bigger.

‘Dr Katie, I thought “she’s done this a million times”.

‘She was talking to get me through it and she was just wonderful. She stands out for me, as somebody who is a paediatric doctor and her life’s work is fixing other people’s kids.’

Speaking about Katie’s own struggles to become a mother, Alex said: ‘It seems so unbelievably cruel that she tried for so long to have her own baby because she would be a standout mum.’

Family: Alex has suffered baby loss and pregnancy difficulties in the past, and she did not have her first child with husband Charlie until she was 39

But Alex hinted that her fertility treatment was eventually successful, saying: ‘It just seemed like a horrible cruel twist of fate – but now of course… dah, dah, dah. I’m not supposed to say any more.’

Asked if she brought the emotions of working at the clinic home, Alex said it made her feel incredibly ‘lucky’ for her own husband Charlie and their family.

She explained: ‘I went home and they probably thought “What are you doing, you’re going to absolutely suffocate me?” I just grabbed them all and I would tell Charlie “do you know how lucky we are?”‘

Alex married her husband Charlie on New Year’s Eve in January 2015 and they welcomed their third child, Annie, in August 2021. 

Alex’s series will run on UKTV’s W channel in January and, in a first for UKTV Play, it was extended when an extra eleventh episode was commissioned, which sees Alex reunites with some of the patients she met and gets to meet their babies.

Alex added: ‘The series is really close to my heart. It’s truly a passion project.

‘Everybody could do with a day there to see how humans should interact with other humans.’

Clare Morrison, creative director of the production company for the series, added: ‘Alex Jones is the perfect person to immerse herself in this unique world – she knows the highs and lows of the fertility rollercoaster from her own experiences of trying to conceive.’

Sweet: Alex and her husband Charlie share sons Teddy, five, and Kit, three, and daughter Annie, one 

Earlier in January, Alex returned to her over-a-decade presenting slot on The One Show after being on maternity leave.

The return came almost a year after the presenter announced that she was expecting her third child live on the One Show.

In an exclusive chat with MailOnline, The One Show presenter perviously admitted she didn’t realise she was expecting and blamed her symptoms on trying out veganism. 

Busy: Earlier in January, Alex returned to her over-a-decade presenting slot on The One Show after being on maternity leave 

‘I just felt really tired but, of course, in hindsight I was pregnant. I thought it was the veganism making me drained of energy but it wasn’t,’ Alex said.

Despite being pregnant before, Alex said she was completely oblivious to the signs she was expecting and instead thought it was down to trying a meat and dairy-free diet.  

The presenter continued: ‘This is ridiculous in a third pregnancy, but I didn’t realise the clues were there because I honestly blamed everything on the veganism. I was so tired and hungry all the time and I thought it was that. 

Kids: Alex married her husband Charlie on New Year’s Eve in January 2015 and they welcomed their third child, Annie, in August 2021