Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon has given birth to her first child following years of IVF treatment.

The 44-year-old singer from Liverpool revealed her baby boy had arrived early, and while the experience “started out a bit scary” it “went well in the end”, she said in a message posted to her Instagram story with a photo of her giving a thumbs-up.

In May, the singer announced her pregnancy in an Instagram video showing her baby bump.

Liz McClarnon, left, with her Atomic Kitten bandmates Kerry Katona and Natasha Hamilton in 2001 (Fiona Hanson/PA) PA Archive

McClarnon told OK! magazine she had decided to start IVF treatment before her wedding to Peter Cho.

“The first time we did it, I thought, ‘this will be it’, but by my third cycle, it was obviously very different”, she said

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