Exclusive! Melinda Messenger and Warren Smith reveal wish to have baby together

In an exclusive interview and photoshoot with HELLO! magazine, Melinda Messenger and her boyfriend Warren Smith reveal their wish to have a baby together.

The couple of three years have four children from previous relationships – and Melinda tells HELLO! they would love to have a new baby brother or sister. "All the kids are desperate for Warren and I to have a child together and it's certainly something we've talked about a lot. Warren's very keen, too, she says. "I would love to, but there's no escaping the fact that, even though I keep myself fit and healthy, I would be an older new mum and that does worry me." And the couple are also considering another big life change, too: marriage, having already looked at rings.

"I love Melinda and what label our relationship has doesn't matter to me, but I do think it would be lovely to be husband and wife and I know it's something the kids want," he said. Melinda has three children from her first marriage while Warren has a 15-year-old son. And the couple say they are looking forward to spending their first Christmas Day together as a blended family in the home they share.

"We all went out to buy the tree the other day and it made my heart so happy, watching them all chatting away as they selected the best one," Melinda said. "The friendship and love our children have developed for one another is just gorgeous to see. They are a really strong little pack and that's not something either Warren and I have forced. "We've all been finding our feet, that's the nature of stepfamilies – but we've come through the other end and the payback is tenfold."

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