Eliza Paschke reveals she is pregnant in moving announcement: ‘Immensely grateful’

The Block’s Eliza Paschke has announced she is pregnant in a moving social media post.

Eliza, 40, shared a sonogram image to her Instagram, captioning it: “Becoming a Mum is something I’ve always thought about and openly discussed. Today I’m 16 weeks pregnant, and feeling immensely grateful to be in this position.

“I know there will be lot of questions, which I’ll answer over time. Eliza ❤️.”

While the comments on her post were disabled, many of her Channel Nine co-stars including Travel Guides′ Matt and Brett and The Block’s Mitch and Mark liked it.

The Aussie star, who rose to fame on the 2023 season of The Block with younger sister Liberty, has always been very open about starting a family solo.

Eliza previously revealed she first decided to freeze her eggs at 32.

“I was single with no assets to my name and had saved up just enough money for an overseas holiday. Instead of going on that holiday, I made a $10,000 investment in my future,” she wrote in a 2024 column for nine.com.au.

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The same year, she shared she was undergoing the procedure again, six years after the first time.

“I’m not sure if I want children but I guess it gives me a bit of a security blanket for potentially having a child if I want to later in life,” Paschke said in a video at the time.

“I am single, so you have to think about these things a little bit.”

Similar to IVF, egg freezing involves a woman injecting herself with hormones to stimulate the ovaries to grow more eggs. They are then harvested and the viable ones are frozen and stored until they are ready to be used.

The process can cost anywhere between $7000 and $10,000 per cycle and then there are ongoing storage fees until a woman is ready to use her eggs. Some patients are eligible for a Medicare rebate, but not everyone qualifies.

Eliza was very honest about the fact that her winnings from The Block put her in the financial position to be able to freeze her eggs again.

“I wouldn’t be able to do it without those winnings because as a lot of you know it is an investment,” she said.

Along with her sister Liberty, 37, the star competed in The Block: Charming Street in 2023.

Despite having zero renovation experience the sisters sold their house for a a $1.05 million profit to online promotions entrepreneur Adrian Portelli.

Eliza and Liberty have also featured in the other programs including Do You Want To Live Forever and One Tank Holiday and are set to star as special guests in Travel Guides later this year.