During her three years on the physically gruelling series she'd been felled with whooping cough, pneumonia and swine flu, while internally dealing with the pain she was feeling over her friend's death.Heading to LA for a spell, she decided she'd use some of the money she'd accrued in the bank as a working actor to invest in some self-care. And it's a path that came about almost by accident. "But having to bottle it up is really hard because it will come out eventually."

I had one pregnancy test in the cupboard. "Not wanting to make a fuss, I was like, 'No, I'm fine,'" Jolene recalls. '"Despite having her eggs stored, the pair decided to try things the natural way first.

Having deferred university where she'd planned to study nursing after school, an 18-year-old Jolene flew to Japan where she'd scored a job as a dancer and singer at Universal Studios. The pair met in a bar in Sydney and while sparks flew, they would date "on and off a bit" for three years before finally making things official. '"Ever practical, she once again called her mother for advice – and this time she immediately took it. And I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm 36 and I don't even have a partner. "She sent off for more blood tests and said, 'Okay, you still have the antibody present. "Community is something that Jolene has certainly found through her acting career, having made lasting friendships with cast and crew on many of her jobs. At 36, a health crisis saw Jolene Anderson given the news that she may never have children of her own. "We had a hobby farm a couple of acres outside of town," she recalls of the home she grew up in and where her parents still live today.With her two older siblings, Jolene built cubbies in the backyard while dreaming up all kinds of inventive games and stories.
Neal and Jolene have three grown sons; Jason, Nathan, and John; as well as nine grandchildren. Jolene Anderson was born on May 26, 1980 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. "It simmered away and I felt a bit lost for a few years," she admits. "I still thought maybe it was a tick until I heard people say TIA – transient ischaemic attack – which is what they call a mini stroke," she recounts.Similar to a stroke, a TIA is caused when there is a temporary block in the blood supply to the brain. And I couldn't believe I was so in tune with my body that I would even think to take a test at just three weeks. "I reached out to Mark's family and over the years I'll send Christmas cards and write to them. ""But then I looked and saw the 'plus' sign and went, 'Oh my God!' Neal and Jolene have three grown sons; Jason, Nathan, and John; as well as nine grandchildren. The Andersons attend New Journey Church where Neal is an elder. Three years on, the popular Australian actress tells Tiffany Dunk she's proved the experts wrong.Striding out of the water after an ocean swim at Bundeena, Royal National Park in NSW, Jolene Anderson contentedly flopped down on a towel to read the novel she was halfway through. "It's an antibody I'd acquired, which is how women get lupus and other autoimmune diseases later on in life," she explains. Trying not to panic, she spent the next 15 minutes trying to make out the word "path". At 43, Dan too wanted a family. I went straight to a tattoo parlour in Venice to get a reminder to keep on keeping on." I wish he'd have taken a leaf out of his own book.

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But whichever road she took, she vowed, she would stick at. "She was like, 'Quick, you're 36, freeze your eggs,'" Jolene recalls. I like that sense of doing things together, of being hands on. So I say get started and see how you go. "And then in the second month it was like, 'bang'," she laughs incredulously.Preparing to go to the wrap party for the ABC show "I hadn't skipped a period or anything but I was like, 'I can't go out and have a glass of wine knowing that I might be pregnant'. The Anderson…