TLC'S "THE LITTLE COUPLE" GOES GLOBAL TO GROW THEIR FAMILY

Season five returns Tuesday, April 30th at 10/9c

[Los Angeles, CA]-- Their dreams of having a child have finally come true. After a long and emotional journey to parenthood, Bill Klein and Dr. Jen Arnold from TLC's The Little Couple have welcomed a new member to their family.

Fans have followed as the couple faced fertility and surrogacy challenges, including the heartbreaking moment when their surrogate suffered a miscarriage. Determined to stop at nothing to grow their family, Bill and Jen have decided to pursue international adoption with a focus on finding a child with special needs.

This season follows the busy Houston-based couple as they embark on this journey while still juggling their demanding careers. Bill is expanding their pet store, Rocky & Maggie's, while Dr. Arnold continues to face life or death decisions as a neonatologist at Texas Children's Hospital.

In the premiere, Bill and Jen meet with the founder of Rainbow Kids, an adoption advocacy website that helps special needs children from across the world find a home. The couple not only finds out that they are good candidates for adoption, but there may be a child with dwarfism from China who has just become available. The reality of becoming parents is closer than ever, and on this season of TLC's The Little Couple, Bill and Jen embark on an amazing new adventure that will take them around the world, present them with unforeseen challenges, and change their lives forever.

TLC's The Little Couple returns Tuesday, April 30th with two new back to back episodes at 10PM and 10:30 PM ET/PT.

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