DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star MARCIA CROSS isn’t planning on wasting time becoming a mum after marrying stockbroker TOM MAHONEY on Saturday – she was planning to adopt before her TV comeback.

Pal LORI LOUGHLIN tells America’s TV Guide magazine that Cross was so desperate to have a child just before Desperate Housewives became a hit, she confided in her that she was planning to adopt.

That was before she met Mahoney – when Cross feared she’d never meet Mr Right.

Now she has, actress Loughlin insists her pal has motherhood on her mind.

She says, “She wants to start a family. Marcia would love to have children.”