Double baby joy for Newbridge couple as they welcome twins after appearing on TV3's The Babymakers

By Kim O'Leary

A couple from Newbridge have found their ultimate Christmas wish granted following the birth of healthy twin girls after having struggled for years to conceive with the help of TV3's "The Babymakers", which followed six couples from all over Ireland on the long road to parenthood.

Fiona and husband Eoghan O’Toole, both teachers in Cross and Passion in Kilcullen,were first featured on the programme in episode 3 and they had suffered many setbacks during their IVF journey, but are now overjoyed by the two arrivals with Fiona having given birth to Alannah and Aoife on December 8, 2017.

Speaking to Independent.ie, Fiona said: "We wanted this since forever. Alannah was born first and she was six pounds 13, and then Aoife was born one minute later and she was five, thirteen. The girls are nothing alike and they act nothing alike. They are polar opposites every which way. Even the day they were born, the doctor said they look nothing alike. One has jet black hair, and one has blonde hair. And Aoife is quiet as a mouse, and Alannah, when she opens her eyes, she’ll scream the house down."

Fiona and Eoghan became household names in late summer as they went through a rollercoaster IVF journey, full of heartache, but they bravely preserved in their journey to become parents.

The couple spent €47,000 on IVF and extra fertility treatments since 2013. Finally, they were overjoyed to find out that Fiona was pregnant with twins.

“At Christmas time, it’s such a special time and now it’s even more special," Fiona said.