Love Island star Connagh Howard is going to be a dad after a lengthy fertility journey.
The 32-year-old fitness coach appeared on the 2020 season of the ITV of the dating show, where he eventually found love with fellow reality star Beth Dunleavy.
Beth, who has taken part in the reality competition The Circle, is awaiting the arrival of the couple’s first child, and they revealed the news with a beautiful video on Instagram. in Channel 4 And be warned, it is a highly emotional video.
Accompanied by the piano track Golden Hour by Daniela Micuchova, already an emotive piece, a black-and-white video displayed the couple in tears, going through difficult IVF treatments including injections, enjoying time with friends, attending hospital appointments, and witnessing the disappointing results of negative pregnancy tests.
The video then transitions to color, capturing the moment they discovered their latest test was positive.
A video depicted the long and painful journey it took to reach this point (Picture: Instagram/ bethdunlavey)
Accompanying the incredible video, the couple wrote in a joint Instagram statement: ‘Every injection, every tear, every procedure, every pain; every last inch of this journey has been worth it for you, and I’d do it 100 times over if I had to, we already love you so much.
Our baby decided the time was right and we are over the moon to finally announce we are PREGNANT.’
Beth went on to send love to other couples going through similar difficulties, saying ‘I know that not everyone’s journey looks like ours, and announcements like this are hard to see, I’ve been there and I see you’.
Beth and Connagh recorded the moment they learned they were expecting their first child (Picture: Instagram/ bethdunlavey)
Beth and Connagh have been together for four years and have been open about their fertility struggle, having been trying for a baby for close to three years.
In 2023, they spoke in a video about how they had stopped being ‘careful’ a year into their relationship in the hopes she would fall pregnant, but it didn’t happen.
The parents-to-be shared a sonogram of their unborn child (Picture: Instagram/ bethdunlavey)
When the couple still didn’t conceive, and after Beth had acupuncture sessions, they were informed they had ‘unexplained fertility’ and were offered IVF.
IVF is when an egg is fertilized with sperm in a lab, then placed into the woman’s womb to grow.
Beth and Connagh have been in a relationship for three years (Picture: Instagram/ bethdunlavey)
One year later, the couple is now enjoying love and well-wishes from friends and followers, including Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby, who expressed being ‘absolutely over the moon for you Beth!’
‘OVER THE MOON congratulations my love!’
Sophie Kasaei described it as ‘unbelievable,’ and added ‘I knew your time would come.’
Siannise Fudge mentioned it had ‘made my whole day. I’m sooo happy for you both! The best news ever.’
Truly beautiful, congratulations!
