Love Island hunk reveals reality star fiancée is pregnant after heartbreaking fertility struggle
LOVE Island star Connagh Howard and The Circle’s Beth Dunlavey are expecting their first child.
Beth, 34, shared the happy news today after over two years of a heartbreaking fertility struggle and an IVF journey.
She told her followers: “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 added: “*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. To those still waiting for their miracle, I send you all my love and hope. Don’t give up.”
Their famous pals rushed to comment on it, with Sophie Kasaei commenting: “Oh my god Beth this is unbelievable. I knew your time would come.”
Paige Turley remarked: “Awwww so happy for you guys. Congratulations.”
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While Molly Smith wrote: “The best news”, and Callum Jones added: “Congratulations to you both.”
IVF journey
Beth - who shot to fame on Channel 4's The Circle in 2019 – has been very open with her fans throughout her IVF journey.
What is IVF
The process involves removing an egg from a woman's ovaries and fertilising them using sperm in a labratory.
The fertilised egg, also known as the embryo, is transferred back into a woman's womb to grow.
The process can use eggs and sperm from the couple themselves, or these can be sourced from a doctor.
Beth previously explained that after a year of dating they stopped being "careful" so that she could fall pregnant.
The reality star thought that the endometriosis surgery that she had in 2022 would help her start a family, but still hadn't become pregnant.
She was then referred to a fertility clinic in September 2022, and in November, Connagh had his first semen analysis - which came back borderline.
He explained that were things he could do to improve it, such as cutting out protein supplements, and then retested in February 2023 and everything had "improved".
Beth later had eight sessions of acupuncture to try and help her get pregnant, but it didn't work.
They were then told they had "unexplained fertility", so they were offered IVF, and had been sharing their journey of that ever since.
Reality TV match
Beth and Connagh started dating in early 2020 just before lockdown.
Connagh popped the question in December of last year, during a romantic break in New York.
Beth played a catfish on The Circle, pretending to be an 62-year-old woman called Joyce but was eliminated from the show in later episodes.
Connagh was linked to Rebecca Gormley during his time on Love Island in 2020.
