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Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan have chosen unique and artful names for their twins. The Love Is Blind alum, 31, and the TikTok star, 35, shared photos of their newborn daughter and son wearing gold, customized ankle bracelets bearing their first names. "Welcome to the world Poetry Lucia Sullivan and Locket Romance Sullivan ," Jesse wrote on Instagram Nov.
17. "My kids will change the world." Francesca, who carried the twins , wrote on her page , "Our two little angels made a surprise appearance via emergency c section at 36 weeks and 5 days at 7:31 & 7:33AM on 11/11.
Locket weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces & Poetry weighed 5 pounds 8 ounces! I’ve never been more in love but I’ve also never had more anxiety. They’re perfect." The Too Hot to Handle star and her fiancé of more than a year had announced the twins' birth by Caesarean section hours after they arrived.
Thay are Francesca's first children, while Jesse is also dad to 16-year-old Arlo from a past relationship. "On 11.11.
24 around 4am, as I finished the final touches on our nursery, we unexpectedly rushed to the hospital due to concerning symptoms francesca was having," Jesse wrote on Instagram alongside the twins' name announcement. "I brought her suitcase and hospital bag just in case, but felt as though it was possible we’d be back in our bed the same night." He continued, "We got her settled in the room as they checked her out, I went to grab Starbucks.
Within 2 minutes of me stepping back in the room multiple doctors rushed in handing us surgery caps and said 'happy birthday twins, we’re delivering them in 20 minutes!' From that point everything happened so fast. Baby boy was born at 7:31am, baby girl was born at 7:33am." Jesse said he cut the twins' umbilical cords.
"And in that moment as I watched Francesca see her babies for the first time, I thought back to the doctor handing me Arlo. I knew in that moment my life is the life I’ve always dreamed of. Francesca is the best mom in the world already, and I know we’re going to raise the best little humans together, along with big sibling Arlo.
" In May, the couple shared lists of baby names they love but ruled out at the time. Francesca had said on TikTok at the time that Rocket was one of her favorites, as was Lyrics, Sunday, Monday, November, Stone, Afternoo, Prosper and Darling. Jesse listed names such as Aristotle, Traveler, Adventure, Novel, Scholar, Evening, Coven, Elixir, Labyrinth, Rhapsody and Orca.
A post shared by frankie (@francescafarago) The couple faced a difficult experience three days after Poetry and Locket were born. Jesse accused an unnamed worker of discriminating against him while filling out the paperwork to obtain the newborns' birth certificates. "The way I was just discriminated against and treated," Jesse said in a Snapchat Story Nov.
15. "I've never in all my years had someone just so blatantly treat me that way." He added that he confronted the person in the moment.
"I literally snapped on her," he said. "And I was like, 'This is blatant discrimination.'" While Jesse didn't share what the person told him, he said it was connected to questions being asked about his and Francesca's decision to welcome their babies via IVF and a third-party sperm donor.
The couple had documented their difficult road to parenthood on social media. Both Francesca and Jesse—who came out as transgender in 2019—completed fertility treatments to undergo egg retrievals, from which several embryos were created through IVF, using a third-party sperm donation. Early this year, Francesca underwent a transfer of one embryo, identified through genetic testing to be female, but it did not survive.
However, a second attempt weeks later was successful, and two embryos they had transferred simultaneously ultimately resulted in the birth of their twins. Look back at Francesca and Jesse's romance..
. June 2021: First Meeting Though Francesca Farago tried her luck with love on a few reality dating shows, including Too Hot to Handle , she met her perfect match in Jesse Sullivan while hosting an event online. “TikTok hired me to host an event for Pride Month,” Francesca told Elite Daily in 2023.
“It was over Zoom. It was a TikTok live event with Willow Smith and the app’s LGBTQ+ Trailblazers. I interviewed three people and Jesse was one of them.
We met on Zoom and just fell in love very quickly.” Summer 2022: Social Media Official And though her time on season one of Netflix’s Perfect Match (which aired in 2023) didn’t work out, Francesca knew that fate had bigger plans in store. In fact, as the reality star shared in a TikTok, “Literally the minute I left that villa, I texted Jesse, and I was like, 'Hey, are you still single? I'm traumatized and do you want to hang out?'" And the rest is history.
Since then, the pair have shared insight into their romance on social media. “We’re just so in love, and I feel that’s obvious with what we post,” she told Elite Daily . “Some couples share a filtered version of the happy times, but they don’t post anything negative.
We actually don’t have any negative times. It’s all positive.” May 2023: Engagement Two years after they first met, Francesca and Jesse were ecstatic to start a brand new chapter together.
“WE’RE ENGAGED,” Francesca shared in a May 2023 Instagram post, “a glimpse into the most magical night ever, obsessed with our family...
what is life!!” Fast forward to early 2024, and the couple made it clear that they were keen on starting a family, even before their nuptials. "We want a huge wedding, but I think it would be so cute if we had a little baby in our arms or two babies in our arms at the wedding," Francesca exclusively told Live From E! host Laverne Cox at the People’s Choice Awards that February. "So, hopefully we can have a baby first and then do the wedding after.
" March 2024: Baby (Soon-to-be) on Board And as predicted, Francesca and Jesse—who is dad to teenager Arlo from a previous relationship—announced they were expanding their family. "We wanted to take this special day to celebrate this amazing milestone with all of you," Francesca wrote on Instagram March 31. "We've brought you with us through the loss, so we couldn't wait to bring you along for the win.
I am still pretty newly pregnant, and there's so much more to come, but we are so excited to be growing our family with Arlo as the coolest older sibling! AHH IM PREGNANT!" As for Jesse, he was more than excited to share the news. "We're pregnant!" the influencer, who came out as transgender in 2019, captioned a clip. "Its been such a struggle to get here, but we felt like TDOV was the perfect day to let you all in on our celebration.
Im so proud of @Francesca Farago for fighting her way to get here, and I fall more in love with her every day. Thank you for following our journey, and heres to more trans joy!" April 2024: Double the Love A week after the pair confirmed Francesca is pregnant, Jesse shared they'll be adding not one but two more members to their family. "We're having twins," Jesse wrote under his April 7 TikTok .
"We know it's early but we're preparing for the best." July 2024: Baby Shower While surrounded by their nearest and dearest, the couple revealed the twins' sexes— announcing a son and daughter were on the way . November 2024: The Twins Are Born On Nov.
11, Francesca and Jesse's twins made their debut . "Baby boy was born at 7:31 and baby girl was born at 7:33," the reality star revealed on Snapchat. "They were perfect.
So sweet, so cute.".
