Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan Reveal Names of Their Twins

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‘Too Hot to Handle' Star Francesca Farago Gives Birth to Twins With Fiancé Jesse Sullivan

Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan have chosen unsocial and artful names for their twins.

The Love Is Blind alum, 31, and the TikTok star, 35, shared photos of their newborn girl and lad wearing gold, customized ankle bracelets bearing their archetypal names.

"Welcome to the satellite Poetry Lucia Sullivan and Locket Romance Sullivan," Jesse wrote connected Instagram Nov. 17. "My kids volition alteration the world."

Francesca, who carried the twins, wrote connected her page, "Our 2 small angels made a astonishment quality via exigency c conception astatine 36 weeks and 5 days astatine 7:31 & 7:33AM connected 11/11. Locket weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces & Poetry weighed 5 pounds 8 ounces! I’ve ne'er been much successful emotion but I’ve besides ne'er had much anxiety. They’re perfect."

The Too Hot to Handle prima and her fiancé of much than a twelvemonth had announced the twins' birth by Caesarean conception hours aft they arrived. Thay are Francesca's archetypal children, portion Jesse is besides dada to 16-year-old Arlo from a past relationship.

"On 11.11.24 astir 4am, arsenic I finished the last touches connected our nursery, we unexpectedly rushed to the infirmary owed to concerning symptoms francesca was having," Jesse wrote connected Instagram alongside the twins' sanction announcement. "I brought her suitcase and infirmary container conscionable successful case, but felt arsenic though it was imaginable we’d beryllium backmost successful our furniture the aforesaid night."

He continued, "We got her settled successful the country arsenic they checked her out, I went to drawback Starbucks. Within 2 minutes of maine stepping backmost successful the country aggregate doctors rushed successful handing america country caps and said 'happy day twins, we’re delivering them successful 20 minutes!' From that constituent everything happened truthful fast. Baby lad was calved astatine 7:31am, babe miss was calved astatine 7:33am."

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Jesse said helium chopped the twins' umbilical cords. "And successful that infinitesimal arsenic I watched Francesca spot her babies for the archetypal time, I thought backmost to the doc handing maine Arlo. I knew successful that infinitesimal my beingness is the beingness I’ve ever dreamed of. Francesca is the champion ma successful the satellite already, and I cognize we’re going to rise the champion small humans together, on with large sibling Arlo."

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In May, the mates shared lists of babe names they emotion but ruled retired astatine the time. Francesca had said connected TikTok astatine the clip that Rocket was 1 of her favorites, arsenic was Lyrics, Sunday, Monday, November, Stone, Afternoo, Prosper and Darling.

Jesse listed names specified arsenic Aristotle, Traveler, Adventure, Novel, Scholar, Evening, Coven, Elixir, Labyrinth, Rhapsody and Orca.

The mates faced a difficult acquisition 3 days aft Poetry and Locket were born. Jesse accused an unnamed idiosyncratic of discriminating against him portion filling retired the paperwork to get the newborns' commencement certificates. 

"The mode I was conscionable discriminated against and treated," Jesse said successful a Snapchat Story Nov. 15. "I've ne'er successful each my years had idiosyncratic conscionable truthful blatantly dainty maine that way."

He added that helium confronted the idiosyncratic successful the moment. "I virtually snapped connected her," helium said. "And I was like, 'This is blatant discrimination.'"

While Jesse didn't stock what the idiosyncratic told him, helium said it was connected to questions being asked astir his and Francesca's determination to invited their babies via IVF and a third-party sperm donor.

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The mates had documented their hard road to parenthood connected societal media. Both Francesca and Jesse—who came retired arsenic transgender successful 2019—completed fertility treatments to acquisition ovum retrievals, from which respective embryos were created done IVF, utilizing a third-party sperm donation.

Early this year, Francesca underwent a transportation of 1 embryo, identified done familial investigating to beryllium female, but it did not survive. However, a 2nd effort weeks aboriginal was successful, and 2 embryos they had transferred simultaneously yet resulted successful the commencement of their twins.

Look backmost astatine Francesca and Jesse's romance...

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June 2021: First Meeting

Though Francesca Farago tried her luck with emotion connected a fewer world dating shows, including Too Hot to Handle, she met her cleanable lucifer successful Jesse Sullivan portion hosting an lawsuit online.

“TikTok hired maine to big an lawsuit for Pride Month,” Francesca told Elite Daily successful 2023. “It was implicit Zoom. It was a TikTok unrecorded lawsuit with Willow Smith and the app’s LGBTQ+ Trailblazers. I interviewed 3 radical and Jesse was 1 of them. We met connected Zoom and conscionable fell successful emotion precise quickly.”

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Summer 2022: Social Media Official

And though her clip connected play 1 of Netflix’s Perfect Match (which aired successful 2023) didn’t enactment out, Francesca knew that destiny had bigger plans successful store.

In fact, arsenic the world prima shared successful a TikTok, “Literally the infinitesimal I near that villa, I texted Jesse, and I was like, 'Hey, are you inactive single? I'm traumatized and bash you privation to bent out?'"

And the remainder is history. Since then, the brace person shared penetration into their romance connected societal media. “We’re conscionable truthful successful love, and I consciousness that’s evident with what we post,” she told Elite Daily. “Some couples stock a filtered mentation of the blessed times, but they don’t station thing negative. We really don’t person immoderate antagonistic times. It’s each positive.”

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May 2023: Engagement

Two years aft they archetypal met, Francesca and Jesse were ecstatic to commencement a marque caller section together.

“WE’RE ENGAGED,” Francesca shared successful a May 2023 Instagram post, “a glimpse into the astir magical nighttime ever, obsessed with our family… what is life!!” Fast guardant to aboriginal 2024, and the mates made it wide that they were keen connected starting a family, adjacent earlier their nuptials.

"We privation a immense wedding, but I deliberation it would beryllium truthful cute if we had a small babe successful our arms oregon 2 babies successful our arms astatine the wedding," Francesca exclusively told Live From E! big Laverne Cox astatine the People’s Choice Awards that February. "So, hopefully we tin person a babe archetypal and past bash the wedding after."

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March 2024: Baby (Soon-to-be) connected Board

And arsenic predicted, Francesca and Jesse—who is dada to teen Arlo from a erstwhile relationship—announced they were expanding their family.

"We wanted to instrumentality this peculiar time to observe this astonishing milestone with each of you," Francesca wrote connected Instagram March 31. "We've brought you with america done the loss, truthful we couldn't hold to bring you on for the win. I americium inactive beauteous recently pregnant, and there's truthful overmuch much to come, but we are truthful excited to beryllium increasing our household with Arlo arsenic the coolest older sibling! AHH IM PREGNANT!"

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As for Jesse, helium was much than excited to stock the news. "We're pregnant!" the influencer, who came retired arsenic transgender successful 2019, captioned a clip. "Its been specified a conflict to get here, but we felt similar TDOV was the cleanable time to fto you each successful connected our celebration. Im truthful arrogant of @Francesca Farago for warring her mode to get here, and I autumn much successful emotion with her each day. Thank you for pursuing our journey, and heres to much trans joy!"

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April 2024: Double the Love

A week aft the pair confirmed Francesca is pregnant, Jesse shared they'll beryllium adding not 1 but two more members to their family.

"We're having twins," Jesse wrote nether his April 7 TikTok. "We cognize it's aboriginal but we're preparing for the best."

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July 2024: Baby Shower

While surrounded by their nearest and dearest, the mates revealed the twins' sexes— announcing a lad and girl were connected the way.

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November 2024: The Twins Are Born

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