There’s A Baby On The Way!

Veteran reality star Francesca Farago hasn’t been shy about documenting her fertility struggles on social media, and now, there’s cause for celebration. Farago, 29, announced that she and fiancé Jesse Sullivan, 33, are expecting their first child together.

The happy couple shared the news via joint Instagram posts shared on Sunday, March 31.

“We wanted to take this special day to celebrate this amazing milestone with all of you. We’ve brought you with us through the loss, so we couldn’t wait to bring you along for the win,” Farago gushed in the caption.

“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!”

Farago’s partner gushed in the comments, “I finally got her pregnant! So excited to be a dad to more world changers!,” while comments from famous pals also flooded the post. Well wishes came from stars like Chrishell Stause, who said, “So so so sososososooooooo happy for you two,” Demi Lovato, who wrote, “Yayyyy!!! So happy for you both!!!!,” and Remi Bader, who commented, “So happy for you both. Love you!!!!”

The couple had been documenting their fertility journey on their social media channels. Sullivan posted a TikTok coinciding with the Instagram announcement that showed behind-the-scenes clips of the couple as they fought to become pregnant.

“We’re pregnant!” the proud dad captioned the video. “It’s been such a struggle to get here, but we felt like TDOV [International Transgender Day of Visibility] was the perfect day to let you in on our celebration. I’m so proud of @Francesca Farago for fighting her way to get here, and I fall more in love with her every day.”

The duo also document their relationship, including fertility struggles, on their joint YouTube channel, Francesca and Jesse.

Farago found fame after appearing on multiple dating reality shows like “Too Hot to Handle” and “Perfect Match.” Sullivan is a popular content creator with over 2 million followers on TikTok alone. He came out as transgender in 2019 and is father to Arlo, a teenager from a previous relationship.

Farago and Sullivan met in 2021 on a Zoom meeting for a TikTok pride event. “After meeting on a Zoom call (Farago was interviewing the influencer for a TikTok pride event) there was an ‘instant attraction through the screen,’ she said [to PEOPLE magazine]. ‘We both couldn’t stop staring at each other. After the Zoom I remember running around the house and telling my friends I found my new boyfriend.”

Prior to transitioning, Sullivan became pregnant with Arla as a teenager. He told PopSugar that although it was a terrifying time, he “didn’t consider abortion or putting his baby up for adoption. ‘It was something I felt inside, and I was like, ‘I’m going to do this, I want to raise the most amazing human.’ It was this really strong intuition in me. I just knew I was going to bring someone so amazing into the world, and I was going to raise it so differently than how I was raised and how I’ve seen so many people raised. That was that motivation to be like, ‘You can do this.’”

It was Arlo’s birth that pushed Sullivan to live his authentic life.

“When Arlo was just a baby, he came out as gay. ‘She was really my motivation for that,’ he said. ‘I remember I was looking at her as a baby, and I was like, ‘If I’m going to raise this child and I want her to grow up to be whoever she wants to be, I have to be that,’” he told the website.

Farago and Sullivan couldn’t be more thrilled to be adding to their family. As she told PEOPLE, the future for she and Sullivan involves, “Growing our family, getting more animals, raising kids together and just being in love.”