‘It's a road we never expected to walk' – Irish star starts IVF journey after difficult years ‘filled with loss'
The influencer and her husband Paddy Cahill, who she married at Boyne Hill House in June of 2023, are hoping to welcome a child though IVF.
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Dominique has started her IVF journey
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Dominique has been open about her fertility struggles
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Dominique has documented the process over on Instagram
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Last week Dominique took to Instagram to open up about her fertility journey to her 153,000 followers.
The Dublin native admitted that it's a road they "never expected to walk", but are stepping into with "hope and love".
She shared clips of her husband helping her to inject hormones into her stomach to begin the process and said: "The past couple of years have been difficult filled with loss, longing, and quiet heartbreak."
Dominique opened up about her miscarriage in January 2024 saying: "Losing our baby girl Wynter, at 15 and a half weeks changed everything.
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"Since then, becoming parents has been a journey marked by both pain and deep hope.
"Sharing this doesn't come easy, but I believe in talking about the difficult topics rather than keeping them to myself.
"I never spoke about my first pregnancy online until it ended in loss. So this time, I'm choosing openness from the start."
Dominique revealed how IVF can feel "isolating" but it "shouldn't be".
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She added: "It's just another path to parenthood, a path many of us are quietly walking. And I want to help normalise that. I'm not sure how much I'll share, but for now, I'll share this: we've started.
"We're doing the injections, the scans, the blood tests and hoping this will bring us closer to holding our baby.
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"I know there are no guarantees. But we're ready, and we're hopeful."
Dominique asked some of her followers who have been through the same process to share their positive stories with her and ended the post saying: "Sending love to anyone who needs it right now."
On Wednesday, July 30, Dominique went into the hospital for her IVF egg retrieval.
She found out yesterday that 15 out of the 16 eggs retrieved were matured and she will have to wait until Tuesday to see how many make it to the blastocyst stage.
FAN SUPPORT
Dominique and Paddy will then have to wait a few weeks until the results from the PGT testing come back so they're having a "little break" for the next few months.
The couple's friends and fans have all flooded the comment section with supportive and loving messages.
RTE star Niamh Cullen wrote: "You're one resilient lady. Sending all the luck in the world to you both. Enjoy the R&R all the positive energy."
Karen said: "Praying for you both, god is good. You will get your happy ending."
Grace added: "Thank you for sharing your journey so incredibly brave!! Wishing you so much luck and gallons of baby dust."
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