Baby joy! Home and Away star Luke Jacobz expecting second child with wife Raychel after fertility struggles
Luke Jacobz has revealed he and wife Raychel are expecting their second child – a baby boy – following years of fertility struggles and heartache.
The former Home and Away heartthrob, 44, best known for playing Angelo Rosetta, said the couple were left stunned to discover they had conceived naturally, after initially turning to IVF to fall pregnant with their first daughter, Maisie.
‘We’re having a boy! We are just over the moon,’ Luke told Woman’s Day this week.
‘That we were actually able to fall naturally with number two – I jumped up and down and lost my mind.’
Luke and Raychel, who met in 2017, began trying for a baby the following year but soon found themselves on an emotional rollercoaster.
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Luke Jacobz has revealed he and wife Raychel are expecting their second child – a baby boy – following years of fertility struggles and heartache
The former Home and Away star heartthrob, 44, said the couple were left stunned to discover they had conceived naturally, after initially turning to IVF to fall pregnant with their first daughter, Maisie
Despite being given the all-clear medically, they struggled to conceive and eventually turned to IVF via Adora Fertility.
Their journey was anything but smooth – involving multiple rounds of egg retrievals, repeated embryo transfers, and three devastating early miscarriages.
With just one embryo left, the couple made the difficult decision to undergo one final transfer before their wedding, which had been delayed twice due to COVID.
Incredibly, the transfer worked, and Raychel walked down the aisle four months pregnant.
‘We weren’t expecting that, so we just lost our minds,’ Luke said.
‘We were so close to not trying anymore because it was just so hard.’
But after a harrowing pregnancy and a traumatic birth, the couple believed their family was complete.
That is, until their daughter Maisie turned one, and they began to feel a growing desire to give her a sibling.
‘We’re having a boy! We are just over the moon,’ Luke told Woman’s Day this week. ‘That we were actually able to fall naturally with number two – I jumped up and down and lost my mind’
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‘We felt selfish not trying again,’ Luke admitted.
‘But we never imagined it would happen without help.’
The couple welcomed their first child, Maisie, back in November 2023.
In a sweet Instagram post, the television presenter was thrilled as he shared the good news with his 104,000 followers alongside several snaps of the newborn.
‘Words cannot describe how happy we are to bring our bundle of joy into the world,’ he captioned his post.
‘Maisie – you are so loved and we could not ask for anything more perfect than you.’
Luke added that his wife, now a new mum, was ‘doing so well’ and admitted the birth process was hectic.
‘We had a very ‘eventful’ delivery day but it was all worth it,’ he continued.
