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Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 11:02

The couple received a full-round of IVF treatment earlier this year.

The winners of Midlands 103's 'Gift Of Hope' competition have announced they're pregnant.

Mountmellick's Denise and Syl Sexton from won a full round of IVF treatment earlier this year after being nominated by 15 others around them.

The couple, who got married this summer, had been trying to have a baby for the past eight years.

Denise will be 14 weeks pregnant tomorrow, and their due date is in May of next year.

They joined Will Faulkner on Midlands Today to describe the moment they finally knew it was happening:

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