Though fatherhood has been a wonderful experience for Brian Dowling, it has come with its trials.
He and his husband Arthur Gourounlian welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Blake Maria Rose last year and now they’ve written a book detailing their experience.
The book reveals how they chose to use Arthur’s sample to conceive their daughter, after discovering that Brian has fertility issues.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Friday, Brian further explained why they decided to share who Blake’s biological father is after they previously wanted to keep it to themselves.
“When I go to talk about Blake and Blake’s DNA… everyone was obsessed with knowing Blake’s DNA and who Blake’s biological father is,” he said.
He admitted that he found the topic difficult to navigate and that he never wanted a “difference” between the parental roles that he and Arthur have.
“All people wanted to know when Aoife was pregnant was ‘who’s the dad? who’s the dad? who’s the dad’” Brian explained.
“And… people are not being mean, they’re not being offensive, they’re just being curious and I get that especially as Arthur and I are out there doing our jobs.
“We’re on here we’re sharing all aspects of our life. I felt like it was never something I wanted to address but then in the book, I thought do you know what it’s an opportunity to be honest, to be open.”
The TV presenter said he found out about his fertility issues when they were trying to have Blake, which in a way made it easier for them to choose Arthur’s sample.
“It made it easier that way then that we gave Arthur’s sample and not my sample, and that’s still something, I don’t know what it is but you always think that you’re able to have a child, you just thinking that I’m going to be able to have a child that’s what you think, that’s what I thought…
“I was really ignorant and arrogant I think regarding fertility, I was just thinking yeah of course I will be able to have kids of course I am like why can’t I?”
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