Bachelor Nation’s Sarah Herron has welcomed twin daughters, a year after the heartbreaking loss of her son, Oliver. The former reality star, who appeared on The Bachelor in 2013 and later on two seasons of Bachelor in Paradise, gave birth to her and husband Dylan Brown’s daughters, Everette Rae and Colette Rose, on July 1, 2024. The twins, affectionately nicknamed Evy and Coco, arrived seven and a half weeks early, at 32 weeks gestation.
Sarah shared the joyous news on Instagram on July 6, posting videos of herself and Dylan cuddling their newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). “World, meet Everette Rae & Colette Rose (Evy & Coco) born July 1st, 2024,” she wrote. “Fraternal twin sisters, our little 32-weekers took us all by surprise a whopping 7.5 weeks early.”
The 37-year-old continued, “We’re all adjusting to life in the NICU as we have a long road ahead of us—undeniably filled with twists and turns—but the girls are fighters and getting stronger every day—we all are. We’re so grateful for our care team and any continued prayers for our tiny warriors. Today’s plan: Sleep, breathe and grow!”
Sarah added, “Welcome to the world little ones! My heart is completely outside of my body for these two miracles.”
The Colorado advertising executive announced her recent pregnancy in January, less than two weeks before the first anniversary of Oliver’s death. The baby died shortly after Sarah gave birth to him four months early, when she was 24 weeks pregnant. Sarah, who had battled infertility and undergone IVF to conceive her babies, has often paid tribute to Oliver on social media.
“I woke up, unable to will myself back to sleep and somehow wound up reading old posts I’d written about Oliver,” she wrote on Instagram in June. “Each word a time capsule—poignant, beautiful and aching. I stared at sweet Oliver’s face and wondered if his baby sisters will look like him when we meet them—and how surreal it is that they already outweigh him.”
She continued, “I sat in the girls’ nursery, realizing that we’ve been here before. Not at this stage, or in this house, and certainly not with this many diapers—but we’ve been here. And even though we’re adorning this room for the girls this time, Oliver still gets a place in our home, too. With his sisters.”
Sarah said her and Dylan’s daughters will know Oliver’s name. “And in whatever way they are able to understand when it’s time, they’ll know that before them, there was a baby boy who mommy and daddy loved very much,” she wrote. “That they had a big brother who was one year older than them, and even though his soul wasn’t able to stay and play, he’ll be watching over them for eternity.”
Sarah Herron has officially welcomed twin daughters! The “Bachelor” alum, who appeared on Season 17 as well as two seasons of “Bachelor in Paradise,” and husband Dylan Brown welcomed fraternal twin girls on July 1, she announced on Instagram. “World, meet Everette Rae & Colette Rose,” she captioned her July 6 post. The newborns, nicknamed Evy and Coco, were born at 32 weeks and took the new mom by surprise “a whopping 7.5 weeks early,” Herron said. “We’re all adjusting to life in the NICU as we have a long road ahead of us—undeniably filled with twists and turns—but the girls are fighters and getting stronger every day—we all are,” she said in her caption. For now, they are taking it step by step. “Today’s plan: Sleep, breathe and grow!” she added. “Welcome to the world little ones! My heart is completely outside of my body for these two miracles.”
On her Instagram story, Herron also looked back on recent moments that have taken on a whole new meaning. “Last week we kept seeing so many double rainbows,” she said. A rainbow baby is a term for a baby born after pregnancy loss or infant death. In January 2023, Herron’s son, Oliver, died in Brown’s arms a few hours after his birth. Herron said people thought the double rainbows could have been a “message from the girls” saying they are on the way. “I have to agree,” Herron wrote.
Herron announced her pregnancy back in January by sharing pictures of her sonogram. The reality TV star, who went through IVF before both of her pregnancies, originally thought her twins were going to be triplets. She also accidentally revealed the sex of the twins in a post reflecting on the anniversary of Oliver’s death. “My grief for Oliver is heavy right now as his heavenly birthday is 12 days away,” she said at the time. “It hurts so bad, and simultaneously I know he’s sending me these little girls to comfort me right now.” In a follow-up post, Herron wrote, “Oops. Cat’s outta the bag. But yes, we knew the sex of all our embryos.”
Bachelor alum Sarah Herron has revealed that she is expecting twin girls, nearly one year after her son, Oliver Brown, died after being born prematurely. In a sweet Instagram post on Jan. 4, the reality TV star and influencer, 37, shared the news that she and her husband, Dylan Brown, have two bundles of joy on the way, sharing a video of them snorkeling and encountering a turtle. The video then cuts to a sonogram picture on a fridge with a special message written over the clip. “Oliver has 2 turtles to watch over 🤍,” Herron — who appeared on Sean Lowe’s season of the long-running ABC program — wrote. For her song choice to announce her rainbow babies, the “IVF warrior” as she calls herself in her Instagram bio chose “Rainbow” by Kacey Musgraves. In her comments, her Bachelor Nation friends shared their excitement for the mom-to-be, congratulating her and her husband on their additions to the family. “Full body chills and heart bursting out of my chest! The best news!! I love y’all, ALL of yall❤️,” shared Lesley Murphy, one of Herron’s fellow contestants. “Sarah!!! 🥹 the best news! Congratulations 🫶🏼,” wrote Amanda Stanton, who appeared on Ben Higgins’ season. “What amazing news, Sarah!!!!!❤️❤️❤️,” added season 21 winner, Vanessa Grimaldi.
On Tuesday, Herron accidentally let the sexes of her babies slip in an Instagram Story while discussing an appointment she had with her doctor that “went well.” She also divulged that she has an empty sac outside of the two holding her twins and that she has a blighted ovum, often referred to as “vanishing twin/triplet.” “F*ck around with IVF long enough and one day you might get multiples,” she wrote in one Story. In a follow-up post on her Instagram Stories, Herron opened up about the grief she is experiencing nearly a full year after the loss of her son — who was born at 24 weeks — which is when she inadvertently told her followers that she is having twin girls. “Just BAWLED my eyes out in therapy. my grief for Oliver is heavy right now as his heavenly birthday 12 days away,” she shared. “It hurts so bad, and simultaneously I know he’s sending me these little girls to comfort me right now.” She went on to say that after therapy she visited a coffee shop where a book with the name “Oliver” was on it, which she took as a sign. It wasn’t until someone responded to her story, writing “GIRLS!!” that she realized she had let the world know what she and her husband are getting into when their new babies arrive. “Oops.🤦♀️ cat’s outta the bad. But yes, we knew the sex of all our embryos,” she wrote before zooming in on the “GIRLS!!” response and giving the message its own Instagram Story.
The joyous news comes just two weeks shy of the birthday for her son. In February 2023, the reality star shared via social media that she and her husband had welcomed their baby boy and that he lived only a few hours after birth. “On January 28th, at 24 weeks old, our beautiful son Oliver Brown was born. He passed away in his dad’s arms shortly after,” Herron wrote at the time. “There are no words for the magnitude of loss and pain we’re experiencing. It’s beautiful and simultaneously tragic. He had my nose and his dad’s mouth and long fingers.” “Oliver, our IVF miracle defied so many odds and fought through so many hard milestones to be here,” she continued. “But the higher powers still had other plans for the three of us.”
After Oliver’s passing, Herron used her platform to bravely open up about pregnancy loss and to share heartbreaking things she did not know about what happens to a mother’s body after delivering a premature baby.
Shortly after confirming her twins’ impending arrival, Herron explained why her pregnancy was “so different” this time around. “I don’t feel like coming on and talking about symptoms and bumpdates and pregnancy in the way that I used to because I think there’s just trauma, and you approach pregnancy after loss in a completely different way and you have a different respect for other women who have gone through loss or are trying to conceive,” she said via her Instagram Story in January. Herron insisted that she was eager to welcome her twins despite her hesitancy surrounding the process. “That’s just where I am, where we are. We still feel great about everything, but it’s some of the nuance that occurs behind the scenes,” she added. “I’m not saving baby lists or following pregnancy accounts this time around the way I was the first time. It’s just a different process.”
Source: E! News, Today, Us Weekly, Page Six
