'Something we looked forward to for so long:' Rosanna Davison on Christmas with three kids

Rosanna Davison pictured at the start of the festive season at Carrickmines Park with the turning on of the Christmas lights. Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland
Rosanna Davison is reliving her childhood through her children this Christmas and after a difficult road to motherhood, she still canât quite believe that she is now celebrating the holiday with three very excited toddlers.
Her twins Hugo and Oscar recently turned two while daughter Sophia celebrated her third birthday just a few days later, so it is fair to say the 38-year-old has a very busy house this festive season.
âWeâre just really enjoying the run-up to Christmas now. The magic of it all for them is lovely and I get to sort of relive my childhood again through them so theyâre at a lovely age now,â she says.
âThe twins just turned two, Sophia just turned three so thatâs a lovely age now to understand a little bit more about Santa and Christmas.âÂ
The mother of three has been open about how the holiday was a difficult time while she was struggling with fertility issues. But after many years of trying for children, multiple miscarriages, and international surrogacy, she and her husband Wes Quirke still find it hard to believe that they now have three children.
âWe even still say to each other, 'God we canât believe we have three.' Obviously, they all arrived within a year of each other, and itâs been so intense since then,â she says.
The family have already had their first Santa visit and were about to pick up their Christmas tree when I spoke to the former Miss World.
âWeâre doing any sort of winter wonderland-style Santa things. Iâve booked into everything just to bring them and itâs something we looked forward to for so long when we were trying to have a family. Weâre just really enjoying all of it now.âÂ
In 2019, she and her husband became parents to their first child Sophia, who was born via gestational surrogate in Ukraine but in 2020 Rosanna conceived naturally and give birth to healthy twin boys, Hugo and Oscar.
Earlier this year, her gestational surrogate Anastasiia Berezan came to Ireland after fleeing the war in Ukraine with the help of Rosanna and her family. Now, the pair have regular play dates with their children, and Anastasiia and her family have settled in Ireland.
 âTheyâre enjoying the run-up and this time of year and all of the decorations but theyâre great. Iâve just been blown away, amazed by their independence and just their strength and their courage," says Rosanna.

Prior to her journey to motherhood, Dublin native Rosanna admits she was âignorant to fertility issuesâ and âshockedâ by her lack of awareness around fertility, miscarriage, and the options available.
âWhen we first started trying, I got pregnant immediately in the first go and we were delighted. We were 30 [and] 31 and just thought, what could possibly go wrong? Weâre young, weâre fit, weâre healthy," she says.
Along with Richie Sadlier, Rosanna has joined ThĂ©rapie Fertility to encourage the Irish public to consider their own fertility after new research showed that nearly two-thirds of Irish people donât know that 20-25% of heterosexual couples struggle to conceive naturally. The research also gives an insight into the perceived barriers when accessing fertility treatment in Ireland, with 83% of people believing that itâs down to cost.
âItâs a privilege to be in this position first of all but itâs so important to talk about our experiences with fertility," says Rosanna, "and really just contribute to the conversation about fertility and about the options available now for people who do want to start a family because weâve both had our own difficulties and different experiences.â
- For more information on Thérapie Fertility, see therapiefertility.com