Stefanie Preissner on cloud nine as she welcomes baby boy - but admits 'chaos' after birth

It’s the perfect start to the new year as author Stefanie Preissner and her husband, Noel Byrne, have introduced their new bundle of joy to the world.

Keeping her pregnancy under wraps until November, the screenwriter, 36, announced the arrival of their newborn son Billy Zephyr today.

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Over the years, Stefanie has been very open about her life speaking honestly about dealing with being pregnant and being in the public eye and motherhood as an autistic person following the birth of her daughter Aurora (Rori) in 2022.

Stefanie Preissner and her husband Noel Byrne Pic: Stefanie Preissner Instagram

Stefanie now has two kids under two after she found out she was pregnant with Billy while moving house and when Rori was five months old.

Posing a few pictures online she said: ‘Billy Zephyr arrived into the world Friday morning. He’s been causing all sorts of chaos since then but we hope things are settling down now that we have back from the unit.’

She went on to thank the staff, ‘A huge thank you to Dr Jenny Walsh and her team who ensured his safe arrival and to the amazing ICU staff in the High Dependency Unit at the National Maternity Hospital. There are too many nurses, doctors, midwives, healthcare assistants, porters, catering staff and others to name them individually but every single person has been so accommodating, reassuring and supportive.’

Finishing the message she said: ‘Noel and I are really grateful for all your thoughts and well wishes. Billy Zeph gets to meet Rori later today so standby for that. Also check out his double crown, King BZ.’

Pic: Tom Honan

Stefanie has continuously spoken openly about the pregnancy, labour and birth of her first child, adapting to life as a parent and her harrowing experience of five miscarriages.

Chatting to the Irish Independent. The Can’t Cope Won’t Cope creator revealed what added to her decision to announce her pregnancy, a message from a follower on social media who asked if she had a bump after sharing a photo online.

Stefanie Preissner and Noel Byrne. Pic: Instagram

She went on to say  ‘You don’t know what’s going to happen and I guess I do have a problem that, with miscarriages, if you don’t tell people, then you go through that grief alone. So I feel like — and because my life is so in public and I write about myself and my experience of the world — if something were to happen, and touch wood it doesn’t, but if something awful were to happen, then that’s not something I’m just going to be quiet about either.’

Congratulations Stefanie and Noel!

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