Eddie and Susan Costley with six-and-a-half-week-old twins Carlton, left, and Susanna. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0908982)

A DELIGHTED couple yesterday spoke for the first time about their joy at having twins.

After a decade of trying to have children and four IVF attempts, conceiving was something that Susan and Eddie Costley were about to give up on. But when Susan, 47, was told that her sister was expecting, Eddie, 56, wanted to have one last try.

Nine months later, twins Carlton and Susanna were born.

It has made Mr Costley a father a month after his youngest brother, who is 49, became a grandad.

‘I was just ecstatic when I found out I was pregnant – I just couldn’t believe it,’ said Mrs Costley. ‘I did six pregnancy tests to make sure and told Eddie the next day. It was such a thrill.’

Carlton and Susanna were born at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital six-and-a-half weeks ago at 35 weeks.

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