Mursel Mistanoglu, Anna-Marie Campisi Courtesy Anna-Marie Campisi/Instagram
Beekeeper baby! April 11, Anna-Marie CampisiHer fourth child, her first together, was her fourth. Mursel Mistaglu, via surrogate.
“Mursel and I are excited to announce the birth of our son! Gokhan John was born five weeks early on April 11, 222. He’s doing amazing!” Campisi, 41, gushed via Instagram on Monday, April 25. “Just a small guy at 5.3 pounds 18 inches. Our surrogate is doing well too! I was able to meet her and she’s such an amazing woman!”
She went on to write about meeting her baby boy in Ukraine with the help of the Dynamo Project, noting, “Upon arrival to Poland we spoke with the group to start logistics of our travel into Ukraine. They asked to see Mursel’s Schengen Visa to see if it was a one entry or multi entry visa. It was a one-time entry visa. From there, Mursel was to stay in Poland. If he came with to Ukraine, he wouldn’t be allowed to leave. So I had no choice but to travel alone to Ukraine. Thank God for the Dynamo Project. I didn’t have to go alone. They organized the logistics, including travel into Ukraine, a safe area to stay while inside and travel while inside. They were with me the entire time.”
The 90 Day FiancéIn January, alums revealed that they were expecting a child thanks to a gestational mate.
“Mursel and I are super excitedTo announce that we are expecting a little boy this May,” the Nebraska native told her Instagram followers at the time. “We are currently 22 weeks! #FutureBeekeeper.” The hashtag matched the yellow onesie featured in the social media upload, alongside a sonogram shot.
The duo’s fellow TLC personalities showed their support in the comments at the time, from Annie Suwan to Anny Francisco.
Former reality star is now the mother of her sons Joey and Gino. Leo was adopted by Campisi in a previous marriage. While Campisi keeps her eldest children mostly off of social media, she did celebrate Valentine’s Day with them in February.
“It was also my birthday and I got to spend it with my wonderful husband and young men!” Campisi captioned an Instagram selfie with Mistanoglu at the time. “Joey even treated me at dinner and bought me orchards which was a surprise! Due to their wishes, Joey and Gino were not pictured. We hope you all had an amazing day!”
Campisi was able to wed the Turkey native in September 2019, on the 7th season of TLC. The pair have since been vocal about their plans to expand their family despite Campisi’s inability to carry a baby.
“I’m feeling so emotional right now! Our three embryos are being carried to Ukraine today and we are signing with our surrogate today,” Campisi wrote via Instagram in July 2021. “Keep us in your prayers.”
She gave her Instagram followers an update on their gestational carrier’s safety in February after Russia invaded the country.
“Our hearts are with those in Ukraine. Pray for peace!” Campisi wrote at the time. “We’ve been following everything since last night. Our surrogate had her move to a safer place with her family. We are just sick that everyone in Ukraine had their lives turned upside down.”
When one of Campisi’s followers asked how the surrogate was doing, she replied, “As of right now our surrogate and baby are OK.”
