Jessica Batten and Ben McGrath. Courtesy of Jessica Batten/Instagram
Jessica Batten and her husband, Dr. Benjamin McGrath, welcomed their first youngster collectively on June 9.
Batten, 38, and McGrath, 36, confirmed practically one week afterward Saturday, June 17, that they had been proud dad and mom to a child boy named Dax.
Within the social media snaps, the pleased couple snuggled the new child earlier than introducing him to his older siblings: Poppy, 7, and Ethan, 6. (McGrath shares his eldest youngsters with a previous companion.)
The Love Is Blind season 1 alum first took to social media in January to share her being pregnant information.
“New Yr, Identical Me, New Mother! 🤰✨,” Batten wrote by way of Instagram alongside images from a maternity shoot. “Sending the very best needs and blessings your means in 2023 🙏✨. We’re excited and humbled to share we’ll welcome our child into the world and into our rising household in early June ♥️Ahh!!!”
McGrath gushed within the feedback part of his spouse’s put up: “Ahhh!! 😂love you! You’re the cutest little 🤰.”
The Netflix character confirmed her romance with McGrath in July 2020. “He really contacted me on Instagram, and on the time, Instagram was such a troublesome place for me to go, so I had handed it off to an excellent girlfriend of mine,” Batten recalled to Refinery29 the next 12 months.
She went on to say that her relationship with McGrath was “actually wonderful,” gushing that “the remainder is historical past” after sparks flew between the twosome.
After multiple 12 months of courting, McGrath and the wellness influencer received engaged in September 2021. They secretly tied the knot the next summer season. “8.24.22 Mr. & Mrs. ✨,” Batten wrote by way of Instagram alongside images from the massive day.
Earlier than welcoming her toddler, the truth TV alum was candid about being stepmom to McGrath’s youngsters and knew she needed to proceed increasing her blended household.
“We wish to have extra children, for positive,” she solely advised Us Weekly in December 2021. “I’ve received some eggs within the financial institution, so hopefully we’ll be capable to try this.”
Followers met Batten on season 1 of Love Is Blind, which aired in February 2020. She received engaged to Mark Cuevas within the pods, however she walked away on the altar in the course of the dramatic finale.
“After the present wrapped, I didn’t date for fairly some time simply because it was a really traumatic expertise,” the Wholesome Crunch spokesperson advised Us in December 2021. “Greater than something, I used to be simply making an attempt to duck and canopy, and fly below the radar.”
Cuevas, 27, moved on with Aubrey Rainey, and the pair received engaged in November 2020. The couple went on to have two sons — Ace and Axton — who had been born in 2021 and 2022, respectively. They wed in September 2022.
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Cuevas had introduced Rainey’s second being pregnant across the identical time information broke of Batten’s engagement. “Each time I’ve any kind of reports, it’s like he’s on the market within the media one-upping me,” the Netflix alum joked to Us in December 2021. “I don’t suppose he’s doing that on objective, it simply occurs to be the case, [but] it’s sort of humorous.”
