John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, and Wren Alexander Stephens. Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen/Instagram
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcomed a child boy, Wren Alexander, by way of surrogate months after daughter Esti’s arrival.
“For so long as I can keep in mind, I’ve at all times needed 4 kids,” Teigen, 37, wrote by way of Instagram on Wednesday, June 28, noting she wasn’t positive if she’d be capable of carry one other child after struggling a being pregnant loss in 2020. “In 2021, we reached out to a surrogacy company with our first correspondence inquiring about maybe having 2 tandem surrogates to every deliver us a wholesome child boy or lady.”
The Cravings founder and Legend, 44, matched with gestational service Alexandra across the similar time they discovered Teigen was pregnant with rainbow child Esti.
“As we crept towards the secure zone of my very own being pregnant, we have been overjoyed to study that Alexandra had turn out to be pregnant with a little bit boy. Our little boy,” she famous on Wednesday. “We ate scorching pot to have fun, watched Vanderpump Guidelines with our rising bellies, our households mixing into one for the previous yr.”
Alexandra delivered the couple’s new child son, whose center title honors the surrogate, on June 19. Teigen’s Wednesday add additionally consists of the primary pictures of Wren, with the brand new mother and father cuddling him within the hospital. A second picture confirmed off the toddler’s full head of hair.
Us Weekly completely confirmed in April that Teigen and Legend had discovered a surrogate and needed to “have one other youngster as quickly as potential.”
The “All of Me” singer — who wed Teigen in September 2013 — beforehand confirmed throughout a personal live performance earlier this yr that the household had welcomed Esti on January 13.
“What a blessed day,” Legend instructed the group, noting that he felt “energized” after “spending lots of time on the hospital.” The Grammy winner additionally shares daughter Luna, 7, and son Miles, 5, with the mannequin.
Teigen introduced her being pregnant by way of Instagram in August 2022, reflecting on her wrestle to conceive after the couple misplaced their son Jack at 20 weeks in September 2020 because of a being pregnant complication.
“The previous few years have been a blur of feelings to say the least, however pleasure has crammed our dwelling and hearts once more. 1 billion photographs later (within the leg recently, as u can see!) we’ve one other on the way in which,” the previous Lip Sync Battle host wrote on the time.
Wren Alexander Stephens Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen/Instagram
She continued: “Each appointment I’ve stated to myself, ‘OK, if it’s wholesome immediately I’ll announce’ however then I breathe a sigh of reduction to listen to a heartbeat and determine I’m simply too nervous nonetheless. I don’t suppose I’ll ever stroll out of an appointment with extra pleasure than nerves however to date, the whole lot is ideal and delightful and I’m feeling hopeful and superb.”
Previous to getting pregnant with Esti, Teigen recommended in December 2020 that she had no plans to provide beginning once more.
“That is me and my physique, simply yesterday. Though I’m now not pregnant, each look within the mirror jogs my memory of what may have been. And I don’t know why i nonetheless have this bump, truthfully. It’s irritating,” Teigen captioned a mirror selfie three months after her being pregnant loss.
She added: “However I’m pleased with the place this complete journey took my physique and thoughts in different methods. I like being pregnant, so, a lot, and I’m unhappy I by no means will likely be once more.”
Legend, for his half, has been candid about his two oldest kids needing a while to regulate to the modifications of their household.
“I felt like they have been a little bit jealous when mommy was pregnant,” the Voice coach instructed E! Information of Luna and Miles after Esti’s arrival.
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The loving dad continued: “However as quickly as Esti arrived, they’re simply exploding with love and pleasure, and so they’re so caring and loving towards her. They wish to maintain her, they wish to kiss her and it’s actually thrilling.”
