Chrissy Teigen welcomes fourth baby and names her son after his surrogate mother
Congratulations are in order because Chrissy Teigen has welcomed her fourth child with her husband John Legend via a surrogate!
The proud new mum welcomed a baby son named Wren Alexander Stephens on June 19, with her announcing the news in a sweet post on Instagram.
Baby Wren's birth comes just five months after his sister Esti was born.
Chrissy shared sweet photos of her son, who was named after his surrogate Alexander, as she shared the news with delighted fans on Instagram today.
Explaining why she chose to use a surrogate, she explained how she's always longed to have four children.
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Chrissy shared an emotional post about her surrogacy journey (chrissyteigen/Instagram)"For as long as I can remember, I've always wanted four children," she wrote.
"As a little girl, 2 glow worms and 2 cabbage patch dolls were perpetually in my arms, helping me stir in my pretend kitchen, watching Alf with me.
"We'd sleep together nightly, each getting the same amount of kisses as to not make the others jealous.
"My mom always searched for the Pound Puppy with 4 pups in her pouch, having no qualms about opening and peeking inside before purchasing."
Chrissy opened up about her heartbreak at losing her son Jack after a pregnancy complication at 20 weeks back in 2021.
"After losing Jack, I didn't think I'd be able to carry any more babies on my own," she said.
"To be honest, I've personally blocked out a lot of my mindset during that time, but one clear memory is being surrounded by people who wanted to make sure I wouldn't go through that pain and loss again.
"In 2021, we reached out to a surrogacy agency, with our first correspondence inquiring about perhaps having 2 tandem surrogate, to each bring us a healthy baby boy or girl. Twins kinda?!"
Chrissy shared an adorable post of her newborn baby (chrissyteigen/Instagram)She continued: "At some point, early in our surrogacy journey, I came out of a therapy session, walked downstairs and said to John - I want to try to carry just one more time.
"If it doesn't work, we will be okay. We've already seen the worst.
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"I promised I would be okay no matter what happened. I remember saying I just couldn't go on wondering my whole life if I should have tried again.
"And so we restarted the IVF process, the same process that have us our beautiful Luna and Miles. We made new embryos, we did my transfer, and we were so happy to learn it worked.... we were pregnant with out little girl, Esti."
Chrissy went on: "Around this same time, we also met the most incredible, loving, compassionate surrogate we could ever imagine, Alexandra.
"I knew she was a perfect match for us the moment we spoke to her.
"All our wishes and dreams aligned. I wanted to be her friend, I wanted our children to play, I wanted dinner together, I wanted to lay my head on her belly and be able to feel the hiccups and kicks. I wanted them to be in our lives for as long as time would allow."
The model added that the first embryo they tried with Alex "didn't survive", with her adding that she will "never forget how hard she fought to get ready for a second transfer".
Recalling how the surrogate gave up so much of her body, Chrissy touched on how Alex had to go through "surgeries to get scar tissue cleared, the mental toll it takes to go through all of that for yourself, much less for other people."
The model gushed over her newborn son, whom was born just months after her daughter (chrissyteigen/Instagram)Chrissy noted how they didn't want to rush the process, and were instead "patient".
"I laid around, enjoying the first trimester of my pregnancy, with of course a little bit of fear that isn't any different from any other expecting couple.
"As we crept toward the safe zone of my own pregnancy, we were overjoyed to learn Alexandra had become pregnant with a little boy. Our little boy," Chrissy emotionally revealed.
She then spoke of how she and her surrogate ate hot pot to celebrate and watched Vanderpump Rules with their growing bellies as their families blended "into one".
"Just minutes before midnight on June 19th," she continued, "I got to witness the most beautiful woman, my friend, our surrogate, give birth amidst a bit of chaos, but with strength and pure joy and love."
She then concluded by thanking Alexandra for the "incredible gift" that she gave them, with her proudly revealing the sweet moniker.
Chrissy gushed that the name they had given their new baby boy, will be "forever connected" to their surrogate.
"Our hearts, and our home, are officially full. And to our Jack, we know both their angel kisses are from you."
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