28 June 2023 , 20:11
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Chrissy Teigen has opened up about having been pregnant at the same time as her surrogate, as part of her surprise announcement that her family has recently expanded.
The model, 37, announced the birth of her son Wren Alexander Stephens earlier today, with her having shared that the newborn was born via surrogate last week.
His arrival comes just a few months after Chrissy and her husband John Legend, 44 - whose actual surname is Stephens - welcomed their daughter Esti, almost six months old, after going through IVF again.
Chrissy - who's also a parent to Luna, seven, and Miles, five - discussed the simultaneous pregnancies in her announcement post on Instagram earlier.
Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend have welcomed son Wren through surrogacy (chrissyteigen/Instagram)Chrissy said that after the loss of her son Jack in 2020, she didn't think she would be able to "carry any more babies" herself and so in 2021 approached a surrogacy agency.
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She told her followers: "Our first correspondence [was] inquiring about perhaps having 2 tandem surrogates, to each bring us a healthy baby boy or girl. Twins, kinda?!"
The model - who said she has "always wanted four children" - however said that early into the process, after a therapy session, she told John that she wanted to "try to carry just one more time," saying: "I remember saying I just couldn't go on wondering my whole life if I should have tried again".
His birth comes just months after the couple welcomed daughter Esti through IVF (Instagram/chrissyteigen)
Chrissy has discussed having been pregnant at the same time as her surrogate (chrissyteigen/Instagram)She said: "We restarted the IVF process, the same process that gave us our beautiful Luna and Miles. We made new embryos. We did my transfer and were so happy to learn it worked." She said it was her pregnancy with Esti.
Chrissy said that around the same time, the couple - who have been married since 2013 - met with the "most incredible, loving, compassionate surrogate," Alexandra.
"All our wishes and dreams aligned," she added. Chrissy said that the experience came with challenges, including one embryo not surviving, but said that she was patient.
She commented: "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."
She paid tribute to her surrogate in the announcement post earlier (chrissyteigen/Instagram)"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," she continued.
Chrissy went on to state in the post: "We ate hot pot to celebrate, watched Vanderpump Rules with our growing bellies, our families blending into one for the past year."
She said that her son Wren was born on June 19 and added: "We want to say thank you for this incredible gift you have given us, Alexandra. And we are so happy to tell the world he is here, with a name forever connected to you".