Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcome a fourth child via surrogacy

The Legend family now has a sixth member. 

5 months after welcoming their daughter Esti, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcomed their fourth little one, son Wren Alexander Stephens, born by way of surrogacy on June 19. Teigen introduced Wren’s arrival yesterday by way of an Instagram put up, the place she let followers in on what it was prefer to be pregnant alongside the couple’s surrogate Alexandra, who they met by an company.

“We need to say thanks for this unbelievable reward you could have given us, Alexandra. And we’re so blissful to inform the world that he’s right here,” Teigen wrote. 

The couple realized Alexandra, the namesake for Wren’s center identify, was pregnant with their son as Teigen was approaching the “secure zone” of her personal being pregnant with child Esti Maxine Stephens, who was born on Jan. 13. 

“We ate scorching pot to rejoice, watched ‘Vanderpump Guidelines’ with our rising bellies, our households mixing into one,” Teigen recalled. 

The couple’s surrogacy journey started in 2021 within the aftermath of dropping their son Jack in 2020, who was born prematurely after problems in utero. Teigen shared that as they delved into the surrogacy course of, she concurrently concluded that she wished to attempt to carry “only one extra time.” After a profitable spherical of IVF – the identical course of by which the couple conceived their two eldest kids, son Miles Theodore, 4, and daughter Luna Simone, 7 – Teigen turned pregnant with Esti. 

Teigen additionally shared what it was prefer to welcome two new kids after dropping Jack at 20 weeks. Her grieving course of included in search of remedy and resolving by no means to hold once more earlier than finally reconsidering. 

Whereas admitting she’s “blocked out” most of her mindset in the course of the trauma of Jack’s delivery and dying, Teigen mentioned, “One clear reminiscence is being surrounded by individuals who wished to verify I wouldn’t undergo that ache and loss once more.” 

Along with her delivery announcement, the put up included intimate pictures that includes Teigen kissing her surrogate’s stomach, Legend and Teigen holding their youngest son, and Wren in a child blanket. 

“Our hearts, and our residence, are formally full,” she mentioned. “And to our Jack, we all know each their angel kisses are from you.”

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