Double the love!
Lauren Burnham LuyendykandArie Luyendyk Jr.have welcomed their twins, they announced on Instagram over the weekend. The pair, who wed in January 2019 after they met on his season ofThe Bachelor, are also parents to daughter 2-year-old daughterAlessi.
“@luyendyktwins are here!” he wrote in a celebratory Instagram Story post on Saturday. “Momma and babies are doing great and everything went smoothly.““Spending time cherishing these moments, thank you for all the support,” he added.
Although the couple have yet to share any snaps of their newborns, they did share a sweet photo of themselves from the hospital. Before her delivery, Arie also praised Lauren for being a “tough woman,” writing that “she’s having a hard time this go around with nausea.”
Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr.Presley Ann/Getty Images
Lauren, 29, and Arie, 39, announced in Decemberthat they were expectingafter revealing that May thatshe suffered a miscarriage. They shared days after their initial announcement thatthey were expecting twinsand confirmed the following month thatthey would be having a boy and a girl.
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Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr.Lauren Luyendyk/Instagram
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Lauren Burnham.Arie Luyendyk/Instagram
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Speaking with PEOPLE in May, Lauren said she and Arie figured out what they wanted toname their babies on the waya while ago.
“We’ve had them picked out for the last couple of years. We came up with Alessi’s name. Right after we decided on her name, we actually chose the next two for our boy and our girl,” she said. “It just ended up working out where we’re now having a boy and a girl. So we’re just gonna use both of those names that we loved.”
The mom shared aphoto of herself on Instagramwith her daughter on May 23, writing that she was making the most of the time with her before adding two newborns into the mix. “soaking up all the extra time w/ my bff before we have a couple more,” she wrote.
Lauren also explained to PEOPLE how she was coaching Alessi to be prepared for her younger brother and sister.
As for whether they plan to have more children, she added: “We didn’t expect to have three right away, so it’s gonna be a very big transition for us. We wanna see how we manage that first and then we’ll probably decide after that. But the pregnancy this time around, I have to say, has been a lot easier than my first pregnancy.”
Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk with daugther Alessi.Lauren Burnham/Instagram
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In anemotional Instagram postback in March, Lauren got candid abouther worries while awaiting the arrivalof her twins.
“Even in the midst of something as beautiful as new life, that darkness finds its way in to remind me that it did in fact exist,” she added. “It’s tarnished the blissful ignorance i gleefully experienced the first time around.”
The reality star added that she was “proud” of her body and grateful for the good and the bad, since that puts life’s moments in perspective. “With all of that said, i’m proud of this body and what we’ve endured together. i’m proud of my second & third babies for growing so well and grateful for all the reminders they send me saying, ‘mom, we’re okay’. i’m proud of my journey through the darkness, because without that, the light i see now wouldn’t shine quite so bright,” she wrote.
source: people.com
