Bachelor in Paradise stars Astrid Loch and Kevin Wendt announce the birth of their first child: 'My whole world'
Bachelor in Paradise's Astrid Loch and Kevin Wendt announced the birth of their first child with two adorable photos via Instagram on Sunday evening.
Less than 24 hours after delivering their newborn, the couple took to social media to inform their hundreds of thousands followers of the happy news.
'My whole world. Born 11/20/2021 & finally home with the rest of the @thewendtgang,' the new mom, 31, captioned a sweet snap of her infant in a thermal onesie, without revealing the kid's name or gender.
New parents! Bachelor in Paradise stars Astrid Loch and Kevin Wendt welcomed their first child via Instagram on Sunday night
She continued: 'Sorry to keep you all waiting, just had to soak this moment up for ourselves first.'
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The reality star's fiancé uploaded an adorable image of him holding their bundle of joy in their nursery, filled with books like My Mom is Magical and Night Night North Carolina.
'November 20th 2:02am @astridloch made my dreams come true,' he captioned the post. 'She is my absolute hero for everything she went through the last 2 days in the hospital, and the last 2 years doing everything it took to get this perfect munchkin into the @thewendtgang.'
Adorable: Less than 24 hours after delivering their newborn, the couple took to social media to inform their hundreds of thousands followers of the happy news
Bundle of joy: The reality star's fiancé uploaded an adorable image of him holding their infant in their nursery, filled with books like My Mom is Magical and Night Night North Carolina
Wendt also gushed: 'I never thought a love like this existed.'
Later, Loch shared a heartwarming video holding hands with her little one as they snuggled up in bed with one of their dogs.
She paired the recording with Taylor Swift's 2010 song Never Grow Up and the caption: 'Doesn't get better than this' with a white heart emoji.
Blissful: Later, Loch shared a video a heartwarming video holding hands with their little one as they snuggled up in bed with one of their dogs
Too cute: She paired the recording with Taylor Swift's 2010 song Never Grow Up
Loch also praised her mother Marina Mogul for being her 'emotional support person' while she breastfed.
In May, the happy couple first announcement they were expecting their first child together, months after detailing their fertility struggles.
The duo couldn't have looked any happier in the picture she shared, which captured them posing by a lake with their baby's ultrasound.
Expecting: Wendt smiled as he cradled his bride-to-be's bare baby bump while lounging by the pool back in August
Loch began her message by writing, 'A dream come true. One of the first conversations @kevin.c.wendt and I had was about how we both loved kids and couldn't wait to have our own.'
She also expressed excitement in seeing her fiancé with their little one and noted that her joy was near-indescribable.
'When I think about Kev holding our little angel for the first time my heart flutters. Even in my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined how amazing this would all feel,' she wrote.
Loch also discussed her fertility struggles in the message, as the couple turned to in-vitro fertilization procedures to foster her pregnancy.
Overjoyed: In May, the happy couple first announcement they were expecting their first child together, just months after detailing her fertility struggles
Letting everyone see: At the time, the reality television personality also shared a short video of her ultrasound to her Instagram Story
She wrote, 'To all the couples trying to get pregnant, my heart is with you. We know first hand how hard it can be to see these kinds of posts and feel sad & discouraged.
'We too struggled with fertility and conceiving naturally - it's the toughest thing we've ever been through and I can't wait to share more of how we got here, she added.
Loch concluded her message by inviting her followers to celebrate with her, writing: 'today is finally about some good news & we hope you can enjoy it with us.'
She also shared a video of an ultrasound to her Instagram Story later in the day.
All good: In a message added to her post's caption, Loch wrote that she 'couldn't have imagined how amazing this would all feel'
Although the two split up during the filming of Bachelor In Paradise, they later revealed that they had reunited and were in a relationship at the season five reunion special.
Wendt previously appeared on both The Bachelorette Canada and The Bachelor Winter Games, while his now-fiance was featured on the 21st season of The Bachelor.
After several months of dating, Loch moved to the Great White North to be with her partner in October of 2018.
The two went on to become engaged in August of 2019 and were set to marry the following July, although they ultimately postponed their nuptials until November of this year as a result of the global pandemic.
Working through it: The reality television personality also wrote about her struggles with conception and noted that the process was 'the toughest thing we've ever been through
Will you accept this rose? The two first met during season five of Bachelor In Paradise and announced their engagement in 2019; they are seen in 2018
The same month, they spoke to People about their difficulties attempting to conceive their child.
'We spent a lot of nights in tears because we just didn't understand why it wasn't working for us. Growing up, you're always taught to not get pregnant and it always seems so easy on TV to get pregnant...it's actually really tricky,' Loch said.
She also noted that many other prospective parents were undergoing the same issues that she and Wendt did.
The reality television personality remarked, 'because it's such a private thing, a lot of times you don't know the struggles that couples are actually going through trying to get pregnant.'
Candid: During an interview with People, Loch wrote that she and her husband 'spent a lot of nights in tears' while undergoing struggles with fertility
Loch also expressed that although she and her fiance were disheartened with their situation at first, they eventually came to the realization that it would be better for them to maintain a positive outlook on their future.
'I think throughout every single thing, if we'd see a negative pregnancy test or something wasn't working out right or whatever, we really were good at not trying to, like, simmer in it for too long,' she said.
Wendt presented a much more optimistic viewpoint and noted that he and his partner were 'getting really excited daily. I think everything's just lighter around here.'
Looking to the future: Wendt also told the media outlet that he and Loch were 'getting really excited daily' in anticipation for their child's arrival
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