Adrienne Bailon has introduced her and husband Israel Houghton, 51, have welcomed a son by way of surrogate.
The singer/host, 38, shared a photograph of her holding their new child, revealing his title as Ever James.
Adrienne wrote: ‘We have now quietly prayed whereas sitting on this most luxurious secret for the final 9 months,’ including that they really feel ‘love and gratitude’ for God, their surrogate, family and friends who’ve been with them on their ‘difficult’ journey to parenthood that spanned 5 years.
Joyful information: Adrienne Bailon has introduced her and husband Israel Houghton have welcomed a son by way of surrogate
Adrienne cradled Ever in her arms with Israel trying over her shoulder at their child boy.
The star wrote a touching message concerning the 5 yr journey it took to turn into mother and father, revealing that they expertise miscarriages and tried IVF.
The couple welcomed Ever by way of a surrogate, and opted to maintain your entire being pregnant a secret.
Adrienne posted a poem about her son within the caption, writing: ‘Ever James [Infinity emoji]. For this youngster we now have prayed. Simply to listen to our child cry. Pores and skin to pores and skin and nose to nose. Coronary heart to coronary heart and eye to eye…’
Mother: The singer/host, 38, shared a photograph of her holding their new child, revealing his title as Ever James; seen March 27, 202 in West Hollywood
Adrienne continued: ‘Our child boy is right here & we’re so in love! You probably have adopted our love story… you realize that our journey to child has been very difficult – However God is true to His phrase and His guarantees. We have now quietly prayed whiloe sitting on this most luxurious secret for the final 9 months.’
‘He’s value each tear, each disappointment, each delayed prayer, each IVF cycle, each miscarriage. Every thing. All we really feel is pleasure and overwhelming love & gratitude. Grateful to God, to our angel surrogate and to all of our family and friends who’ve stood with us for over 5 years on this journey.’
Including: ‘He is right here and we now have by no means been happier to lose sleep! #HappilyEverHoughton,’ including a coronary heart emoji.
Blessed: Adrienne continued: ‘Our child boy is right here & we’re so in love! You probably have adopted our love story… you realize that our journey to child has been very difficult – However God is true to His phrase and His guarantees. We have now quietly prayed whiloe sitting on this most luxurious secret for the final 9 months;’ seen collectively Might 3, 2019
Adrienne has been open in her struggles to get pregnant, chatting with the viewers for The Actual in 2018.
On the time, she mentioned the method of getting pregnant ‘is not what I assumed it will be,’ by way of Individuals.
The Cheetah Women star mentioned that persons are ‘very insensitive to that,’ within the sense [that] I do know you guys are like, “Is she pregnant?” “Her face is fuller” – FYI I’ve all the time had a extremely chubby face in order that’s not what it’s.’
‘I feel that as an viewers we needs to be delicate to the truth that everyone does not get pregnant straight away. I feel for myself I assumed it will occur so simply for me and it simply hasn’t occurred that method.’
Including: ‘I’ve needed to come to peace with that it will occur when it is God’s timing and I imagine in that and I place confidence in all of that. However it may be actually discouraging and it may be actually irritating.’
‘I feel I checked out myself and in my thoughts I used to be like, “I am a Cheetah Woman, I am 19 years outdated” after which I wakened and was like really I will be 35 in a couple of weeks and that makes a giant distinction. I can really feel as youthful as I would like within the inside and in my coronary heart, however my ovaries are what they’re and that sucks to listen to that,’ she mentioned on the time.
Adrienne additionally advised The Actual viewers in the course of the 2018 dialog that she all the time thought her ‘having large hips and the truth that I am Latina – I assumed that if my husband checked out me I might get pregnant. I actually believed that and it simply hasn’t been that method.’
Adrienne and Israel, a gospel singer, tied the knot in 2016 in a Paris.
He has 4 youngsters from a earlier relationship: Mariah, Milan, Jordan and Israel.
Talking out: Adrienne has been open in her struggles to get pregnant, chatting with the viewers for The Actual in 2018; seen September 10, 2021 in NYC