He’s here!
The couple, whotied the knot in April 2016and are also parents to daughterDrew Hazel, 20½ months, tell PEOPLE in an exclusive statement, “We are so happy to welcome our little man into the world. We are loving life as a family of four and soaking up every minute.”
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Later in January, the pregnant athlete revealed shetested positive for COVID-19. She soon recovered from the"pretty mild" case of the coronavirus, eventually returning to her normal routines.
Johnson East and her husband previously revealed that she hadsuffered a miscarriagein October 2017, before going on to announce they wereexpecting againin April 2019. Their daughter was born the following October.
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The mom toldGood Morning Americain May about how finding a community on social mediahelped her heal after pregnancy loss.
“Our miscarriage back in 2017, it was the first time I ever felt super vulnerable,” she recalled. “I didn’t know who to go to or who to talk to or how to heal. So I ended up going to social media. I needed someone to respond to me and say, ‘It’s going to be okay, I went through this as well.’ "
“And to see the thousands and thousands of women that came forward and just said, ‘I went through this. I’m struggling through this. Thank you, I felt so alone until now’ — I felt the same way,” she added, “and it was the only way I healed.”
The gymnast said “looking back on everything we’ve gone through … it’s all for a purpose.” She added, “It all makes it worth it in the end. It makes things more sweet. I think it’s through those heartache moments that you truly learn. You learn who you are, you learn how to be a better wife and mother and daughter.”
source: people.com
