NAPPY DAYS!

Celeb power couple Chrissy and John welcome another little legend to their brood

- KESHIA AFRICA

WHEN the new year dawned they were just a family of four model mom, singer dad and two adorable kids often making like-worthy Instagram appearances. Now, just six months later, they're a family of six and their parents' dreams of having a home full of children have finally been realised.

In January John Legend and Chrissy Teigen grew their brood from Luna (7) and Miles (5) by one when Chrissy gave birth to Esti Maxine Stephens. And now there's another addition after the birth of Wren Alexander Stephens on 19 June.

Wren was born to surrogate Alexandra Ryan after Chrissy and John, whose real name is John Stephens, decided to try one more time to get pregnant with another round of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

They'd battled with conception issues for years and both Luna and Miles were born after IVF. Her third pregnancy in 2020 was also after IVF- but Chrissy miscarried at 20 weeks.

After the trauma of losing baby Jack she thought she'd never be able to get pregnant again, but a year later decided it was worth a try. "I told John I want to try to carry just one more time. If it doesn't work, we will be okay. We've already seen the worst. I promised I would be okay no matter what happened. I remember saying I just couldn't go on wondering my whole life if I should have tried again."

Another cycle of IVF resulted in viable embryos and Chrissy (37) got pregnant with Esti. Alexandra, who the couple met via a surrogacy agency in 2021, became pregnant with Wren a bit later after the first implanted embryo didn't take.

"We want to say thank you for this incredible gift you have given us, Alexandra, Chrissy shared on Instagram. "We are so happy to tell the world he is here with a name forever connected to you."