Mina Starsiak and her husband Steve Hawk welcomed their second child together on Wednesday.
In photos posted to the Good Bones star’s Instagram account Wednesday morning, Starsiak, 35, looked tired but happy as she snuggled up with her newborn daughter, Charlotte Drew.
“She’s there !!!!” the HGTV luminaire captioned the message. “Charlotte Drew Hawk.
New addition! Mina Starsiak and husband Steve Hawk welcomed their second child together on Wednesday
“ Charlie ” weighed 7 lbs, 6 oz and was 18.5 inches long, the couple’s rep told People.
“ We’re just obsessed with our little family and can’t wait for Jack to be Nice Charlie’s best big brother, ” they said in a statement.
Mina and Steve already have a son, Jack Richard, born in August 2018.
Family of four: In photos posted to the Good Bones star’s Instagram account on Wednesday morning, Starsiak, 35, looked tired but happy as she snuggled up with her newborn daughter, Charlotte Drew
Pint-sized: ‘Charlie’ weighed 7 lbs, 6 oz and was 18.5 inches long, the couple’s rep told People
The arrival comes with special glee after Starsiak spent months documenting his struggles with infertility on social media.
‘When I said [Steve] I was pregnant with Jack, he just started to cry. When I told her I was pregnant this time, it was a shock, ” Mina told People at the time.
Even though she got pregnant easily the first time, conceiving baby number two was more difficult.
Excitement: “ We are just obsessed with our little family and can’t wait for Jack to be Sweet Charlie’s best big brother, ” they said in a statement.
“Based on our experience with Jack, in the third month of testing, I was like, ‘This is not going to play out. This is not how it happened the first time. There is no reason for it to take so long “said to me.
She first opened up about her struggles getting pregnant in June last year, taking to Instagram to open up to her fans and friends.
“This nugget came easily but the n ° 2 is much more stubborn! she wrote, posting a picture of herself with Jack.
‘I can’t understand my [body’s] schedule included but I rock @avawomen to find out for me. You simply wear this to bed and it measures the signals in your body to identify your fertile days. Fingers crossed for # 2 soon! ‘
Try again: With arrival comes special joy after Starsiak spent months documenting her infertility struggles on social media
![Shook: 'When I said [Steve] I was pregnant with Jack, he just started to cry. When I told her I was pregnant this time it was a shock, '' Mina told People at the time.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/16/19/33265976-8740577-image-a-22_1600280301464.jpg)
Shook: ‘When I said [Steve] I was pregnant with Jack, he just started to cry. When I told her I was pregnant this time, it was a shock, ” Mina told People at the time.
She has tried several things to increase her chances of getting pregnant, and in July 2019, she shared a photo of herself doing acupuncture, with nearly a dozen needles sticking out of her stomach. .
“For those of you who have tried having a baby, this is what works! So this is the second round of acupuncture, ”she wrote at the time.
They quickly switched to IVF, but their first round failed. Afterwards, they decided to give the pregnancy another chance before “ just ending it ”.
Last hurray: they quickly switched to IVF, but their first round failed. Afterwards, they decided to give the pregnancy another chance before “ just being done ”
For the last attempt, they tried intrauterine insemination, in which a doctor injected sperm directly into Mina’s uterus.
It worked, and now they’re a family of four.
“It doesn’t seem real yet. But when we heard the heartbeat, there were so many tears of joy, ” Mina said after revealing that she had conceived.
Big brother: Mina and Steve already have a son, Jack Richard, born in August 2018
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