No lie —Shay Mitchellis a new mom!
On Sunday, the formerPretty Little Liarsstar, 32, announced she and boyfriendMatte Babelwelcomed their first child.
“Never letting go,” Mitchell captioned a photo of herself holding her child’s hand.
Mitchellannounced her pregnancy overInstagram and YouTube in late June,joking in the captionof a topless maternity snapshot, “Does this mean I’m allowed to drive in the carpool lane at all times now?”
“There is something in the oven and it’s not my pizza!!! WOW … It’s kind of surreal processing the fact that another human is growing inside of you,” she wrote in the description for hertwo-minute announcement video.
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Shay Mitchell (R) and Matte Babel’s sex reveal.Shay Mitchell/Youtube
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The birth comes after Mitchell revealed in Januarythat she’d had a miscarriagein 2018. In an Instagram story recapping her year, theYoustar wrote, “Although it was an amazing year, it didn’t come without some hardships,” before sharing a photo of an ultrasound with a broken-heart emoji.
“Of course I’m super happy, but I still feel for the one that I lost,” the then-mom-to-be continued, expressing that even through her sadness, she was thankfulmiscarriage has happened only oncefor her.
“I know other women and other friends of mine who’ve gone through a way harder journey,” Mitchell shared. “It’s just really tough because you feel broken, as a woman, and that’s not a great feeling.”
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Inthe third episodeof her YouTube series, posted on Sept. 4, Mitchell and her man were at odds over whetherto leverage the help of an epiduralduring the actress’s delivery.
“Am I partial to no epidural? Yes,” replied Babel after Mitchell expressed that she would like to use one. “Why? Because I’m a hypochondriac. I’m afraid of drugs. My mom didn’t use an epidural … I meet women all the time whodidn’t choose to use epidurals.”
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“Oh my God. I’m going into labor!” Mitchelljoked in the videoon her YouTube channel as she fanned herself.
On Sept. 10, the model, entrepreneur andDollfaceactress told PEOPLE that she wasn’t planning to take an extended leave of absence from her career when her daughter arrived.
“My entire team knows that there’sno maternity leave for me,” she said. “I do a lot of my work on my phone and I have another company that I run. I love what I do, so for me it doesn’t feel like work.”
source: people.com
