“My Heart Is Forever His”
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Jenna Johnson This sweet Instagram post is her first week as mother.
The newborn is holding Johnson’s finger and holding on to Johnson’s finger. She is cradling the baby on her chest with Johnson’s ear and the back of her head facing the camera in the close-up photograph.
The Dancing with the Stars Pro stated in the blog that she will be sharing more information with husband when they are together Val Chmerkovskiy She is ready. For now, she is “trying” to take in all these precious moments and make the transition into parenthood as smooth as possible.
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Johnson, 28 years old, gave birth to a boy on January 10.
“One week with my little love ✨,” Johnson captioned the post. “I do finally understand what everyone has been preaching to me… ‘You don’t know what love is until you have your own child.’ My heart is forever his and my world is so much brighter with him in it 🤍.”
The couple announced their newborn’s arrival one day after he was born. They had a black-and white photo of the newborn, holding onto his mom’s thumb, while Chmerkovskiy, 36 cradled their hands.
“𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕 🤍 1.10.2023,” the couple wrote.
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Although the baby’s name is not known publicly, Ezra Sosa (eagle-eyed observer) has a slew of clues. Dancing with the Stars Johnson was alumnus, and he noticed a necklace with the letter R around Johnson’s neck.
“‘R’ 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀,” Sosa commented.
Although the couple prefers to keep their names private, they have been using it for years. Johnson told PEOPLE exclusively In July.
The Dancing with the Stars A couple chose names for their children years before the professional dancer had their first child.
She shared that she had been choosing a boy’s and girl’s name for the past three years. “Val actually chose the name of our boy, so we have it.”
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Johnson spoke out about her journey to motherhood in July. candid Instagram post.
Johnson wrote, alongside a video showing her reaction to her positive pregnancy tests, that Johnson had “actually stopped trying to get pregnant for about six months to mentally/emotionally forgive ourselves a break.” “So the shock, disbelief, and sheer joy in this moment is a memory I will never forget 🤍.”
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In her caption, she explained that “our path to this point was not an easy one”, and shared the pain of suffering months of negative outcomes.
Johnson wrote, “I can remember seeing people sharing these videos and feeling so ache because I wanted to experience that joy.” “After two years infertility and hundreds upon hundreds of negative test results, it was hard at times to remain optimistic, which made me wonder if I would ever be able to have this chance.”
She encouraged those who are struggling with pregnancy not to “lose heartfelt hope.”