“Happy 1 week Zena ☺️” he wrote on Instagram Tuesday, alongside anadorable photofrom her newborn photo shoot.
In the shot, Serhant, 34, leans down and snuggles into his snoozing daughter, who is wrapped up in a white blanket and wears nothing but a tiny pink beanie.
On Sunday, Serhant announced via Instagram that he and his wife of nearly three yearswelcomed their daughterjust five days earlier.
In the post, Serhant revealed that he and his wife “waited almost 3 years to meet” their daughter anddetailed the emotional processit took for them to get to the point of becoming parents, writing a lengthy message addressed to the newborn.
“We had no idea how difficult getting pregnant with you was going to be,” he wrote. “We tried everything. We were so nervous you might never come. When we finallydecided to try IVF, we wereso scared it wouldn’t work. And then you stuck. And then we heard your little heartbeat for the first time. Your mom and I were so excited every time we would go to the hospital to see you, but even more terrified we would lose you.”
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Continuing, he added, “Because the fact that we were pregnant — as beautiful as it was — was almost too good to be true. And because of that fear, we loved you as hard as we could from the moment we knew you existed. We thought if we put that love for you out there, you would hear it, and you would make it. I watched you grow slowly with your momma every day, waiting forthe moment I would finally meet you.”
Sharingher own hospital snapshot, Bechrakis wrote that she still “can’t find the perfect words to describe how madly in love I am” and revealed how “Every night, I prayed with all my soul that you were healthy and thanked God for the miracle that you are.”
“I felt such a need to be private about my pregnancy on social media because I had so many ups and downs,” wrote Bechrakis. “I found the anxiety overwhelming. But through all the fears, scares, sickness, and aches, I loved every moment. Even the hardest moments. Every kick, every hiccup, every heartbeat, every ultrasound visit … “
source: people.com
