She’s here!
Little Blaze made her entrance into the world on Friday at 6:54 p.m., according to the outlet. She weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz.Entertainment Tonightwas the first to confirm the news.
Burruss, 43, and Tucker, 46, are already parents to 3-year-old son Ace. The singer is also mom to daughter Riley, 17, and stepmom to Tucker’s 22-year-old daughter Kaela.
PEOPLE confirmed that Burruss and Tucker wereexpecting another childin September.
Her journey with surrogacy has been documented on season 12 ofRHOA.
Earlier this month, on the premiere, Burruss revealed that her surrogate wasinitially pregnant with twins, but one of the embryos was lost.
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“We actually was supposed to be having twins, and then one of them didn’t continue,” Burruss explained, adding, “I was sad at first, but then I just had to be grateful that the one made it.”
Surrogacy was something the pair had debated duringRHOA‘s 11th season. Burruss was worried about carrying her ownafter a high-risk pregnancy withAce and her history with fibroids, which are noncancerous growths in the uterus.
Eventually, the two agreed to use a surrogate after meeting a potential candidate through Burruss’ OBGYN,Married to Medicine‘s Dr. Jackie Walters.
Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker with their son Ace.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
That candidate, a woman named Shadina, ended up being the one Burruss and Tucker used.
“To allow somebody to carry my child inside of them? It was a tough decision to make,” Burruss said on the show.
Ultimately, the process appeared to be bittersweet for Burruss, especially because she wasn’t able to physically experience the milestones that go along with pregnancy.
“You have this guilt [and] sadness,” she added. “So it’s a joyous, yet interesting experience.”
source: people.com
