Younger’s Nico Tortorella and Bethany C. Meyers Welcome 1st Baby After Fertility Struggles
14.03.2023 - 03:19
/ usmagazine.com
Their “rainbow baby” has finally arrived! Younger’s Nico Tortorella and their spouse, Bethany C. Meyers, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on March 5.
Tortorella, 34, and Meyers, 35, announced the news on Monday, March 13, via Instagram with their first family photos. “In love with the dove. introducing Kilmer Dove Meyers Tortorella. welcome to earth little one,” Tortorella wrote.
Meyers, meanwhile, detailed the process of their home birth. “We had a beautiful, intense, raw, emotional, fast, safe and healthy homebirth,” she shared. “She was in fact born in the tent, surrounded by a circle of mothers (our immaculate care team), the spirits of ancestors past and future be.comings.”
The new mom also explained the significance of baby Kilmer Dove’s name: “Kilmer is my grandfather’s last name, my mother’s maiden. Dove because Tortorella means ‘turtle dove’ and throughout our infertility journey she’s been coming to us through birds. Doves for days.”
One week into parenthood, the couple are loving raising their little one. “We wake up every day amazed that we get to finally hold our gift,” Meyers added. “It was worth every tear, every heartbreak, every needle, doctor and dime. For those still on their journey to parenthood, I see you I love you. For those who have supported us along the way thank you. We are in newborn bliss and completely in love with the dove.”
After years of fertility struggles, the couple took to social media in August 2022 to reveal that they were expecting baby No. 1.
“Rainbow baby coming 3.9.23,” the fitness instructor captioned a photo from the pair’s maternity shoot via their Instagram Story. “LITERALLY OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.”
Following their initial announcement, Meyers detailed their and the