Property Brothers star Drew Scott and his wife Linda Phan welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, on their fourth wedding anniversary.
After announcing their exciting news on their podcast At Home, the 44-year-old HGTV star shared the first photos of his infant son, Parker James with his 2.4 million Instagram followers.
‘Our lives are forever changed ❤️,’ he captioned a black and white photo of his newborn’s hand wrapped around his finger and a beautiful family selfie.
Bundle of joy: Drew Scott and his wife Linda Phan welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, on their fourth wedding anniversary
Another image of Phan, who serves as the creative director of Scott Brothers Entertainment, breastfeeding while Scott rested his head on her shoulder.
As the real estate broker gazed lovingly at his bundle of joy, who was born on May 4, he cradled his son’s head.
‘Our new baby boy, he’s a healthy baby, he’s adorable,’ Drew gushed on their podcast.
New addition: After announcing their exciting news on their podcast At Home, the 44-year-old HGTV star shared the first photos of his infant son, Parker James with his 2.4 million Instagram followers
He proceeded to ask his spouse about how she’s feeling just a few weeks after becoming a mother.
‘Other than pooped, I feel great,’ she said of giving birth. ‘Very happy that he’s finally here. I’m still in awe and in disbelief. I feel like every step of this pregnancy has taken me time to adjust. And then as soon as I almost adjust, it’s onto the next milestone or the next thing. I feel like I’m always playing catchup with my feelings. ‘
Scott went on to say fatherhood has been ‘amazing.’
‘Our lives are forever changed ❤️,’ he captioned a black and white photo of his newborn’s hand wrapped around his finger and a beautiful family selfie
‘It’s this immediate love and this feeling you need to do everything you can to make them feel safe and make them feel loved,’ he raved.
They also discussed how Phan 44-hour labor almost got ‘dangerously long.’
Eventually, despite being ‘terrified of needsles’, she accepted an epidural.
So grateful: In late March, the lovebirds spoke about their two-year fertility journey with invitro fertilization and also intrauterine insemination procedures
‘It seems like such a blur now,’ she admitted. ‘Just being in the moment, I think that’s all you can do. I felt oddly calm for the most part. Like I was just flowing through it. ‘
Speaking of their son being born on their anniversary, Scott joked Parker knew he was ‘stealing the show.’
‘It’s no longer about you and me on our anniversary,’ he quipped.
Meanwhile, Phan said ‘he made it just in time to celebrate with us.’
Mom and dad: The duo, who have been partners for more than 12 years, announced they were expecting their son in December
The duo, who have been partners for more than 12 years, announced they were expecting their son in December.
Phan, a podcast producer, showed off hints of her baby bump in a chic maroon dress for a social media share before chatting with PEOPLE magazine about how her pregnancy comes after a two-year fertility journey with invitro fertilization and also intrauterine insemination procedures.
‘Guess we’re doing weekly bathroom selfies now,’ they wrote in his-and-hers posts shared to each of their Instagram accounts. ‘It has been an adventure to get here!
‘We know we’re not alone in this experience and that everyone’s filled with unique challenges along the way. When we first started down this path, we quickly felt sooooo appreciative of the doctors we’ve been fortunate to work with, and fam and friends who supported us throughout, sharing their stories or simply just being there.
Long journey: The HGTV host and his wife often spoke about family planning efforts on their podcast, At Home with Linda & Drew Scott, and officially received the good news in August after rounds of IVF and IUI
‘It made an overwhelming time in our lives more manageable. We hope as we grow through this, that even one of you reading this can also feel a little less lonely in whatever path you’re on! ‘
The HGTV host and his wife often spoke about family planning efforts on their podcast, At Home with Linda & Drew Scott, and officially received the good news in August after rounds of IVF and IUI.
‘For a while I wasn’t sure how much I wanted to share, or if I wanted to share at all,’ Phan said of going public with their struggles conceiving.
‘Even with close family and friends, we didn’t tell them right away just because I needed to process the feeling myself before diluting it with other people’s excitement.’
She admitted to struggling with recognizing her own feelings after finding out she was pregnant.
Star power: Drew and his twin brother, Jonathan (left), have starred on the hit HGTV show Property Brothers for seven seasons; seen on Instagram
‘It’s not that I wasn’t excited, it was just really confusing because we got the news from our fertility doctor and I guess it’s just not how I imagined it,’ she said. ‘Not that it made it disappointing in any way, I think I just had more of a sense of relief at first.’
Scott echoed similar challenging feelings: ‘Every step of the way there is something scary or there is the unknown. We have friends who have unfortunately had miscarriages and we have other friends who have tried IVF many, many times without success. ‘
For now, Drew and Linda hope that by sharing their story, other families may feel at least a little bit of hope and less isolated in the oftentimes daunting process of family planning.
‘I think that this creates a bit more of a community of people who have either been through the process or are about to go through the process or have been having certain difficulties to realize, you’re not alone,’ he said.
‘There are a lot of us that have had complications and I think that something like this is something that we should talk about, because then it doesn’t make it as scary a thing. It makes it something that is more relatable. ‘
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