Rachel Campos-Duffyis a mom for the ninth time!
“She is the sweetest, most perfect thing we have ever seen. It’s a wonderful life!” Campos-Duffycaptioned a photo ofher newborn fast asleep.
She opened up further about little Valentinain a Facebook post, sharing the same image as well as the new arrival with four of her big siblings and writing, “She was born last week, one month before her due date. She is doing great, though still in the NICU until she learns to eat on her own.”
“I’m home now, trying to recover from my first C-section (hats off to all the c-section moms out there — I had no idea!)and working hard with my breast pumpto keep up with her growing appetite,” Campos-Duffy added. “When we visit with her at the hospital, the kids fight over who can hold her — I don’t blame them! She’s the sweetest, most perfect angel we have ever seen.”
The Fox News contributor went on to share that Valentina has “a heart defect (2 holes in the heart and valves that need to be fixed)” that will require “surgery in 3-4 months.”
“As we suspected, Valentina was also born with an extra chromosome, whichmeans she also has [Down] Syndrome,” Campos-Duffy continued. “That extra chromosome certainly made her EXTRA cute. Life is wonderful!”
“Thank you to everyone who prayed for Valentina all these months — your prayers were never felt more than in the crazy hours before her emergency birth,”Campos-Duffy wrote, praising herdoctors and nurses as “a reminder that America is still home to the best and most caring medical professionals in the world! Now, in addition to being ‘Lady Freedom,’ our daughter, Paloma, wants to be a NICU nurse. What a noble profession!”
During a Tuesday-morning video call-in toFox & Friends, the new mother of nine told hostAinsley Earhardtshe was doing “really good” and shared that Valentina was born on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
She and Duffy, 48, also share eight other children who range in age from 3 to 20:Patrick Miguel,Margarita, Maria-Victoria Margarita, Paloma Pilar, John-Paul, Lucia-Belén, Xavier Jack and Evita Pilar.
Courtesy Rachel Campos Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy (L) and Sean Duffy.Shutterstock
source: people.com
