Last month, we told you how Da Brat and wife Jesseca βJudyβ Harris-Dupart welcomed their first child together, a healthy baby boy. Now, weβve got a first-look at the new bundle of joy!
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In pictures posted to Instagram, Da Brat revealed the child, named True Legend, and gave an update on how the familyβs been doing in the month following his birth.
βI cry every day. I just look at him and boo-hoo, because Iβm so grateful,β Da Brat, who became a first time mother with True, told People. βIβm 49, Iβm high-risk, I have high blood pressure. So many women so much younger than me want kids and canβt have them, and I had a successful pregnancy. Itβs just an honor. Heβs such a blessing.β
As previousy reported by The Root, Bratβs road to conceiving True wasnβt easy. She and Dupart decided to go the IVF route, but before they could go down that path, Brat had to undergo surgery to remove fibroids and polyps before her embryo transfer procedure. She also suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage earlier in the treatment process.
As painful as that was, Brat told the magazine that the actual birthing process was fairly easy, revealing that she had the child through a scheduled cesarean section and had βno contractions.β However, it wasnβt 100% pain-free, as she experienced pain while receiving the epidural.
βI never want to do that again,β she joked. βBut for him, it was worth it.β
Though life looks a little different now with baby bottles and late-night diaper changes occupying their time, both Brat and Dupart are thankful for their new son and look forward to building the rest of their family and life together.
βWho would ever think this? Da Brat-a-tat-tat from 1994! Iβm with a beautiful, successful woman who completes me and inspires me to be better,β Brat said. βIβm elated to be a mother. I never thought I would be, and I wouldnβt change it for the world. I never need another thing in life.β
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