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The model, 30, welcomed her first child, a daughter, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, with husband Kyle Peterson, she announced onInstagramover the weekend.
“She’s here and she’s perfect!!! After just 15 minutes of pushing this cutie entered the world at 9:44 PM on 11/23/21 at 8 pounds 10 oz. ❤️ We are so in love with you already sweet girl!” DiDonato wrote alongside a photo with her newborn in the hospital.
“Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes and kind DM’s! Happy thanksgiving!” she added.
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DiDonato, who wed Peterson in 2018, firstannounced her pregnancy newsexclusively to PEOPLE back in June.
The Covey co-founder, who has previously beenopen about her struggles with body image acceptancethroughout her modeling career, said at the time that her pregnancy has been “really positive” for her.
“I feel a whole new neutrality towards my body and food in a way,” she explained. “In terms of my body, I think this is the first time in my life that I’ve had to be like my body is about to change and a lot of it is not under my control and that’s okay. And also reminding myself that stressing about it and getting upset about it isn’t going to change what’s about to happen in the next nine months.”
“My body is going on a journey,” she added. “It knows what it needs. I know what I need. And I just need to make sure I’m being the healthiest version of myself as much as I can when I can.”
And with a daughter on the way, DiDonato said she doesn’t want to be “putting that kind of [negative] energy into my body and her little body growing in there.”
source: people.com
