Rachel Fuda and her husband, John Fuda, have welcomed their newest family member — a baby boy named Lorenzo Antonio Fuda.
“With the birth of our last baby, our family has grown into everything we ever dreamed — a beautiful circle of six hearts, bound by love, laughter, and the journey we’ve shared,” Rachel told People, noting that the healthy boy was born on Wednesday.
According to the outlet, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 33, gave birth to the couple’s first biological son together at Valley Hospital in Paramus, NJ, after undergoing in vitro fertilization.
“This little soul is our final piece, the sweetest ending to a chapter of beginnings, and the start of a lifetime of cherished moments together,” Rachel said.
Rachel and John are already parents to two daughters: Gianella, 4, and Giuliana, 2. Rachel also adopted John’s 18-year-old son, Jaiden, from a previous relationship.
The Bravolebrity shared the meaningful reason for their newborn’s middle name, divulging that the moniker honors her late grandmother, Anna Del Vescovo, as well as John’s grandmother, Ida Fuda, who worshipped St. Anthony.
The infant was coincidentally born on the same day as John’s grandfather and founder of the Fuda Tile empire, Joseph Fuda.
Meanwhile, the little one’s first name translates to “from the town of bay trees.”
“Our hearts are fuller, our home is brighter — our baby boy is here, and I am so grateful to be a mother again,” Rachel gushed.
Last August, Rachel revealed in the reunion episode of “RHONJ” that she was pregnant again after undergoing IVF.
At the time, she told People that she and John were “so excited” and that they “always felt like [their] family wasn’t complete.”
“We actually have a table in my kitchen and when we sit down for dinner, there’s one empty chair. And we always kind of looked at each other like, ‘Oh, it’d be nice to fill that seat,’” she said at the time. “So we always had the room for one more in our home and in our hearts, and we’re both just so happy to be welcoming another baby into the family. It felt like it was time.”
She also admitted that her IVF process was challenging — and expensive.
“First of all, it costs a lot of money. But second of all, you’re on all these medications that just throw your body off,” she said. “I was hormonal, breaking out so bad, tired and on edge; my mood was going up, down, up, down. I just felt like, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’”
Rachel said that her “true purpose in life is being a mom” and it “fulfills” her.
She and John tied the knot with a lavish 2017 Garden State ceremony.
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