Emily Ratajkowski welcomes baby boy: ‘Most surreal, beautiful, and love-filled morning of my life’

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By , Audacy

It’s a boy!

Emily Ratajkowski gave birth to her first child, Sylvester Apollo Bear.

The 29-year-old model and actress introduced her baby boy, who she welcomed with her husband and the boy’s father Sebastian Bear-McClard, in an Instagram post on Thursday.

"Sylvester Apollo Bear has joined us earth side. Sly arrived 3/8/21 on the most surreal, beautiful, and love-filled morning of my life," the first-time mom captioned a touching photo of herself holding her baby.

A slew of famous names left comments on the post congratulating the new mom.

"Congratulations sweet family," wrote model Bella Hadid.

"CONGRATULATIONS MAMA!!!!!" exclaimed Halsey.

The actress first announced her pregnancy in October within an essay she penned for Vogue.

In the piece, the "Gone Girl" actress shed light on why she didn't reveal the baby's sex.

"When my husband and I tell friends that I'm pregnant, their first question after 'Congratulations' is almost always 'Do you know what you want?' We like to respond that we won't know the gender until our child is 18 and that they'll let us know then," she explained in the piece.

"Everyone laughs at this," she added. "There is a truth to our line, though, one that hints at possibilities that are much more complex than whatever genitalia our child might be born with: the truth that we ultimately have no idea who — rather than what — is growing inside my belly."

"Who will this person be? What kind of person will we become parents to? How will they change our lives and who we are?" she said. "This is a wondrous and terrifying concept, one that renders us both helpless and humbled."

She went on: "I don't like that we force gender-based preconceptions onto people, let alone babies. I want to be a parent who allows my child to show themself to me. And yet I realize that while I may hope my child can determine their own place in the world, they will, no matter what, be faced with the undeniable constraints and constructions of gender before they can speak or, hell, even be born."

Ratajkowski has shared many images of herself throughout her pregnancy journey.

Ratajkowski and Bear-McClard, an actor and producer, got married in 2018 in a surprise ceremony at City Hall in New York City.

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