“Michael and I are overwhelmed with joy and love,” Ashley told PEOPLE exclusively of her son, who weighed in at 8 lbs., 1 oz. “Dean is absolutely perfect. We couldn’t be happier.”
“Then, when I was feeling the flutters, I wanted to know when I’d finally start to show. After watching the bump grow, my mind went to birthing day (WILL THIS REALLY HAPPEN?!) And when the day finally came that this sweet child came into our world, it felt like the sunniest day after a sky filled grey,” she said.”The most sensational day of our shared life. Mickey and I are savoring every moment with our wonderful son.”
“This is the happiest day of our life!” the Bravo star wrote on her Instagram Story. “What a beautiful day we had.”
Michael has two adult children from a previous marriage.
He and Ashley wed in May 2014 after two years of dating,but split for six months betweenthe second and third seasons ofRHOPafter several arguments surrounding their now-closed restaurant, Oz in Arlington, Virginia.
After a whole season of going back and forth about having children, the couple conceived and, shortly after,lost the pregnancy in a miscarriage.
TheRHOPstar recalled the experience as “traumatic” at the season 3 reunion of the show. “At the time, I didn’t fully understand the magnitude of how itwould affect us as a couple andas individuals because we kind of thought it would be a given that we would just be able to have children,” she said.
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Luckily, the pair were able to conceive again. The couple admitted they weren’t “actively or consciously trying” when they conceived, revealing theirpregnancy news to PEOPLEin an exclusive interview in February.
“It was a surprise,” Ashley recalled. “We found out in the beginning of November and I had just been healing out of it and Ithought I was getting sick because ofthe change of season. I wasn’t feeling too well. Something just told me to take the test, really not expecting a positive result. And then lo and behold, there were two solid lines.”
Michael was Ashley’s main support system throughout the pregnancy. “It was very impactful for him because he understands the feelings of being a dad,” she told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
