Big Bang Theory’s Melissa Rauch and her husband Winston have welcomed their first child together.
The actress, who plays Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the show, shared her happy news on Instagram on Monday.
She also confirmed their daughter’s name.
She wrote:
“I am beyond over the moon to share that our beautiful baby girl, Sadie Rauch, has arrived and our hearts are bursting at the seams with love for her.
“I will never take for granted the difficult road it took to get here. To those on that road: I’m sending you so much love today and always. “
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The Big Bang Theory star confirmed her pregnancy back in July in an essay for Glamour, also admitting she had suffered a miscarriage in the past.
It read:
“Here is the only statement regarding my pregnancy that doesn’t make me feel like a complete fraud: ‘Melissa is expecting her first child. She is extremely overjoyed, but if she’s being honest, due to the fact that she had a miscarriage the last time she was pregnant, she’s pretty much terrified at the moment that it will happen again.
“‘She feels weird even announcing this at all, and would rather wait until her child heads off to college to tell anyone, but she figures she should probably share this news before someone sees her waddling around with her mid-section protruding and announces it first.’”
The 37-year-old recalled how her miscarriage led to her feeling a “primal depression”, which left her hesitant to announce her pregnancy as she was worried about possibly upsetting other women who found themselves struggling with fertility issues.
She continued:
“The miscarriage I experienced was one of the most profound sorrows I have ever felt in my life. It kick-started a primal depression that lingered in me.
“When I thought about having to share the news about expecting this baby, all I could think about was another woman mourning over her loss as I did, worried she would never get pregnant again, and reading about my little bundle on the way.
“It felt a bit disingenuous to not also share the struggle it took for me to get here.”
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