Marvel star Teyonah Parris and her husband, James, have officially announced the arrival of their first child.
Parris, who gave birth a month ago, went to social media on Monday to share photos and videos of her bundle of joy along with a heartwarming message, Bossip reported.
The new mother said it has been “a friggin whirlwind” and she is “too sleep deprived and delirious to really articulate it all.”
“What I will say is- God bless all yall parents out there,” she wrote. “Never in my life could I have imagined all that parenthood requires. It truly takes a village and my God I’m so grateful for the one we have. From coming by and holding the baby, calls to encourage us, sending thoughtful and helpful gifts and parenting hacks, to simply just being on the phone to listen to me cry at 3 in the morning. Thaaaank you a million times over!!!”
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Parris said the couple started their pregnancy journey intending a hospital birth, but that “shifted late in the game.”
“Thank you to our amazing midwife @midwifeangelina who ushered our baby girl Earth side!!” the Hollywood star wrote. “Everything truly happens for a reason and being at home was an incredible experience and opportunity for our whole family. I have so much I want to talk about as it pertains to our journey in how we landed at this decision and what it was like. So, more to come!”
Parris also thanked her “bomb doula and lactation consultant- Jamecia.”
“You kept it light, funny and informative always, ” she wrote.
The Marvel star still had many more people to thank, including her photographer, her mom and her fans.
“Thank you to my Momma who came down and spent weeks with us helping us figure out up from down, left from right. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and in awe of you, Mom,” she wrote. “And seeing you still taking care of me at my big grown age (yall I’m talking rubbing my back and head as I cry in her lap cuz I don’t know wtf I’m doing and who trusted me with a whole human!), to cooking for us, and being the daily in home daycare so we could get more than 90mins of sleep at a time. I love you and appreciate you dearly!”
The images in the Instagram post show James holding his wife during labor and cradling his new family later.
“Baby Girl and I are well and her Daddy has been holding us both down like no other,” Parris wrote. “Hoping to share more as we go along, but judging how its taken me a month to get this post up who knows!!”
Parris first announced her pregnancy on Instagram in September.
