John Mulaney and Olivia Munn introduced the arrival of their second little one on Sunday. Munn wrote on social media that she welcomed the little lady by way of gestational surrogate.
“I had so many profound feelings about not with the ability to carry my daughter,” Munn, who introduced in March she had been identified with breast most cancers and later revealed she underwent a hysterectomy as part of her therapy, wrote on Instagram. “Once I first met our gestational surrogate we spoke mom to mom. She confirmed me a lot grace and understanding, I knew I had discovered a real-life angel. Phrases can not categorical my gratitude that she saved our child secure for 9 months and made our desires come true.”
Mulaney additionally introduced the child lady’s arrival on social media, writing “I like my little lady a lot.” He additionally added, “We stole a lot stuff from the hospital.”
Each dad and mom wrote that the kid, named Méi June Mulaney, was born Sept. 14, 2024, within the yr of the dragon. Méi is Chinese language for “plum.”
“I’m so pleased with my little plum, my little dragon for making the journey to be with us,” Munn wrote. “My coronary heart has exploded.”
Mulaney and Munn beforehand welcomed 3-year-old Malcolm in 2021. Munn was identified with most cancers round two years later in 2023, and underwent chemotherapy therapy together with a number of surgical procedures. In Might 2024, the actress spoke about her hysterectomy expertise, and stated she had frozen her eggs a number of occasions earlier than the surgical procedure. The newest retrieval resulted in two wholesome embryos.
“Once you’re pregnant with your personal child, it’s like teamwork — you and the child working collectively to make their little life come true,” Munn advised Vogue. “You’re doing all this work to eat nicely, attempt to not have anxiousness, simply do all the proper issues through the being pregnant. With a surrogate, you need to attempt to go discover a model of your self someplace out on the planet. Anyone that you simply belief as a lot as your self to stay their life as a pregnant lady the identical manner that you’d. However a surrogate isn’t a scary prospect to me anymore as a result of there’s nothing I can do. I don’t have the flexibility to hold a child anymore, so if we need to construct our household, that is our choice. This journey has made me understand how grateful I’m to have choices for not solely combating most cancers, but in addition having extra youngsters if we would like, as a result of I do know lots of people don’t have these choices.”