Bachelor in Paradise couple Astrid Loch and Kevin Wendt have officially said, "I do," after a three-year engagement and four years of dating.
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Astrid and Kevin got married on Friday, October 28 in front of 100 guests at the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota, FL.
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"Mr. and Mrs. Wendt," Astrid, 32, wrote via Instagram Stories on Saturday, sharing a photo from the wedding reception, according to Us Weekly.
"Yesterday was absolutely magical," she added.
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And then on Sunday, Astrid posted several beautiful photos from the wedding and captioned the slideshow, "The Wendts / 10.28.22."
Bachelor Nation showed the couple some love by congratulating them and wishing the newlyweds the best of luck.
"GORGEOUS!! Congratulations!!" commented The Bachelor 26 alum Serena Pitt.
The Bachelor 20 alum Emily Ferguson wrote, "Absolutely stunning. Congratulations."
The Bachelor 21 alum Raven Gates called Astrid "a vision" in her wedding dress.
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And The Bachelor 22 alum Kendall Long gushed, "Such a beautiful family," referring to Astrid and Kevin's son August or "Auggy," who was also dressed up in a tiny tuxedo for the occasion.
Astrid gave birth to a baby boy on November 20, 2021 after dealing with fertility issues and undergoing invitro fertilization.
Astrid and Kevin got engaged in August 2019 and initially set a wedding date for 2020; however, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the couple to push back their nuptials until November 2021.
But once the couple discovered Astrid was pregnant, they decided to delay their wedding once again, for about a year.
Several days before his wedding, Kevin posted a beautiful tribute to Astrid on Instagram.
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In addition to uploading a video montage of their memories, Kevin -- who met Astrid on Season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2018 -- wrote, "'Hey, is that show you went on fake?' Answer... tomorrow is our wedding day. Thanks to all of you for following along our story."
Kevin proceeded to list the following: Four or more years together, 50 or more flights and adventures, six TV shows filmed, one country move from the U.S. to Canada, two COVID-19 postponed weddings, two rescued poodles, three houses and renovations, one "perfect baby boy," two embryos in the freezer, and "way too many laughs to count."
The firefighter concluded, "Let's spend forever building this family and this life's resume hun. Us against the world."
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Astrid and Kevin announced they were expecting Baby No. 1 in May 2021 by posting photos of themselves holding up ultrasound photos.
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"One of the first conversations @kevin.c.wendt and I had was about how we both loved kids and couldn't wait to have our own. When I think about Kev holding our little angel for the first time my heart flutters," Astrid said at the time.
"Even in my wildest dreams I couldn't have imagined how amazing this would all feel."
Astrid shared of her struggle with fertility, "It's the toughest thing we've ever been through... But today is finally about some good news & we hope you can enjoy it with us."
And Kevin also wished Astrid, his "queen," a "Happy 1st Mother's Day" following the May baby announcement.
"This is a very big day for us, after a long and tough road to get here. The @thewendtgang is officially growing!! Thank you @astridloch for giving me the one thing I've wanted most in my life," Kevin gushed on social media.
Kevin wanted to spread IVF awareness and added, "Today, we are just so excited to share the news that we are going to be parents!!"
After the couple spent a year trying to conceive a baby naturally, Astrid underwent multiple intrauterine inseminations and then started IVF a week before Christmas in December 2020.
Astrid ended up going through two rounds of IVF before getting pregnant, according to People.
"IVF is just so much more intrusive, so we were trying to go that route at first and then during our second cycle, we actually ended up having an ectopic pregnancy... I ended up having to take medication to terminate the ectopic pregnancy, and then it pushed our whole thing back another two-and-a-half months," Astrid told the magazine in May.
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Astrid recalled the IVF process being "time consuming," a bit overwhelming, and "really hard on the body," as she had to visit the clinic two to three times a week amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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"We spent a lot of nights in tears because we just didn't understand why it wasn't working for us," Kevin admitted.
"You can't try [to conceive] after that because the meds that you take to terminate are so strong. It's basically like a cancer med that they give you to terminate all living cells. So then, we couldn't try and go into our IVF cycle for almost three months."
The couple also announced at the time they wanted to keep the baby's gender a surprise until his or her November birth.
Astrid and Kevin were a solid couple on Bachelor in Paradise in Summer 2018, but Kevin blindsided and dumped Astrid before the Fantasy Suite dates and ended up trying to win her back during the live reunion show.
Kevin explained on the reunion special of Bachelor in Paradise's fifth season he had a lot of fears and insecurities he had to deal with via therapy regarding his previous romances before being able to commit to a woman wholeheartedly and settle down.
One of Kevin's exes is Ashley Iaconetti, whom he met on The Bachelor Winter Games but split from in March 2018.
"I will never forget when I left the show, going to my best friends and being like, 'I know we technically broke up on the show, but I'm pretty sure this is the person I'm going to marry,'" Astrid had told People.
"I feel like I knew right away how well he fit into my life."
Once Astrid gave Kevin a second chance, they seemingly became inseparable.
Back in November 2018, Astrid and Kevin's families reportedly met each other at an event in Toronto, Canada, and then the following month, Astrid -- who worked as a plastic surgery office manager in Tampa, FL -- moved in with Kevin in his hometown of Toronto.
Prior to appearing on Paradise several years ago, Astrid competed to win Nick Viall's heart on The Bachelor's 21st season, and Kevin found fame when he won the first season of The Bachelorette Canada.
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