Married at First Sight couple Ashley Petta and Anthony D'Amico have welcomed their second child into the world!
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Ashley gave birth to a daughter on Wednesday, and she and Anthony named the little one Vaeda Marie.
"Vaeda Marie was born at 11:11AM on 2/3/21. Weighing a whopping 6 pounds flat and 19 inches long with a full head of hair!" the couple said in a statement.
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Ashley shared, "This pregnancy was not easy on me and the birth was even harder but meeting the new addition to our family made it all worth it!"
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"It was definitely love at first sight. We can't wait to get her home and introduce her to big sister," Ashley added.
Ashley announced her second pregnancy on Instagram in July 2020, just hours before footage of Ashley telling her husband they were expecting Baby No. 2 aired on the first season of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam.
When Ashley was 13 weeks into her pregnancy, she and Anthony said they were "cautiously optimistic" about the future given Ashley had been experiencing some problems.
"I thought by this point I would be able to breathe and enjoy this pregnancy, but unfortunately that has not been the case. I've been experiencing a lot of spotting and bleeding over the last 10 days," Ashley said at the time.
Ashley confirmed however, "Several ultrasounds all check out and baby looks good. There has been no explanation for the bleeding or any idea when it might stop. From what I am told, some women just bleed and everything turns out fine."
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Ashley and Anthony, who tied the knot on Season 5 of Lifetime's Married at First Sight, celebrated their four-year wedding anniversary in August 2020.
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The couple, both residents of the Chicago area, wed in August 2016, and their wedding aired on Married at First Sight the following year.
All three of Married at First Sight's fifth-season couples opted to remain together on "Decision Day" at the end of the extreme experiment; however, Anthony and Ashley are the only one of the three still married today.
Ashley announced her first pregnancy in August 2018, and then she and Anthony welcomed daughter Mila Rose, now 2, on January 12, 2019.
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Following their Married at First Sight season, Anthony and Ashley also starred on Lifetime's Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After spinoff along with Jephte Pierre, Bobby Dodd and their pregnant wives, Shawniece Jackson and Danielle Bergman, respectively.
The couple will also be starring on the second season of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, which premieres Thursday night at 8PM ET/PT on Lifetime.
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