The Bachelor couple Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr. have welcomed their twins into the world!
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Lauren gave birth to the couple's first son and second daughter on Friday, June 11.
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Arie, 39, took to his Instagram Story on Friday to document the couple's time in the hospital and Lauren's experience in labor as she prepared to deliver twins, according to Us Weekly.
"She's having a hard time this go around with nausea," Arie shared, before praising his wife for being "one tough woman."
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Arie shared photos of himself "lookin gewd [sic]" in scrubs and Lauren getting prepped in her hospital bed, and then he finally concluded, "@Luyendyktwins are here!"
The Season 22 The Bachelor star added, "Momma and babies are doing great and everything went smoothly. Spending time cherishing these moments, thank you all for all the support."
Arie and Lauren -- who also have a two-year-old daughter Alessi -- have yet to post any photos of their two newborns on social media.
In May, Lauren admitted to Us she was "nervous" about possibly having a C-section because both of her babies were breech.
"Surgery is kind of scary to me," she said.
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Lauren also reportedly worried about "not getting any sleep at all."
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"I've heard twins are especially difficult because you're not sleeping as much as with a newborn. One will wake up and want to eat, and then they'll wake the other one up and they'll want to eat at the same time. I just see that going downhill really fast," Lauren explained.
The fashion designer from Virginia therefore figured she could "wake up and feed one" and then have Arie put that baby to bed while Lauren breast-feeds the other twin.
But along with the nerves comes joy and celebration. Arie surprised Lauren with a backyard baby shower for their twins in late April when Lauren was 29 weeks along in her pregnancy.
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"Never been more surprised than I was walking into my backyard today. love all of you ppl so much & @luyendyktwins. We can't wait to meet you!" Lauren gushed on Instagram after the big bash.
The couple announced Lauren is pregnant with twins in December 2020, not long after Lauren suffered a miscarriage in May of last year.
Arie and Lauren then revealed in January 2021 they had a baby boy and a baby girl on the way, who were due to arrive in June.
As for where they plan to live with their three children, Arie and Lauren recently bought a house in Hawaii, although they won't stay there "full-time." The pair reportedly plan to split their time between Hawaii and Arizona.
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"For anyone who has been to Arizona during the summer, you know it's kind of miserable here," Lauren shared with the magazine in May. "We just wanted to have a good escape, and I've always wanted to be near the beach."
Lauren added that their place in Hawaii was "fully remodeled already" and so they're "probably not going to do much of anything to that house."
"There's just, like, one little section that I'd love to extend the patio over where the garage is. Other than that, it's pretty much done already," Lauren noted.
Lauren finished Arie's season of The Bachelor in second place when Arie actually chose Becca Kufrin as his winner and popped the question to her during the Final Rose Ceremony, which aired in March 2018.
But weeks after getting engaged, Arie decided to dump Becca because he claimed he was still in love with Lauren, and so he begged Lauren for a second chance.
Arie proposed marriage to Lauren in March 2018 on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose after Season 22 aired on ABC.
The couple then moved into their first home together in Phoenix, AZ, in April of that year.
The pair announced they were expecting their first child together in November 2018 and revealed two months later that Lauren was pregnant with a daughter.
Arie and Lauren tied the knot at Haiku Mill in Maui, Hawaii in January 2019 and then welcomed Alessi on May 29, 2019.
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