Hilarie Burton announced on Tuesday that she and husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan welcomed their second child, a daughter George, in mid February.
But instead of sharing a simple announcement, the 35-year-old actress went the extra mile to tell her painful story about her journey to baby number two to help other women struggling with fertility.
The One Tree Hill star called the child her ‘miracle baby’ while confessing she at times felt ‘bitter’ when she couldn’t add to her family before her luck turned.
Great news! Hilarie Burton revealed on Tuesday that she and husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan welcomed daughter George in mid February
Happy parents: The couple are seen here in September at the Emmy Awards in LA
The star wed Walking Dead actor Jeffrey in 2014 and together they already have son Augustus, aged seven.
Burton shared four photos of little George.
One was of the baby sleeping, another was with Dean, a third was with Augustus and the fourth was with her as she looked proud.
Her note began, ‘As some of you know, @jeffreydeanmorgan is off in Europe getting ready to do some big conventions. And he’s self aware enough to know his track record for “spilling the beans” isn’t so great (bless his heart!).
So loved: The One Tree Hill star looked proud as can be as she held her little girl
‘So before he starts tripping up in an attempt to maintain our privacy, he asked that I go ahead and post something about our little girl’s birth,’ said the TRL vet,
Then she laid out the background.
‘But before I do that, there’s something I really want to say to all the women out there who are trying…..
‘It took a long time for Jeffrey and I to have this baby. The first time I got pregnant, it took a year and a half.
Already so loved: The TRL vet shared these two photos as well. On the left is Jeffrey with the baby and on the right is their son Augustus, aged seven, holding the newborn
‘I surprised him on Christmas with baby Seahawk booties. We cried. We celebrated. We picked out names. And we lost that baby.’
She then added: ‘More losses followed, and as so many couples know, it was heartbreaking. It still is heartbreaking.’
The White Collar actress admitted the struggle took its toll.
‘And every morning of the five years it took us, I’d open my computer at the kitchen table and see the news and I’d grow bitter over the endless parade of celebrities showing off their bumps and babies.
The full note: Instead of sharing a simple announcement, the 35-year-old actress went the extra mile to tell her painful story about her journey to baby number two to help other women struggling with fertility
‘I’d weep out of jealousy for how easy it was for them. Didn’t they know something could go wrong? Didn’t they know that there were other women out there struggling?’
Even the happy celebrations were hard to take.
‘It pained me to see the corporate sponsored baby showers and magazine covers capitalizing on this human miracle that wasn’t happening for us,’ she admitted.
Hilarie added: ‘So when this pregnancy started, we were cautious. I didn’t want to celebrate for fear of jinxing it. I didn’t want a baby shower. I checked her heartbeat every day, up until the day she was born.”
Her full collage: ‘Please meet George Virginia Morgan. She was born February 16th. Her daddy delivered her. We love her very much,’ she ended her note
The star feels blessed her luck turned around.
‘Now that she is here, I just stare at her in wonder all day. I see her in her daddy’s arms and I don’t take any of it for granted. She screams bloody murder and I smile because she is so wildly alive.’
The Virginia native then tried to reassure other women who were having a tough time.
Good daddy: Morgan having fun with his sun; he captioned this 2017 image ‘dudes day’
‘So now that folks know she’s here, I don’t want her birth to cause any other woman to weep at her kitchen table.
‘If anything, my wish is that she would restore hope for others.
‘Fertility is a fickle thing. And for the other couples out there who have had dark days, we want to introduce our miracle baby to you and send you our love and support in finding yours.’
She ended with a sweet welcome to Morgan baby number two: ‘Please meet George Virginia Morgan. She was born February 16th. Her daddy delivered her. We love her very much.’