{"id":274177,"date":"2021-06-14T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nbcs-kristen-welker-welcomes-baby-via-surrogate\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T12:46:08","slug":"nbcs-kristen-welker-welcomes-baby-via-surrogate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nbcs-kristen-welker-welcomes-baby-via-surrogate\/","title":{"rendered":"#NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker welcomes baby via surrogate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker welcomes baby via surrogate<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Kristen Welker and daughter Margot\" class=\"wp-image-5719457 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=813 813w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1626 1626w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 813px\"\/><figcaption>Kristen Welker holds her newborn daughter, Margot Lane Welker Hughes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC\/Kristen Welker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kristen Welker\u2019s baby girl has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u2019 chief White House correspondent and husband John Hughes welcomed a daughter named Margot Lane Welker Hughes via surrogate on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMargot truly is the love of our lives,\u201d Welker, 44, wrote <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/kristen-welker-john-hughes-welcome-baby-girl-surrogate-t218834\">in an email to the \u201cToday\u201d show<\/a> that was shared on Monday\u2019s show. \u201cSeeing her precious face and looking into her eyes has made every minute of our journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welker added that she and Hughes, a marketing executive, stayed in a hospital room next to their surrogate\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"875\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Kristen Welker and baby Margot\" class=\"wp-image-5719458 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=875 875w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1750 1750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 875px\"\/><figcaption>Baby Margot arrived on Saturday, June 12, and weighed in at 8 pounds and 6 ounces.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC\/Kristen Welker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe stayed in rooms next to each other and visited throughout so that we and little Margot could thank her for bringing Margot into the world,\u201d Welker explained.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Margot, who weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces, was named after Welker\u2019s grandmother Margaret. Lane is a family moniker on Hughes\u2019 side. <\/p>\n<p>Welker and Hughes, who have been married since 2017, confirmed in April that they were expecting their first child via surrogate after years of infertility struggles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Kristen Welker\" class=\"wp-image-5719459 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Welker confirmed in April that she and husband John Hughes were expecting their first child via surrogate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ahead of Margot\u2019s birth, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/kristen-welker-s-letter-daughter-about-surrogacy-today-t215915\">Welker penned a letter to her daughter<\/a> that she hoped would \u201cone day explain her extraordinary journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour daddy and I have learned so many lessons trying to bring you here and we want to share them with you: Every journey is unique; don\u2019t compare yourself to others. There will be heartbreaks in life; some won\u2019t ever fully heal, others will make you stronger. It is OK to ask for help; in fact, it can be empowering,\u201d Welker wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies are made in all different ways, come in all different shapes and sizes, and all families should be celebrated. And, finally, while I didn\u2019t carry you in my body, I have always carried you in my heart and I will always be your mommy,\u201d she continued.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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NBC News\u2019 chief White House correspondent and husband John Hughes welcomed a daughter named Margot Lane Welker Hughes via surrogate on Saturday. \u201cMargot truly is the love of our lives,\u201d Welker,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/kristen-welker-1-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[109293,75329,78109,1597,72223],"class_list":["post-274177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-14-21","tag-celebrity-babies","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-nbc","tag-surrogates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}