‘The Bachelorette’s Emily Maynard Gives Birth To 6th Child & Reveals His Down Syndrome Diagnosis

Emily Maynard is simply a ma again! The Bachelorette prima amazed fans erstwhile she announced that she’d fixed commencement to her sixth kid connected Aug. 31. In an Instagram post, Emily shared a household photograph of herself, husband Tyler Johnson and each six of their kids. Emily shared that her newborn son’s sanction is Jones West Johnson, and revealed that helium was calved with Down syndrome, which she didn’t larn until aft she gave birth.

“While it was surely a surprise, we person truthful overmuch bid successful God’s cleanable program and cognize Jones is going to beryllium a blessing to our family,” Emily wrote. “He was successful the NICU for a small implicit a period and is thankfully present location successful each the chaos and we couldn’t emotion him more.” She went connected to convey the unit astatine the infirmary wherever Jones was born. “I’m truthful blessed to yet stock the quality and tin stock each the pictures with you guys!” she concluded. “He’s perfectly the cherry connected top.”

Before Emily was ever portion of Bachelor Nation, she was engaged to contention car driver Ricky Hendrick. He died successful a level clang successful Oct. 2004, and soon afterward, Emily recovered retired she was large with his child. She gave commencement to their daughter, Ricki, present 17, successful 2005. Emily past appeared connected play 15 of The Bachelor successful 2011 and got engaged to Brad Womack, but they divided aft the amusement ended. She went connected to prima connected play 8 of The Bachelorette successful 2012 and got engaged to Jef Holm, but they yet broke up arsenic well.

Emily past joined her now-husband, Tyler, successful 2014 and they had their archetypal son, Jennings, present 7, the pursuing year. In summation to newborn Jones, they went connected to person 3 much children together: sons Gibson, 6, and Gatlin, 4, arsenic good arsenic daughter Magnolia, 2.

Emily admitted to People mag that she was successful “shock” erstwhile she learned of Jones’ Down syndrome diagnosis. She opted retired of familial investigating during her pregnancy, truthful she did not find retired until her babe was born. “It was not connected my radar astatine all,” she said. “And I refused to judge it. I conscionable wanted to clasp him and for everything to beryllium okay.” She added that it “hurt truthful much” to perceive different babies crying successful the infirmary portion her lad was successful the NICU.

Once Jones got home, though, things started looking up. “He’s the easiest babe and he’s conscionable been our biggest blessing,” Emily gushed. “I’m inactive learning astir Down syndrome, but I’m trying to besides conscionable acquisition Jones arsenic Jones and not arsenic antithetic than immoderate of the different kids. Looking backmost connected my life, a batch of things happened that I wouldn’t person planned, but I wouldn’t alteration my beingness for anything.”