Hilaria Baldwindoesn’t need to explain why she decided to expand her family the way she did, a source contends.
She and her husbandAlec Baldwinsurprised fans earlier this month when they announced the addition of a newborn daughter to their family, just months after Hilaria gave birth to sonEduardo “Edu” Pao Lucasin September 2020. The internet quickly went abuzz with questions about why the pair opted for surrogacy and why they did so given Hilaria would have already been pregnant with Edu at the time.
However, a source tells PEOPLE, “It’s no one’s business about a woman’s right to choose how and when she expands her family.”
Hilaria, 37, and Alec, 62, share sons Edu,Romeo Alejandro David, 2½,Leonardo Ángel Charles, 4, andRafael Thomas, 5½, daughterCarmen Gabriela, 7, and now newbornMaría Lucía Victoria. (Alec is also dad to 25-year-old daughterIreland.)
Another source recently told PEOPLE that the mom and dad are “so happy and spending time bondingtogether as a family,” adding that “Lucía’s big brothers and sister are all excited to have a new sibling.”
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Hilaria Baldwin and her children.Hilaria Baldwin/Instagram
On Instagram earlier this month, Hilaria shared asweet photo of her youngest two, explaining how their arrivals mean even more coming after the previous pregnancy loss.
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin in 2020.Patrick Mcmullan/Getty
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“Nothing will ever replace her, but two wonderful souls have come into our lives, and we are humbled to know them,” continued Hilaria. “Our children were brave during our time of tremendous grief — braver than us…and they held out hope. To experience and accept life’s ups and downs is challenging, but a reality that all of us have no choice but to receive and process. I have learned that often our children are wiser than we are and their wisdom has guided us.”
source: people.com
