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- Influencer Ashley Stock and her hubby Ben person welcomed a babe woman 5 years aft nan decease of their 3-year-old girl Stevie, who was diagnosed pinch encephalon cancer
- The Little Miss Momma blogger posted aggregate photos and videos of nan newborn connected Instagram
- "Welcome Benny May Stock," Ashley wrote complete 1 video, showing her cradling her girl and stroking her cheek
Influencer Ashley Stock has welcomed a babe woman 5 years aft her daughter Stevie died of encephalon cancer astatine 3 years old.
Baby Benny May Stock arrived via surrogate connected nan greeting of Monday, June 30, nan Little Miss Momma blogger revealed successful an Instagram station connected Tuesday, July 1.
Ashley announced nan news alongside a video showing her stroking nan newborn's feature while cradling her successful her arms.
"She’s beautiful and fierce and cuddly and mini and magical and smells for illustration eden and we are overwhelmed pinch love! Nicole did amazing!" nan contented creator wrote, thanking her surrogate.
"Benny will beryllium successful nan NICU for apt astatine slightest a week pinch jaundice and she perchance inherited a humor upset that Ben besides has," she added, referencing her husband, Ben Stock.
"But she’s doing awesome and is being taken attraction of by nan astir astonishing squad of nurses and doctors ❤️," nan influencer continued.
"Welcome Benny May Stock," Ashley wrote complete nan video.
Ashley, who besides shares sons Wesley and Sawyer pinch her hubby Ben, past shared a video of herself snuggling and kissing her babe girl successful nan NICU.
"Mommy yet sewage immoderate tegument to tegument clip successful nan NICU pinch Benny and I deliberation it was precisely what we some needed. Those dimples though 🥹," she captioned nan adorable clip, penning "Be still my heart" complete nan video.
Ashley besides posted multiple snaps and videos from nan transportation room, again thanking her surrogate Nicole, arsenic good arsenic sharing pics of Benny gathering her 2 brothers.
The blogger discussed why her babe girl was successful nan NICU complete 1 of nan photos, writing, "Benny was calved astatine 36 weeks pinch ABO incompatiblity and besides apt has hereditary spherocytosis — some of these caused a VERY precocious bilirubin astatine commencement which sewage her a summons to nan NICU."
Per nan Cleveland Clinic, "Hereditary spherocytosis is an inherited humor upset that causes hemolytic anemia. This anemia happens erstwhile your reddish humor cells break down faster than normal."
"In hereditary spherocytosis, your reddish humor cells suffer their characteristic disk-like shape, becoming round, aliases spherical cells (spherocytes), that can’t usability for illustration normal reddish humor cells," nan tract added.
Benny's presence comes 5 years aft her sister, Stevie, died connected May 27, 2020, aft being diagnosed pinch a uncommon encephalon tumor.
Ashley wrote connected Instagram alongside respective photographs astatine nan time, “For now, I’m overwhelmed pinch alleviation that she’s astatine bid but I’m besides emotion crushed by a symptom truthful aggravated I can’t put it into words."
“I fto it retired a spot astatine a time, for illustration erstwhile you mildly twist nan lid disconnected a liter soda bottle... releasing nan built up unit a small astatine a clip to support it from exploding each complete nan place. I conjecture it’s for illustration that. I’m twisting nan lid connected my condolences gently. Because if I merchandise it each astatine once, I don’t spot really I could perchance survive," she added.
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Ashley's connection included, “We person complete religion successful location being a greater intent of this calamity (and it’s already unfolding done your stories of renewed hope), but unfortunately, religion is not a ‘get retired of symptom free’ card, and that’s okay."
“I don’t cognize really to do this, truthful for now we’ll proceed 1 time astatine a clip held by nan grace of God, nan support of loved ones and nan prayers of strangers who person go friends,” she wrote.
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In April 2020, Ashley had shared nan news that their daughter’s tumor was "a shape of crab called DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma). And it has a 0% endurance rate.”
"We are shattered. Broken. Gutted. Somehow my assemblage continues to nutrient tears and disfigured crying has go my only release," she wrote astatine nan time.