Lance Bass and Husband Share Birth of ‘Baby Dragon’ Twins
Lance Bass and his husband Michael Turchin are celebrating being first time dads, times two. The couple announced the birth of their twin children via a surrogate on Thursday (Oct. 14) in an Instagram post showing off the bouncing babies’ birth certificates.
“VerifiedThe baby dragons have arrived!!,” Bass wrote along with a string of heart emoji. “I can not express how much love I feel right now. Thank you for all the kind wishes. It meant a lot. Now, how do you change a diaper??! Ahhhhhhhh!” The babies, Violet Betty and Alexander James — were both born on Wednesday, but Alex is the big brother by about a minute.
Back in June, Bass, 42, told People that he and artist Turchin, 34, had gone through years of surrogacy attempts, failed IVF treatments and a miscarriage in their journey to become dads. “You have your vision of how it’s all going to go, right? When we went into IVF and surrogacy, we had no idea what it was all about,” Lance said at the time.
“Pretty much everyone we’ve known had bad luck at the beginning. The first time they tried it, it just did not work. And I feel like that is such a common thing. And it’s great that we’re able to talk about this because a lot of times I would believe that couples feel very alone in that situation. But to know that other people are going through the same exact thing, it’s really comforting.”
Turchin, who has a twin sister, explained that they’d gone through nine different egg donors during their four-year journey, with Bass revealing that one of their surrogates miscarried twins last year. “Because of what we’ve been through the last four years, we were very cautious to get excited,” Bass said of waiting to make the big reveal this time.
“And it kind of sucks because when you find out you’re pregnant, you want to celebrate with your family. You start planning their future in your head already, but we were so scared because we didn’t want to go through the pain again of losing them. We told our friends and family about the ninth week, when we finally felt comfortable. You think you’re going to jinx it or something. “
The couple weren’t the only ones celebrating, they also got lots of love from friends and other stars in the comments on the announcement, including kind words from Jordin Sparks, Jai Rodriguez, Lucy Hale, Ashlee Simpson, Tori Spelling, Shar Jackson and Fortune Feimster, among others.
Check out the baby announcement below.
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