Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton made headlines earlier this month after the surprise announcement that they had welcomed their first child together – a baby boy named Ever James – via surrogate.
Now, the former host of The Real and the Gospel singer are giving the world its first glimpse of the youngster via PEOPLE. Bailon also spoke about her journey to motherhood,
Pics and quotes below…
On Keeping The Pregnancy a Secret:
“Honestly, everyone was shocked. Even my sister, who watched The Real throughout the whole last season, literally said to me, ‘Adrienne, I am impressed.’ She’s like, ‘I am so proud of you. You are really holding this.’ I did that because it was really sacred to me.
It was [also] important to me for my own mental wellbeing and for my family. I was just like, ‘I’m just not going to say anything.’ It was actually very peaceful that way. You didn’t have other people’s opinions.”
On Going the Surrogacy Route After 8 Failed IVF Attempts and a Miscarriage:
“I got to be honest, even the process of surrogacy can be quite nerve-wracking. Somebody else has your child with them. We call it extreme babysitting for nine months. It can cause you to be really anxious. You’re just thinking, ‘Oh, is everything going okay? What’s happening?’ I feel like having people ask me, ‘How’s everything going?’ That was going to make me that much more anxious, so I just wanted to have peace and have a little joy that I could hold for myself every day and something to look forward to.”
On the Birth of Ever James:
“It’s an absolute miracle. The birthing experience was incredible. We had multiple doulas. I had a doula for me. She had a doula for her that looked after her for aftercare. Same for me, someone that was there for me emotionally, anything that I needed physically. It was a family affair and absolutely beautiful.”
On Finding Out She Has Five Embryos Left After Initially Thinking She Didn’t Have Any More:
“That’s the ultimate dream for me [carrying a baby herself]. I’m not giving up on that dream. Maybe I will carry one day and I can’t wait for that. I’m still hoping for that.”
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Congrats!
Ugly ass baby. Mine will never this ugly 💅🏾
He’s adorable B*tch & of course HEALTHY
Unlike ur sick contaminated P****…
Exactly! Spill that true tea!
FAKE SHAYLA ⬆️
You are such a horrible human being. Endorsing ped○philes, want to have s** with them and don’t give a damn if they r*** kids, now you dare to say a baby is ugly and yours will never? Damn, you are the worst human being 🤮
It’s ugly, Jynkx. Deal with it. And get the f*** off Da Real Diva’s beautiful ćlït. Don’t touch what you can’t afford, b****. Byeeeeee! 👋🏽✌🏽
@Shayla STFU with all your troll accounts, we tired of your ugly ass
Jinkx lives rent free in your ugly head – STFU nasty h**
Slumb = Jinkx 🤡 this clown is exposed againnnnnn💅🏾 You are tired. Sit yo boring fat ass down somewhere. Don’t ever trying to sit with the Queen & Diva.
Diva = Shayla and everybody knows 🤡
Calling out others about what you do will not cover your trolling ass h**, you been exposed too many times now. And since you want to f*** with a ped○phile you should sit down and just STFU disgusting p**
Nobody wants to sit next to a drag queen endorsing ped○philes, you are the most disgusting thing here, GTFO
You had been stalking our Queen and Diva’s beautiful Punanis since trashy ashy bish aka the original fancy bish💅🏾 Glad somebody stole your account and then you keeps switching other troll accounts from time to time. Just give up, sis. We ain’t going nowhere. No matter how many times you trying to sabotage us, Queen & Diva are here to stay 👑👠
What the f*** are you even talking about stupid h**? Everybody knows who you are and what you do, just STFU you are a disgusting p** that doesn’t give a f*** if kids are r**** so I hope you will never have a single one. We are fed up of your trolling accounts everywhere, get a life and a cure.
Don’t play dumb! You know what I am talking about. Karma is a b I t c h! You never gonna get back your original fancy bish account 💅🏾😂🤣😂 see, this is what you get for not obeying Queen & Diva’s order. So what if Diva is supporting R.Kelly. You should’ve blaming on the kids parent for taking them to him. You mother f u c k e r just like those stubborn people criticize slasher movies create violence. It’s all about parenting hunnie.
marilyn monh-O-E ® 👠(#1 DIVA)August 25, 2022
Yessssss daddy💅🏾 Please Golden shower this Diva💦
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Oops…August 26, 2022
Diva being excited by a criminal that r**** kids, who will be surprise? 👁
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marilyn monh-O-E ® 👠(#1 DIVA)August 26, 2022
IDGAF. Diva just needs some Good D I c k s💅🏾
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https://thatgrapejuice.net/2022/08/amid-his-s**-abuse-trial-kellys-legs-shakin-soars-itunes-thanks-tik-tok-trend/
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You nasty p**, you’re not even able to have a baby as a man but I hope you will never adopt one anyday since you don’t give a f*** about those who are r****, you are disgusting 🤮
Well I said what I said💅🏾 I don’t give two s h I t. Diva can f u c k any kind of man I want. This is my life, this is my choice. If I wanna have kids, I will probably have 200 + by now. I can’t even remember how times that I got cream pied by some random guys. You calling Diva disgusting? Well, Welcome to America. I’m da hottest California s l u t, so nice to meet you
Disgusting p** with no moral 🤮 we get it you are attracted by ped○philes and you dont give a f*** if your future kids are in danger. D.I S.G.U.S.T.I.N.G
Bye Felicia 👋 Diva got stuff to do, Diva got d I c k s to suck, Diva got money to spend unlike your broke ghetto ass💅🏾
You need to stop that mess Marilyn/Shayla/Whatever your other names. You and all your accounts are the nastiest pollution here. You are just crazy and trash.
💯 you read that nasty p**? Doesn’t even care to f*** with ped○philes while having kids 🤢 disgusting people
You need to stop that mess Slumb/ChickenTeriyaki/ Jinkx Whatever your other names. You and all your accounts are the nastiest pollution here. You are just crazy and trash. 💅🏾 Go tell yo other 100 + troll accounts. Y’all are delusional hot messsssssss
Just because YOU are using multiple accounts – as everybody knows – doesn’t mean we are all doing it h**. You are a troll p** and you can copy & paste what others are telling you as much as you want : nobody cares cause judging by your comments everywhere we ALL know who you are. Go eat some p*** D
How’s the illness, Jynkx? Ugly ass bástárd!
You can call me whatever name you want, that’s all you have when you get in trouble. Done using your Marilyn account? We see you 👀
We? It’s just you. And your multiple personalities.
LMAO 😂 you are the dumbest person I’ve ever seen Shayla. If you really could see the IP or anything else you wouldn’t call everybody Jynkx and somehow it’s great because that demonstrate to everyone how f***** up you are in your head 😂 thank you for making my name the most known here.
Bye Felicia 👋 Diva got stuff to do, Diva got d I c k s to suck, Diva got money to spend unlike your broke ghetto ass💅🏾 Go choke on some chicken bones already
How on earth can you say that about any precious child of god, do you not know how many blessings your knocking down and away from yourself!!!! That is just wrong, wrong, wrong & CHILDISH, grow up already!!!!
Someone needs to delete this person and these hateful comments on this beautiful babys picture. Are you blind? This baby is perfect and absolutely beautiful ❤️
Why in the “F” would SHE need a doula? She wasn’t pregnant the surrogate was. Weird
Your baby is absolutely beautiful ❤️ Congratulations to you and your family. May you have many years of blessings and happiness 🙏