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- Mayci Neeley has welcomed her third baby — a girl
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star and her husband Jacob Neeley also share a 4-year-old daughter Harlow, and Mayci is a mom to son Hudson, 9
- “Our girl is here and our hearts are so full💖,” Mayci captioned a post announcing her newborn’s arrival on July 26
Mayci Neeley has expanded her family!
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 30, welcomed her third baby, a girl, she announced through an Instagram post shared on Saturday, July 26.
Mayci shares her newborn with husband Jacob Neeley, as well as daughter Harlow, 4. She is also a mom to son Hudson, 9.
“Our girl is here and our hearts are so full💖,” Mayci wrote alongside a series of photos of herself and Jacob with their baby girl in the hospital.
Jacob, for his part, also shared a sweet photograph of himself, his wife and their latest addition, writing in his own caption: “She is gonna be loved 🩷.”
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Leading up to their baby’s birth, Mayci and Jacob shared fun videos on social media of themselves in the hospital, recreating some viral trends.
In one video, the pair danced together to YouTube star Starrkeisha’s viral hit “Baby Momma.” In another, Jacob “interviews” Mayci about how she’s feeling, while she lip syncs to a viral sound of Cardi B saying “I’m feeling good, I’m feeling nervous, overwhelmed, everything.”
Mayci exclusively announced her pregnancy with PEOPLE back in February. She previously shared her journey with in-vitro fertilization (IVF) on social media.
“It’s been really exciting. I think when you do IVF, it’s not a fun process. Usually, you tell your friends and family that you’re doing it, so there are no secrets or surprises. We decided this time not to share it with anyone, not even our family,” Mayci told PEOPLE at the time.
“It’s been really fun being able to surprise people and have more of a normal experience as far as sharing the news. It’s been really fun for us to keep it a secret a bit longer,” she continued.
“My kids are so excited to have a sibling,” added the reality star. “They already fight over whose baby it is, which is so funny. My daughter, she’s like, ‘It’s my baby!’ and my son’s like, ‘No, it’s our baby.’ They fight over who is going to change diapers and I’m like, ‘Great, I’ve got some little helpers.’ I’m excited for them, for all of us.”
Mayci balances her influencer life, her wellness brand Babymama and raising her family with her time as a SLOMW cast member.
In season two, which premiered on Hulu in May, Mayci shared her IVF journey and pregnancy with MomTok and viewers. She was one of three women in the group who were pregnant at the same time, alongside Jennifer Affleck and Mikayla Matthews.
“Mikayla and I are best friends. We’re super, super close. She told me she was pregnant over FaceTime, but she didn’t know I was pregnant,” Mayci previously told PEOPLE. “We were still hiding it, so it was super cool for me to be freaking out to myself. We’d talked about getting pregnant together for two years, so it was really cool that it actually happened.”
Still, she also found some things about filming the show while pregnant “hard,” as she explained, “When you’re pregnant, you’re insecure. Your body’s changing, your face is changing, and so I feel like that’s a part that hasn’t really hit me yet.”
She added that it was “definitely tough” to do IVF while filming.
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