An emotional Erin Andrews opened up about the new “man” in her life — her son, Mack.
“He came fast. My man was ready, so he’s got a good little head on him,” the sportscaster shared on the “Today” show Friday morning.
Pvnew exclusively reported that Andrews and her husband, Jarret Stoll, welcomed their first child via surrogate on June 28 after a decade-long journey with IVF.
While talking to “Today” co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, the former “Dancing With the Stars” co-host credited her “amazing” surrogate for giving her and Stoll their baby boy.
“Our whole journey with our surrogate and her family was incredible,” Andrews said, adding that both she and her surrogate cried when Mack was born.
Andrews detailed his birth on Friday’s “Calm Down With Erin and Charissa” podcast episode, saying there was ” a little bit of an emergency in the delivery room.”
She explained that since the surrogate “dilated really fast,” there were concerns about the baby’s heartbeat as he “dropped” into the birth canal.
“I had my head facing the wall because I didn’t want to be in the way,” Andrews recalled. “All of the sudden, a nurse grabbed me and said, ‘[The surrogate] wants to hold your hand.’
“At that moment, Jarrett and I turned into the biggest sports fans,” she continued. “‘Come you, you can do this! You’ve got this girl!'”
Ever since bringing Mack home two weeks ago, the 45-year-old joked on “Today” that she and the former NHL player, 41, have been competing with their baby skills.
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“It’s great, and luckily this is my off-season and my husband’s off-season, too. … Look, we have a competitive household with Jarret and myself, so I’ll do the diaper because we both want to nail it.”
Andrews did admit that she is the better at swaddling while Stoll is more successful at burping Mack.
Given that she has been a mom only for a couple of weeks, the TV personality could not speak to how motherhood had changed her so far, but she did share what she hopes will happen.
“I hope it makes me take a huge breath,” she said. “‘All right, chill out, you don’t want this baby to feel this.'”
Andrews previously said her experience with IVF was the “most challenging” part of her life — but she shared on the morning show that she ultimately went public with it because she thought it might help others struggling with fertility.
“For so long I just wanted to be quiet about it, but then you look around, these [fertility clinics] are packed,” she said. “You’re not the only one going through this.”
