Burn victim Turia Pitt and her partner Michael Hoskin have welcomed their first child.
Pitt shared the news of her baby boy’s birth with friends and some members of the media by email.
The subject heading said “We’d like you to meet someone.”
“Michael and I want to introduce you to someone…Meet Hakavai Hoskin,” she wrote.
“We’ll be in this little newborn bubble for a few weeks but we wanted to pop our heads out for a moment to share the news directly with you. We are totally in love, and just so stoked!”
In 2011, Pitt received burns to 65 per cent of her body during an ultra-marathon in Western Australia and has spent the past six years recovering from her horrific injuries.
Through her remarkable journey, she gained hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide.
In the lead up to the birth last month, she discussed how she was about to endure a new element of pain.
“I’m not nervous, I’m ready for it. I’m really excited about giving birth. I’ve had a lot of pain through my experiences, and it’s pain which doesn’t have a meaning for it,” she said.
“But the day of the birth, yes it will be hard and intense but at the end of the day I’ll get a baby from the pain – and how cool is that?”
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– Written by Rekha Kulen
