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Tommy Vietor

Tommy Vietorand wife Hanna are welcoming a new member to the family and reflecting on the “worst and best year of our lives.”

“After a few scary days and nights in the NICU, our perfect little girl is now happy and home with us,” the podcaster revealed. “Some of you might be thinking, ‘What? You guys were pregnant??’ Trust me, we were as surprised as you are.”

Vietor, 42, shared that his wife “miraculously” got pregnant just a few months after they suffered apregnancy losswith their daughter Margot at 24 weeks.

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“We are eternally gratefully [sic] to the team at Cedars-Sinai for taking care of us. Doctors are great, but the nurses are angels,” he acknowledged.

“This has been both the worst and best year of our lives,” Vietor added. “We still think about and miss Margot every day.”

“The strength Hanna has shown in the face of endless procedures and unimaginable loss will never cease to amaze me, but we survived it all because we have the kindest, most loving family and friends imaginable,” he continued. “We are so excited for you to meet Lizzy. We think she’s pretty cute.”

The former spokesperson for PresidentBarack Obamashared the heartbreaking news of the couple’s pregnancy loss in January.

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Later, Vietor concluded, “We know this is going to get worse before it gets better, so Hanna and I are going to step away from the world for a while, seek a lot of help, and try to put each other back together.”

source: people.com