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Chloe Melashas welcomed another bundle of joy!
The CNN reporter, 32, gave birth to her second child, son Luke Alessandro, on Friday, July 5, PEOPLE exclusively confirms.
Melas and husband Brian Mazza are already parents to son Leo, who turned 2 on July 3.
Melas, who announced her pregnancy in December 2018 along with asweet sex-reveal video, previouslyopened up to PEOPLEabout conceiving both her first and second sons via in vitro fertilization.
However, they learned thathe had a low sperm countand she had a reduced ovarian reserve, which means a lower-than-average egg count compared to most women her age.
“I was super depressed, crying all the time. I was convinced that we would never have children, that I would never carry my own child or have my own biological child,” Melas recalled.
The pair ultimately turned to medicated intrauterine insemination (IUI) to attempt to start their family, but had no luck after three rounds of the treatment.
Eventually, Melas and Mazza turned to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive Leo. (They did the same for their second child, after trying naturally for a few months and undergoing one more IUI treatment after Leo turned 1.)
“I just want everybody to know that it’s not always a happy journey to get the outcome that you want, but don’t give up, stay on the road, because the outcome is so worth it,” Melas said.
source: people.com
