Ryan SerhantandEmilia Bechrakishave welcomed their first child.

TheMillion Dollar Listing New Yorkstar announced via Instagram on Sunday that he and his wife of nearly three years welcomed their daughter on Feb. 26. In the emotional post, Serhant detailed theyears-long journeyit took for them to get pregnant.

“To my daughter,” the reality star, 34,wrotealongside a sweet shot of the couple cradling their newborn in the hospital. “Your momma and I have waited almost 3 years to meet you.”

“We had no idea how difficult getting pregnant with you was going to be,” Serhant wrote. “We tried everything. We were so nervous you might never come. When we finally decided to tryIVF, we were so scared it wouldn’t work. And then you stuck. And then we heard your little heartbeat for the first time. Your mom and I were so excited every time we would go to the hospital to see you, but even more terrified we would lose you.”

Continuing, Serhant added, “Because the fact that we were pregnant — as beautiful as it was — was almost too good to be true. And because of that fear, we loved you as hard as we could from the moment we knew you existed. We thought if we put that love for you out there, you would hear it, and you would make it. I watched you grow slowly with your momma every day, waiting for the moment I would finally meet you.”

As he wrapped up his heartfelt note to his daughter, Serhant added, “I feel like I’ve spent my whole life working towards this moment, when everything would make sense.”

“One day when you read this, I hope you can look back and be proud. And please go and give your Mom a BIG kiss because she’s a true warrior, a fighter with the biggest heart, and the Queen of my world. Seriously — one day we will tell you about all the shots, the pain, the sickness, and what birth was like for your Mom on Tuesday the 26th — it was insane! We love you now and forever, our new, beautiful, little puff,” he wrote, concluding the heartfelt post.

Sharing her ownhospital snapshot, Bechrakis wrote that she still “can’t find the perfect words to describe how madly in love I am.”

“I have waited to exhale for months. It took a long, painful journey to meet you. From the first time we heard your heart I instantly wanted to cocoon you and protect you from the world. I talked to you every single day for 41 long weeks, begging you to ‘stick’. (Until the last two weeks I begged you to stop kicking my ribs so hard with those big feet and come out!),” Bechrakis wrote. “I told you every day how much I love you. I rubbed my belly and cherished every single movement, as any sign that you were listening. Every night, I prayed with all my soul that you were healthy and thanked God for the miracle that you are.”

In September,Page Sixwas the first to report the happy news that Serhant and Bechrakis were expecting their first child.

The couple, whomarried in July 2016 on the island of Corfuin Greece, have been undergoing fertility treatments throughout the most recent season.

The luxury realtor seemed to hint at the news onhis Instagram accountin late August while vacationing with his wife in Greece.

Bechrakis notably hid her stomach while lounging on a flamingo float,in a photo postedto her Instagram account.

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The pair have been open about their wish to start a family. “I’ve been looking forward to being a mom but I just always expected that it was going to be easy,” Bechrakis, a lawyer, said in the season 7 trailer.

He continued, “I’m 33. She’s 32. We’ve been to doctors. We’ve been checked out and we’re both fine. So we’re now at the point where if we want to start a family,the next steps are to do IVF.”

The teaser for the season 7 finale gave the biggest hint, however. At the end, Bechrakis can be seen smiling and handing Serhant a small cardboard box. He opens it, looks inside, and says simply, “Oh, man.”

source: people.com