Meghan McCain ecstatically announced over the weekend that she gave birth to her third child, a bouncing baby boy, this Friday.
The 41-year-old daughter of John McCain and her husband, political commentator Ben Domenech, already shared two daughters called Liberty, five, and Clover, two.
Now the couple have welcomed their first son into the world and given him a similarly unconventional name to those of their two little girls.
‘We are absolutely over the moon to share that our son Ransom McCain Domenech has finally arrived at the crack of dawn January 2nd at 9lbs 2 oz,’ the mother of three Meghan McCain wrote in her Instagram post breaking the news.
‘We are all blissed out over the moon. Everyone is happy, healthy and exhausted. We’re so grateful to the incredible doctors and medical staff who took such wonderful care of all of us,’ Meghan McCain continued.
‘Liberty and Clover couldn’t be more excited to have a baby brother. Our family is overwhelmed with blessings, thank you all for your kind words, well wishes and prayers! Our family is officially a party of 5.’
Her joyful message was accompanied by an Instagram album that included a snap of McCain and Domenech in the hospital cooing over their newborn.
Dominich held the swaddled baby next to McCain as she lay in her hospital bed, affectionately nuzzling the newest addition to her family.
She also posted a snapshot of little Ransom snoozing peacefully, apparently still in the hospital, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a little cap.
Meghan McCain announced her latest pregnancy on her podcast in June while interviewing Usha Vance, who herself has three children with JD Vance.
‘I hope you don’t mind – I wanted to let you in on something that is private that I haven’t talked about publicly yet,’ McCain told her guest, whom she had met for the first time just 20 minutes before they started recording.
She disclosed that she was expecting her third baby and had reached her second trimester – and also divulged she and Domenech were expecting a boy.
‘I’m very nervous about having a boy, and I’m very nervous about having three children. Very,’ McCain confessed to Usha.
The Second Lady responded by offering her some reassurance about the development, saying: ‘I love having three kids. I’m a huge proponent of it.’
JD and Usha have been married for 11 years and share two boys, eight-year-old Ewan and five-year-old Vivek, as well as a four-year-old daughter called Mirabel.
During the interview, McCain asked about raising boys, as she had heard they might be more boisterous – to which Usha confirmed her sons have ‘a lot of energy.’
McCain, who married Domenech two days before Thanksgiving 2017 on her family’s Arizona ranch, showered praise on him in November on their anniversary.
‘Happy 8th Anniversary to the love of my life @btdomenech,’ she wrote alongside a suite of romantic images showing the two of them together. ‘A decade together and three kids – there’s no one else I would do life with. I love you in my bones.’