Giuliana Rancic & Bill Rancic: Baby Boy Edward Duke Rancic Photo Covers Life & Style
September 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
The first photos of Giuliana Rancic and Bill Rancic’s newborn son born via gestational carrier in August cover Life & Style Magazine this week.
The cover says: “Bill and Giuliana: Meet Out Miracle Baby. Their emotional first week with Edward Duke, the son they so desperately wanted.”
The story’s about their first days as parents, following the baby shower that they also sold to Life & Style, with quotes from the mother and father about how they feel this baby completes their family after fertility struggles and health issues. Also, they talk about how they came up with their son’s name, Edward Duke Rancic.
“I had always heard that when you have a baby it completes your life and it’s true,” Giuliana tells Life & Style. “I love my baby and I love my new role.”
The ecstatic new parents posed with their son, they call him Duke, during the exclusive photo shoot at the Presidential Suite at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago on Sept. 9.
“Every day he’s changing; it’s just remarkable to see,” Bill, 41, tells Life & Style. “[He’s] got Giuliana’s dimples!”
Explaining how they came up with the name, Giuliana shares, “Edward is Bill’s late dad’s name and my dad’s name. It was a way to honor them. And Duke means leader.”
The E! News host is a natural at motherhood. “It’s amazing how maternal instincts have taken over, and Giuliana’s just supermom,” raves Bill. “It literally brought tears to my eyes the other day watching her with Duke.”
Bill teases his wife about how much she enjoys changing diapers. “I’d never changed more than a diaper or two in my life,” she laughs. “Now it’s like the littlest things that make me happy; happier than I’ve ever been.”
The arrival of their little bundle of joy was a long-awaited one. After years of struggles with infertility and IVF injections, Giuliana was diagnosed with breast cancer and in December 2011 underwent a double mastectomy. When she was told to delay trying to get pregnant again for at least five years, the couple found a surrogate and shortly after announced that they were expecting. Finally, 11 days before the Life & Style photo shoot, Duke made his triumphant debut via gestational carrier.
“I couldn’t believe that all those years of struggling and the tears actually paid off,” Giuliana admits. “Every shot, every doctor’s visit; in the end, when you’re holding your baby in your arms, you forget it all, and it’s worth it.” – via Life & Style Magazine.
IMAGE CREDIT – LIFE & STYLE MAGAZINE
