Nikki Bella and former Strictly star Artem Chigvintsev welcome their first child

Nikki Bella and former Strictly star Artem Chigvintsev welcome their first child

Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvinstev have welcomed their first child together, a day before her twin sister Brie Bella welcomed her second child.

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Artem, 38, met Nikki when they were partnered together on the US version of the BBC dance show, Dancing With The Stars.

Nikki is a former WWE wrestler who now stars in her own reality show, Total Bellas, with her sister Brie.

She announced the arrival of her son on Instagram on Sunday, saying that the little boy was born on Friday.

Nikki posted on the social media site to her 9.5 million followers: “7/31/2020 Our baby boy is here and we couldn’t be HAPPIER and more in LOVE! Everyone is safe and healthy.”

Artem also posted his own announcement, praising the baby’s mother: “7/31/2020 please welcome our precious baby boy Chigvintsev proud of my love @thenikkibella.

The first time parents shared a snap of their newborn son’s tiny hand with the announcement.

The 36[year-old retired WWE star gave birth to her baby boy 24 hours before her twin sister Brie gave birth to her son, her second child with husband Daniel Bryan.

Nikki and Artem got engaged in November 2019, during a trip to France, two years after being partnered together in the US dance series.

She announced her pregnancy in January, alongside sister Brie, saying that their due dates were two weeks apart.

Speaking to PEOPLE at the time, Nikki said: “I can’t believe I’m going to be a mom soon.

“I’m going to have this person to take care of for the rest of their life and help them do the right things and just show them the way of the world. That’s amazing!”

Nikki added: “It’s something I’ve dreamed of my whole life.”

They have documented their pregnancies on their YouTube channel and in a May episode of The Bellas Podcast, Nikki revealed that there had been a “heart scare” during a doctor’s appointment.

Nikki said: “Artem and I had to drive to LA to get our baby double-checked because [my doctors] thought they saw something in our baby’s heart.

“Everything came out great, which we were so blessed and happy about.”

Nikki continued to sat that she’s “so grateful to God that the baby’s very healthy.”