CNN's Kasie Hunt Welcomes Second Baby at Home in the Bathroom After '13-Minute Sudden Labor'

Kasie Hunt and husband Matthew Mario Rivera.Photo: Casey Runck

Kasie Huntis officially a mom of two!

The couple welcomed daughter Grey Hunt Rivera on Wednesday, March 1, weighing 8 lbs., 4 oz. at birth.

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Kasie Hunt.Kasie Hunt and Matthew Mario Rivera’s daughter Grey.

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Kasie Hunt and Matthew Mario Rivera’s daughter Grey.

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“Grey is already showing us her independent streak. We were expecting her to arrive via a scheduled C-section on Thursday morning. She had other plans!” they tell PEOPLE.

“We’re so excited about life as a family of four — and reminded it’s going to be that much more unpredictable!”

Kasie Hunt and Matthew Mario Rivera’s son Mars and daughter Grey.Matt M. Rivera

Sharing thepregnancy newswith PEOPLE exclusively in December, Hunt said that Mars couldn’t “wait to be a big brother.”

Hunt revealed to PEOPLE in October 2021 that she underwenta four-hour operationthat month to remove a benign brain tumor. Hunt became aware of her diagnosis around the same time she began her role at CNN in August 2021.

“We are thrilled to be able to celebrate this after the health trials I had over the past year,” said Hunt. “Expanding the love in our lives is the perfect way to keep healing.”

“We have so much to be grateful for this holiday season,” she added.

Hunt and Rivera tied the knot in 2017 at Shenandoah Woods in Stanley, Virginia, after meeting while both worked NBC News in Washington.

source: people.com