Bachelorette alum Emily Maynard Johnson announces birth of son Jones who has Down syndrome - Daily Mail

Former Bachelorette Emily Maynard Johnson announced this week that she has fixed commencement to a lad named Jones who has Down syndrome.

Emily, 36, became a parent for the sixth clip connected August 31 erstwhile she welcomed Jones with her hubby Tyler Johnson.

She told People she 'was successful shock' erstwhile she was told her lad had Down syndrome, arsenic good arsenic a uncommon congenital colon abnormality. However, though 'looking backmost connected my life, a batch of things happened that I wouldn't person planned,' she reflected that 'I wouldn't alteration my beingness for anything. And I wouldn't commercialized Jones for immoderate babe successful the world.'

Emily changeable to fame successful 2011 connected play 15 of The Bachelor, erstwhile she competed successfully for the affections of the dashing Texas barroom proprietor Brad Womack.

At that constituent she already had her girl Ricki, present 17, by her precocious fiancé Ricky Hendrick, a NASCAR operator who died successful a level clang portion Emily was pregnant. 

She and Brad broke up successful 2011 and she subsequently became The Bachelorette, selecting Jef Holm astatine the extremity of her season.

Emily and Jef broke up successful 2012 and 2 years aboriginal she tied the knot with Tyler astatine his family's picturesque workplace successful South Carolina.

After getting married, Tyler and Emily rapidly welcomed 4 children - Jennings, seven, Gibson, six, Gaitlin, four, and Nola, 2 - earlier Jones.

While she was large with Nola, Emily was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which she antecedently had successful precocious school.

Emily was thunderstruck aft Jones was calved erstwhile she was informed of his aesculapian issues, which had not been 'on my radar astatine all. And I refused to judge it. I conscionable wanted to clasp him and for everything to beryllium okay.'

Jones had to person country and walk a period successful neonatal intensive attraction - a wallop his parent described arsenic 'devastating.'

She shared: 'I was conscionable grieving each of it and that the acquisition was truthful antithetic from what I had expected.  

'Waking up the adjacent greeting proceeding each the babies crying down the hallway portion I was successful the country alone, it wounded truthful much.' 

Ricki was 'my champion buddy done everything. When I was successful the infirmary she sent maine 47 roses to correspond Jones' 47 chromosomes.'

After 'sweet and smiley' Jones came location from the hospital, Emily recovered him to beryllium 'the easiest babe and he's conscionable been our biggest blessing.'

She acknowledged: 'I'm inactive learning astir Down syndrome, but I'm trying to besides conscionable acquisition Jones arsenic Jones and not arsenic antithetic than immoderate of the different kids.'

Emily reflected: 'I americium truthful grateful. But I'm inactive connected my travel of processing everything. And I person to spot that it volition each crook retired alright.'

Taking the quality to her Instagram page, she wrote: 'SURPRISE! On August 31st, Tyler and I welcomed our saccharine son, Jones West Johnson, into the world.'

She declared: 'During my country we learned that helium was calved with Down Syndrome, and portion it was surely a surprise, we person truthful overmuch bid successful God’s cleanable program and cognize Jones is going to beryllium a blessing to our family.'

Emily explained: 'He was successful the NICU for a small implicit a period and is thankfully present location successful each the chaos and we couldn’t emotion him more.'

She expressed her gratitude to Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital successful Charlotte, North Carolina 'for each that you did for our family. Im truthful blessed to yet stock the quality and tin stock each the pictures with you guys! He’s perfectly the cherry connected top!'