The Bachelor alum Bekah Martinez and her fiance Grayston Leonard have welcomed their third child together, a baby boy.
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"Born on the morning of his daddy's birthday, September 28th," Bekah captioned the post.
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Bekah had the song "Little Green Apples" by Roger Miller playing in the background.
Former Dancing with the Stars contestant Rumer Willis commented, "Welcome sweet one," and The Bachelor alum Lauren Burnham gushed, "Awwwww. Congrats."
Married at First Sight alum Jamie Otis also chimed in, telling Bekah and Grayston "congratulations" on their third baby.
Bekah and Grayston announced they were expecting Baby No. 3 in late April. Bekah broke the news by uploading a creative video of claymation in which clay figures -- representing members of her immediate family -- found out about the pregnancy for the first time.
Bekah, who competed on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of The Bachelor, began dating Grayston in 2018.
After dating for four years, Bekah announced her engagement to Grayston in July 2022.
"YES," Bekah captioned photos of the couple cuddling and showing off the engagement ring, later adding, "I CAN FINALLY STOP CALLING THIS MAN MY BOYFRIEND!!!!!... SO in love with my ring, it's more beautiful than I could have ever imagined."
Grayston apparently proposed marriage with a heart-shaped diamond and thick gold band.
Bekah actually rejected Grayston's first marriage proposal three years prior, not long after they welcomed Ruth together in February 2019.
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"My boyfriend and I got pregnant only three months into dating in 2018. So, we barely knew each other. The whole pregnancy was really difficult and really not fun. We were both really pissed at each other for a number of reasons," Bekah explained in TikTok video she posted in Summer 2022.
"And immediately when [Ruth] was born, so much of our stress and anxiety and resentment that had been happening throughout the pregnancy kind of faded away. And I felt like, 'This is the first time where we really got a chance to fall in love with each other.'"
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Bekah said Grayston popped the question for the first time "only two weeks later," the day after Valentine's Day.
"And I was like, 'This is so sweet but now is just not the time. I'm still super hormonal. I'm in the thick of postpartum,'" she admitted at the time. "And also, like, our relationship still wasn't in the best place. We had a lot to sort through, a lot we had to talk through."
Bekah confirmed, "I also didn't want our engagement and our marriage to be just because we had a baby."
On the contrary, Bekah wanted those major life milestones to be "special" and a "commitment" they both truly wanted to make to each other -- just between the two of them and "not having anything to with our kids."
Bekah shared how she felt ready to say "yes" after giving birth to their second child, Franklin, in June 2020 and going to couple's therapy.
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"We've talked before about, like, I want to get married, but like, 'I don't know if I want to have sex with you for the rest of my life,'" Bekah said on the "Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast."
She added, "And so we've talked about that maybe one day we'd have an open relationship."
Bekah pointed out how Grayston was "possibly open" to the atypical arrangement.
"He's not that jealous," Bekah insisted, adding how they'd always remain united, no matter what. "We have two kids together and we live together and love each other."
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In July 2018, Bekah revealed she decided against appearing on Bachelor in Paradise's fifth season because she had met a man, Grayston -- who owns the rock-climbing gym where she climbs -- in February of that year.
Bekah then revealed in September 2018 she was already 20 weeks pregnant with Baby No. 1 and the pregnancy was unplanned.
Given Bekah gave birth to Ruth in early February 2019, she was "shocked" to discover she was expecting again later that year.
Bekah announced on Thanksgiving 2019 that she was expecting her second child by posting a photo on Instagram in which she and Grayston were holding up a sonogram image while Bekah balanced Ruth on her hip.
Bekah and Grayston then welcomed a son into the world in Spring 2020.
"He's. HERE. Born blissfully in our living room at 2:52am, June 19th. 7lbs, 8oz," Bekah captioned Instagram photos of the newborn and her sweet family at the time, including a couple personal photos of Bekah giving birth in an inflated bath tub.
Bekah waited another week to publicly announce her son's name, Franklin.
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