Following the ᴘᴀssɪɴɢ ᴏғ a set of twin boys, Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez unveiled some adorable pictures of their newborn daughter.
The Manchester United superstar and the Argentine-Spanish model, who he met in 2016, welcomed Bella Esmeralda into the world on April 18, hours after they ᴛʀᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴏsᴛ their newborn son, Bella’s twin brother. His newborn daughter and fifth child last weekend, captioning the black-and-white image with: “Forever Love…” along with a heart and prayer emoji.
The Manchester United star, 37, and his girlfriend ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ in October they were expecting twins, with Georgina giving birth to a boy and a girl in April. The pair had ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ the sᴇx of their children in December with a celebratory gender reveal party.
However, their newborn son did not sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ the delivery. During their incredible ʟᴏss, Cristiano and Georgina have been keeping fans updated on social media, including a poignant post where the sports star thanked his 436million followers for their ‘kind words and gestures’.
Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-four wrote simply: ‘Bella Esmeralda 💚,’ along with her date of birth: April 18, 2022. One sweet snap shows baby Bella asleep with a smile on her face, wrapped up warm in white-and-pink clothes and covered in a blanket, while another shows her flat on her back, sleeping in a pink cardigan.
The gorgeous post resulted in an outpouring of love for the new parents, having garnered close to 4 million likes in a matter of hours. Cristiano and Georgina share daughter Alana, three, and Cristiano is also father to Cristiano Jnr, 11, and twins Eva and Mateo, four, who he had via unknown sᴜʀʀᴏɢᴀᴛᴇs in the United States.
Last month, the couple ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ the ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛɪɴg news that they had ʟᴏsᴛ their son with a statement via social media.
They wrote: ‘It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. It is the ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴘᴀɪɴ that any parent can feel. Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness. We would like to thank the doctors and nurses for all their expert care and support. We are all ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴏss and we kindly ask for privacy at this very difficult time.’
Portugese footballer Cristiano later shared a sweet photograph of him holding his baby girl, with her curled up asleep in his arms.He captioned the post: ‘Forever Love,’ followed by a praying hands and heart emoji.