The newborn boy’s name hasn’t yet been shared with fans, but the couple’s midwife, Lindsey Meehleis, revealed that he was born at home in a birth pool, the same way as Emeline almost two years before,according toToday.
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“Exactly one month before Emmy’s second birthday… the sun rose and they knew this day would be different. An overwhelming feeling of joy started to fill a valley of deep grief and sadness,” Meehleis told the morning show.
Bode, 40, and Morgan, 31, are also parents to 3-year-old son Nash Skan, and Miller is also a father to two children from previous relationships: son Samuel, 5, and daughter Neesyn, 10.
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Bode Miller and daughter Emeline
TheMillers shared news of Morgan’s third pregnancyon Instagram in April, about two months before Emeline drowned in a pool in the Coto de Caza neighborhood of Orange County, California, on June 9 after the infant slipped through a back door and fell in the water. Emeline was in the pool for approximately 30 seconds before Morgan discovered her.
While Bode was not present when the accidental drowning took place, Morgan was just steps away inside of the home when their daughter went “missing for just a short amount of time.”
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In August, Morgan opened up about her final moments with Emeline, and shared aphoto of herselfcradling her late daughter in her arms at the hospital. “I wish I could have one more day to hold you, but until that day comes, continue to work through me and give me the strength to bring awareness, my love,” the grieving mother wrote. “I told youas I held you in this momentthat you could still change the world, you could still move mountains.”
Since Emeline’s death, Bode and Morgan continue to be dedicated tospreading awareness of water safety.
During an interviewwith CBS Newsin late August, Bode explained that part of their journey has been “removing the stigma” surrounding the loss of a child, and to make it easier to have an “open conversation” not only with each otherbut with others who haveexperienced similar tragedies.
“We have people come up to us [where] it’s really hard [for them] to address [us]. They don’t know what to say, they don’t want to cause you more pain and they don’t want to dodge around the subject,” he said, adding, “but the fact is, breaking that stigma and making ita conversation that you can havewith parents who have, unfortunately, experienced it firsthand is one of those really important steps.”
“It’s an open conversation where you know that laughing and joking doesn’t mean it’s gone … it’s just part of our lives now,” Bode continued.
During aTodayshow sit-down, Morgan explained that while drowning is always a concern, “the intensity behind the conversation” isn’t strong enough.
“It is 100 percent preventable,” she pleaded. “You need to think of water completely differently. We’re sitting here and I’m looking outside at my pool and that is a lion. That is a kidnapper. That is something that can take my child in 30 seconds. And the moment those 30 seconds are up, the likelihood of you getting your child back is pretty close to zero.”
source: people.com
