‘90 Day Fiancé’ star Juliana Custodio gives birth to baby boy
Juliana Custodio has given birth to her first child, welcoming a baby boy named Benjamin with Ben Obscura on Tuesday.
“I can’t describe the feeling of finally having my baby in my arms and finally feel that I am a mother,” the “90 Day Fiancé” alum, 23, told her Instagram followers. “With all those feelings comes the fears too. Now it’s time to learn and grow with this little one.
“This is beyond a dream come true,” she continued. “I’m so blessed with this beautiful family I have.”
The new mom breast-fed her infant son at the hospital in her social media upload, noting that she had a “normal birth with no epidural.”
The model announced her pregnancy news in November 2021, one month after news broke that she and husband Michael Jessen had called it quits.
“So excited for our new adventure,” the then-expectant star told her Instagram followers at the time.
“Words aren’t enough to tell you how wonderful you are, I’m forever grateful for the happiness and joy you have brought into my life, and for mak[ing] one of my biggest dream[s] come true,” she continued. “I am the luckiest woman to be able to call you mine @ben_obscura.”
Custodio subsequently defended her milestone, writing via Instagram: “Pls: if you have nothing good to say, please just leave.”
In January, the Brazil native revealed that Obscura had proposed. One month after showing her sparkler and calling him her “future husband,” she filed for divorce from Jessen, 62.
Custodio and the former rower tied the knot in October 2019, which was documented on Season 7 of “90 Day Fiancé.”
Jessen confirmed their split with an Instagram post in October of the following year.
“Today is only our second wedding anniversary and, sadly, our last,” the Denmark native captioned his 2021 reveal. “Our marriage is a Covid-19 casualty that will not be showing up in any statistics.”
Jessen praised his estranged wife for “emerging healthier and stronger than ever,” noting that he needed more time “in intensive care.”
The ex-reality star concluded by writing that he did not “blame” Custodio for “wanting to leave” and was “happy” that she had “moved on and quickly found someone new.”
Custodio responded to this in her own post addressing their “toxic” marriage.
“You say I have found ‘someone new’ but the truth is, I found happiness within myself,” she wrote. “I left my life in Europe and career to live with you, because I loved you. But I love myself more, to the point to recognize I am important, and I want to be happy.”
