Burns survivor Sophie Delezio welcomed her first child with her fiancé Joseph Salerno on Friday.
The double car crash victim, 23, took to Instagram to announce the jovial news as they shared a sweet picture of their newborn son – and revealed his adorable name.
They previously confirmed they were set to welcome a baby boy and on Friday she gave birth to their bundle of joy.
”Welcome to the world, Frankie. Our hearts are so full,’ Sophie wrote next to a photo of her hand holding her bub, and added a blue love heart to confirm it was a boy.
They were quickly flooded with congratulatory messages from their friends and loved ones as they celebrated their exciting news.
‘Oh my gosh!!! Frankie!!!’ gushed heavily pregnant reality star Alisha Aitken-Radburn.
Meanwhile, celebrity disability advocate Carly Findlay wrote, ‘Congrats’ and Bree Lenehan added: ‘Awh!! Congratulations, you did it mama! Enjoy the newborn bubble.’
Just weeks before welcoming her first child, Sophie had confirmed she was set to have a baby boy as she hosted a gender reveal party.
Sophie Delezio welcomed her first child with her fiancé Joseph Salerno on Friday. Both pictured
She shared a video of the moment she popped confetti to reveal she was having a son, with Sophie looking thrilled over the news.
‘It’s a… BOY!! We can’t wait to welcome you to the world little man! Your mum and dad are so excited to meet you,’ she gushed in a caption at the time.
‘@thetroseph and I are beyond grateful for the love, laughter, and amazing memories made with friends and family near and far. Our little bubba is already so loved.’
Sophie shared the wonderful news of her pregnancy on social media in April alongside a gallery of celebratory images.
The double car crash survivor, 23, took to Instagram to announce the jovial news as they shared a sweet picture with their newborn son – and revealed his adorable name
They previously confirmed they were set to welcome a baby boy and on Friday she gave birth to their bundle of joy
In the first picture, Sophie and her partner Joseph were seen proudly posing on the beach in Sydney’s Manly.
The couple look elated as they both cradle Sophie’s growing baby bump.
‘The greatest gift of all coming in September!’ she wrote alongside a baby face and heart emoji.
Sophie has been in a longtime relationship with her partner and childhood friend Joseph and the pair got engaged in April last year.
He popped the question on Valentine’s Day in a surprise proposal, after he made her a scrapbook with a photograph of a ring on the final page.
‘I had no idea,’ Sophie told The n Women’s Weekly at the time.
‘Our go-to song is “Be My Baby” so I just asked if Sophie would be my baby and luckily she ticked the box on the back of the scrapbook that said yes,’ Joseph added.
The couple first met in a swimming class when she was six years old before the pair eventually became close in high school when she was 14.
The two then reconnected after Sophie moved back to Sydney in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and they became a couple in 2021.
Sophie shared the wonderful news of her pregnancy on social media in April and confirmed she was set to welcome a baby boy just months later
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rallied around Sophie when a car crashed through the window of her daycare in 2003 when she was two, trapping her underneath.
Burns covered 85 per cent of her body after the tragedy, which also took both of her feet, several fingers and her right ear.
Three years later, tragedy struck again when the five-year-old was hit by a car near her home in Sydney’s northern beaches while out with her nanny.
The impact launched her 18 metres out of her wheelchair, leaving her with a broken jaw, broken collarbone, nine broken ribs, punctured lungs, two fractured vertebrae and a brain injury.
Sophie suffered a heart attack during the ordeal and doctors at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick asked her family twice if they would like to turn off her life support.
She made another remarkable recovery and only a month later she left the hospital and went back to school.