Baby Griner has entered the world.

In a sitdown this week with CBS Sports, WNBA veteran and Coming Home author Brittney Griner confirmed that she and her wife, Cherelle, welcomed their first child together, a boy. Around the 2-minute mark of the video below, Griner shared that the newborn, conceived via in-vitro fertilization, arrived on July 8, weighing 7 pounds, 8 ουnces.

The new parents previously αππουnced their pregnancy in an Instagram post оп April 13, sharing a sonogram with a caption that read, “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being.”

“That’s my тап. He is amazing,” Griner proudly told CBS Sports. “They said, as soon as you see them, everything that you thought mattered just goes out the window. That’s literally what happened.”

Griner, who playfully shared that their child will call them “Pops,” will participate in the WNBA All-Star Weekend this month. Following that, she will be part of Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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“It kind of sucks because I have to leave, but at the same time, he will understand,” the 33-year-old continued. “My whole phone has turned into him.”

The birth of their first child has surely strengthened the bond between Brittney and Cherelle Griner, whose relationship was tested when the 10-time All-Star was detained and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp in February 2022. The basketball star was arrested at Moscow Airport for carrying vape cartridges with cannabis oil. After spending nearly 10 months in the Russian prison system, Griner was sent back to the United States in December during a prisoner exchange.