India Oxenberg Is a Mom! Podcaster Welcomes First Baby, a Daughter, with Husband Patrick D'Ignazio

The podcaster and author, a survivor of the NXIVM cult, welcomed her first baby with husband Patrick D'Ignazio

<p>Phillip Faraone/Getty;India Oxenberg/Instagram</p> India Oxenberg and baby

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India Oxenberg and baby

India Oxenberg is a mom!

The podcaster and author, who's a survivor of the NXIVM cult, has welcomed her first baby, a daughter, with her husband Patrick D'Ignazio. She shared the exciting news with an Instagram Reel set to "Baby Love" by The Supremes.

The new mom, 33, showed off a few quick clips in the video, including her newborn lying on her lap, her Baby Buddha breastfeeding machine and a lit candle that reads, "motherhood."

"Baby??," she wrote over the Reel, adding "Bubble ??" in her caption.

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Back in March, Oxenberg spoke to PEOPLE about how she initially discovered she was expecting.

When her mother, Catherine Oxenberg, got married in October, the former Dynasty actress had an important message for her daughter. "Literally at her wedding, she was like, 'Alright, so have a baby!'" she told PEOPLE.

India and her husband of just over three years had talked about starting a family but "we were waiting for both of us to feel settled," said India, who launched her podcast Still Learning last year.

The two recently bought a home in Key West, where D'Ignazio, a chef, opened his restaurant Eaton Good. Finally, "We were like, 'Okay, I think we're ready now."

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<p>Phillip Faraone/Getty</p> Catherine Oxenberg and India Oxenberg

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Catherine Oxenberg and India Oxenberg

Not long after her mom's nudge, India began feeling nauseous and missed her period. The day after Thanksgiving, she decided to take a pregnancy test.

"And I ended up taking three tests, back-to-back, and they all came out positive," India recalled. "I couldn't believe it."

"I felt really emotional about it, and really blessed, and just like, 'Wow, this really is something that I've always wanted, that I in a way told myself I didn't want for so long,' " said India, whose memoir, Still Learning, was released in 2021. "Because it was so vulnerable to think about having my own family, and what that means to me."

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