{"id":368835,"date":"2025-12-24T12:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368835\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:35:15","slug":"jesinta-franklin-shares-her-joy-after-welcoming-her-third-child-with-afl-star-husband-buddy-my-heart-feels-like-it-could-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368835\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesinta Franklin shares her joy after welcoming her third child with AFL star husband Buddy: ‘My heart feels like it could burst’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JIMMY BRIGGS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 12:12 GMT, 24 December 2025 | Updated: 12:12 GMT, 24 December 2025 <\/p>\n

AFL star Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin and his wife Jesinta have welcomed their third child on the Gold Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jesinta, 34, confirmed the exciting news on social media on Wednesday night by sharing a precious gallery of photos.<\/p>\n

One adorable black-and-white picture captured the couple happily posing in a mirror selfie as Buddy, 38, tenderly cradled their newborn in his arms.<\/p>\n

Another photo showed the infant resting peacefully with Jesinta, who lovingly held onto her baby.<\/p>\n

The glamorous model captioned the gallery with some exciting words: ‘My heart feels like it could burst.<\/p>\n

‘Home for Christmas<\/a> with the most special gift of all.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

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AFL star Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin and his wife Jesinta have welcomed their third child. Jesinta confirmed the exciting news on social media on Wednesday night by sharing a precious gallery of photos<\/p>\n

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One\u00a0photo showed the newborn resting peacefully with Jesinta, who lovingly held onto her baby<\/p>\n

The proud parents are yet to reveal the baby’s name or gender.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of Jesinta’s celebrity friends took to the comments section to offer their well wishes.<\/p>\n

‘Oh Jesinta! Bless. What a beautiful share. Congratulations to you and your family. Xx,’ gushed model Yendi Amira Phillipps.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tammy Hembrow and Steph Claire Smith shared love heart emojis.<\/p>\n

Jesinta recently opened up about the downside of pregnancy as she prepared to welcome baby number three.<\/a><\/p>\n

The model and her husband Lance, 38, are already proud parents to daughter Tullulah, five, and son Rocky, four.<\/p>\n

Speaking to 7News at the event, she admitted that her pregnancy had not always been plain sailing.<\/p>\n

‘I spent about 10 weeks on the couch and that was pretty hard,’ Jesinta said.<\/p>\n

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Jesinta’s celebrity friends were quick to offer their well wishes<\/p>\n

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The model and her husband Lance are already proud parents to daughter Tullulah, five, and son Rocky, four<\/p>\n

Jesinta added that she was ‘grateful’ to have got through what had been a hard first trimester.<\/p>\n

‘I am so grateful and thankful, but it’s nice to have come out on the other side,’ she said.<\/p>\n

It was a similar sentiment that Jesinta shared after announcing her impending arrival.<\/p>\n

She admitted on her Instagram Stories that the last few months had been taxing.<\/p>\n

‘Looks cute, but this person has given me a rough time the last couple of months,’ she wrote alongside three sick face emojis.<\/p>\n

‘Sadly I’m not someone who thrives when they are pregnant.’<\/p>\n

In another slide, the model shared a candid selfie pretending to be asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jesinta announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post in early June.<\/p>\n

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