{"id":873014,"date":"2026-08-29T19:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873014\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:58:19","slug":"matt-and-abby-howard-welcome-third-son-after-tragic-pregnancy-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873014\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt and Abby Howard welcome third son after tragic pregnancy loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Influencers Matt and Abby Howard<\/a> have revealed the name of their newborn son, sharing some happy news with fans after a heartbreaking pregnancy loss last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to the family<\/a>, Fischer,\u201d Abby, 27, wrote on Instagram alongside a video documenting the lead-up to his birth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Influencers Matt and Abby Howard have revealed the name of their newborn son.\u00a0Instagram\/@abbyelizabethoward<\/p>\n

Followers flooded the comments to congratulate the couple, with Fischer\u2019s name proving an instant hit with fans. He joins big brothers Griffin, 4, and August, 3.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Abby shared an emotional video detailing the arrival of Fischer \u2013 who weighed about 3.9kg \u2013 after a successful vaginal birth following a previous caesarean.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy redemptive birth,\u201d she captioned the clip, which showed her experiencing contractions and later crying tears of relief after asking doctors if her newborn was safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy you\u2019re here,\u201d she told her baby as she held him for the first time.<\/p>\n

Fischer\u2019s arrival comes nearly a year after the couple lost their daughter, Emerson, roughly halfway through Abby\u2019s previous pregnancy in September 2025.<\/p>\n

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The couple shared the loss of their baby girl on Instagram last year.\u00a0Instagram\/@abbyelizabethoward<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a routine pregnancy appointment<\/a>, our doctor could not find a heartbeat,\u201d they shared on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly after, they sent us in for an ultrasound where the technician said words we will never forget: \u2018I am so sorry, I do not have good news.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

During that appointment, they learned they were expecting a girl who had tragically passed away at around 17 weeks gestation due to a genetic condition.<\/p>\n

The couple have been together since their teens, first meeting when they were 13 and 14 in their hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n

They began dating in 2016 and later attended Missouri State University together before Matt proposed at Disney World in 2018.<\/p>\n

They married the following year while still at university and have since built a major social media following documenting their marriage and family life.<\/p>\n

Anyone having trouble coping with pregnancy or new parenthood, or wanting to help someone who may be struggling, can visit\u00a0panda.org.au or call the\u00a0PANDA<\/a>\u00a0Helpline on 1300 726 306.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Influencers Matt and Abby Howard have revealed the name of their newborn son, sharing some happy news with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-873014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}