Halli Makennah Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell Lane

After which there have been three!

Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell Lane welcomed their first child, son Dutton Walker Lane, on Tuesday, June 8 in Nashville, Tennessee, they verify to PEOPLE completely.

Born at 11:12 a.m., Dutton weighed in at 9 lbs. and measured 19.5 inches lengthy.

“Everybody within the room, together with Lauren and me, had been shocked we had a 9-pound child! Undecided the place he was hiding in her stomach?!” the nation singer, 36, jokes to PEOPLE. On a extra severe observe, “Watching Lauren undergo the birthing course of – from the start to the second she delivered – was essentially the most unimaginable factor I’ve ever witnessed. I skilled an emotion I’ve by no means felt earlier than.”

Provides Lauren, 31: “I’ve by no means felt a right away unconditional love like I now have for Dutton. And going by way of this expertise with Chris has made me love and admire him much more … I did not suppose that was doable!”

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And very like his hit “Huge, Huge Plans” was written for his proposal to his now-wife, Chris has additionally penned a brand new tune for his new child son.

“I have been ready to satisfy Dutton for 9 months now, and the best approach for me personally to explain my emotions and feelings is to write down about it! So naturally, I wrote a music,” he tells PEOPLE. “It is known as ‘Ain’t Even Met You But’ and sums up how I have been feeling over the previous few months. I can not wait to share it with him in the future.”

The couple introduced their being pregnant information in December, sharing a video of an ultrasound of their child on Instagram. “It was very thrilling however now feels much more actual seeing the ultrasound and listening to the heartbeat,” she completely instructed PEOPLE of the information on the time. “We’re simply soaking all of it in!”

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The previous actuality star documented her being pregnant journey on Instagram, sharing child bump pictures alongside the way in which and opening up about not evaluating her progress to different mothers.

“Being pregnant is superb! Reminder to not evaluate your self to others,” the Bachelor alum wrote on Instagram in February. “That is my stomach however everybody’s appears to be like completely different! I’ve in contrast myself to buddies who’re about as far alongside as me or have been pregnant earlier than and frightened that perhaps my stomach or child was too huge for my gestation and for it being my first.”

“However I’ve to remind myself everyone seems to be completely different. Everybody’s our bodies are completely different and each child is completely different however all are so lovely!” Lauren added.

In a candid New Yr’s Day weblog put up, Lauren shared that, whereas “it did not take us an irregular period of time, the entire course of actually opened my eyes to the wrestle that many ladies and households face.”

“On October twenty fifth 2019, Chris and I married and though we had been excited to begin a household, we determined we needed to take pleasure in a while collectively earlier than attempting for [a] child,” she wrote, noting that she ended up going off contraception in March 2020. “I wasn’t essentially feeling rushed, however it was positively one thing that each of us needed and felt very prepared for.”

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Nonetheless, “after 4 to 5 months of attempting,” Lauren wrote that “fear began to enter my thoughts.”

“I could not assist however evaluate my scenario with these of my buddies who it occurred very simply for, quite a lot of the time unplanned. Mentally, this was a extremely laborious a part of the journey,” she shared. “I am unsure if different individuals have skilled this, however as a lady, I assumed there was one thing unsuitable with me. Chris would see how dissatisfied and frightened I might get and I may inform he felt actually dangerous.”

“And as laborious as attempting to conceive is on the girl, I simply need to take a second to acknowledge the impression it has on husbands as properly. I am so grateful for Chris. He’s such an everlasting optimist and I love his religion a lot – he really was my rock by way of the emotional rollercoaster of all of it,” she added.

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Beginning in July, Lauren mentioned she started utilizing ovulation strips and at-home progesterone checks – after which in September, the couple acquired the completely satisfied information they’d been ready for.

“As I write this I’m so extremely grateful to be pregnant, however I concurrently cannot cease fascinated with all the ladies on the market who’ve skilled a for much longer wrestle than I ever did and are coping with infertility and being pregnant loss,” she added.

“Being pregnant really is a miracle and I will by no means take that with no consideration. We prayed day by day for months and clearly our prayer was answered, however I do know there are quite a lot of unanswered prayers on the market,” Lauren mentioned. “So many ladies who’re quietly struggling and I am fascinated with each single one in all you. I pray for hope and peace for everybody studying this struggling. Miracles occur each single day.”