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'Our whole world': Kic co-founder Laura Henshaw welcomes baby boy

Charlotte Thieme
Charlotte Thieme

Aussie entrepreneur and social media personality Laura Henshaw has welcomed her first child – a baby boy.

The fitness app co-founder posted her happy news on Instagram, pictured grinning ear-to-ear alongside husband Dalton Henshaw as she breastfed her new bub.

"Our whole world, baby Atlas," she gushed.

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Laura Henshaw gives birth to baby boy

Laura Henshaw shared a snap of her and her husband with the newest addition to their family. Instagram

Henshaw, who created the health and wellness app Kic together with friend and business partner Steph Claire Smith, went on to share two photos of her bundle of joy, introducing Atlas to the world.

Smith was one of the first to offer the couple her congratulations, affectionately commenting "Our lil man," in support of her co-founder.

Smith herself welcomed the second addition to her family – a baby girl – earlier this year, revealing life as a family of four was "magic."

Influencer Jade Brycki (nee Tuncdoruk) also offered her well-wishes to the new parents, having recently given birth to her second child with husband Lachie Brycki.

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Henshaw shared a series of seriously precious pics of her new bub, introducing him as Atlas. Instagram

Laura Henshaw baby Atlas Henshaw

The first-time mum has previously been open about her decision to pursue a elective caesarean-section birth. Instagram

Henshaw previously faced a slew of online backlash after sharing her birth plan on her and Smith's podcast KICPOD podcast earlier this year.

The fitness app creator previously revealed she had opted to pursue an elective caesarean-section for the birth of her bub, and detailed the "shame" she felt when discussing her choice with other mums.

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In a recent interview with Today Extra, Henshaw revealed she was surprised by how many people had "such a strong opinion" about the decision.

"I just found it quite interesting," Henshaw admitted.

"They will never know the child, they're going to have nothing to do with these people."

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She went on to say she often felt invalidated in her desire to avoid the pain of a vaginal birth, and wished to challenge the stigma caesarean-sections are 'unnatural.'

"Some people feel very passionate around the fact that the 'only' way – and I say this in quotation marks because I do not believe this at all – to give birth is vaginally," she stated.

Laura Henshaw

Henshaw seeks to open up the conversation around elective c-sections, and reduce the shame associated with them. Instagram/@laura.henshaw

But she also admitted disapproval of the alternate birthing method runs deep – and that by speaking candidly about the process, she hoped to normalise it.

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"The more we speak about it hopefully the less shame there is," she said.

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