Libby Trickett and husband Luke welcome their fifth bub, announcing the name and gender

Aussie Olympian Libby Trickett‘s family has grown again with the arrival of baby number five! 

The 40-year-old athlete shared the happy news on Instagram, announcing the baby’s unique name and gender while noting that the ‘shape’ of their family now feels complete. 

“He’s here,” the post began, alongside a snap of Trickett and her husband Luke holding him post-ceasarean. 

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“Archie Wilson Lightning Trickett arrived at 7.51am on the 3rd of April via an elective caesarean birth, weighing 3.99kg and 53cm long,” she continued. 

“The shape of our family is complete.

“(Definitely promise it’s for reals this time! I’m really *almost* certain this time.. though I’ve come to realise that I probably would have babies forever, I know that I’ve pushed my body to its absolute limits with this one).”

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She went on to share how beautiful the experience was to welcome him into the world. 

“Every birth I’ve had has been extraordinary and this one was no different. Calm, full of joy and laughter, I couldn’t have asked for a better way to meet our baby boy,” she wrote.

“Archie is already getting suitably smothered by his 3 big sisters and big brother. We have all been struck with love.” 

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Trickett also revealed that they never found out the gender of any of their kids while she was pregnant, and laughed about her guesses. 

“Just as a fun fact: we didn’t find out the sex of the baby for any of our pregnancies, and I literally guessed the gender of every single one of my children, wrong. I didn’t predict a single one and I feel so lucky because I couldn’t have wished for more,” the post finished. 

The post was flooded with congratulatory messages from friends and followers. 

“Congratulations,” commented surfing great Mick Fanning. 

Fellow swimming great Grant Hackett commented, “Woohoo 🎉 A massive congratulations.” 

“Enormous congrats xxxxx,” wrote Jana Pitman. 

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Trickett and Luke are already parents to Poppy, nine, Edwina, seven, Bronte, five and Alfred ‘Alfie’, one. 

The former Olympian recently spoke to 9Honey about her big family and admitted “the hardest thing you will ever do, but it makes you a better human.

“Because it’s so chaotic and it’s so not clean but it’s joyful and it’s fun and it’s colourful and it’s wonderful as well.”

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