The Block 2025‘s Emma and Ben welcomed their son Bailey Coulter Cox to the world on September 25, over a month before his due date, which was coincidentally meant to be right after The Block auctions.
“He arrived five weeks early because we were due two days after the actual auction, which I am grateful for, because I think if I was sitting at the auction heavily pregnant, I would be even more nervous,” Emma told Chattr.
Emma shared that she was in labour for just six hours, adding that Bailey was “on a mission to get here.”
“The birth was amazing. I couldn’t fault the amazing midwives that we had. It was a quick birth,” she said, while Ben laughed, “I bet you that’s the first time you’ve heard anyone say that the birth was amazing.”
The couple explained that ahead of the auction, all of the cast have been attending events at the Block site to meet potential buyers, adding that a few of the cast have already met baby Bailey.
“Taz and Britt have met Bailey and Robby and Sonny, actually, just through events that we’ve been at the last week,” Emma said.
“We’ve been back and forth from the Block the last week, we only got Bailey out of the hospital a week ago. So, since having Bailey out, we’ve been up and back and doing events and meeting potential buyers. So we’re getting there as much as we can. We’re actually going there after this as well,” she added.
Will Emma and Ben’s baby be at The Block auction?
Emma and Ben confirmed that baby Bailey will be at The Block auctions on Saturday, October 25th, and shared an adorable detail about what he will wear.
“The Block was talking about getting some little high vis for him, so he might be rocking some Hard Yakka or something,” Emma laughed.
She added that she and Ben have been discussing who will be taking care of Bailey while the auction takes place.
“I’m saying to Ben, maybe you won’t hold Bailey at the auction, because Ben’s feeling super nervous about the auction. I mean, so am I, but I feel like I’ll hold on to Bailey on auction day.”
“[We’re feeling] a bit of everything. It’s been nice. We’ve got a few events on before then, which are good distractions,” Ben added.
“We’re sort of just taking it one day, an event at a time, and I guess until next week. I reckon Monday, we’ll probably be done with all our events, and it’ll start sinking in that it’s imminent, but at the moment, I’m just excited.”
The Block auction airs on October 26th on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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