‘I am one month postpartum’

Chelsea Meissner has revealed she has welcomed her first child.

The Southern Charm alum, 37, who announced she was expecting in April, announced the arrival of her baby on October 19 in an Instagram story post.

‘I am one month postpartum and one thing that I really wanted to try to stay on top of was my hair health,’ she said, revealing information about a hair supplement she was promoting. 

‘I’m a hairstylist so I have seen it all, and I really wanted to make sure that I got on some kind of daily routine to make sure that I didn’t have a whole lot of thinning [or] shedding.’

The former Survivor competitor did not reveal when her child was born, their gender, name or who their father is.

Chelsea announced her pregnancy by sharing 2D and 3D images from her sonogram and hinting at her baby’s gender, had Jack Johnson’s My Little Girl playing over the photos. 

She teased her due date, penning ‘Arriving September 2023’ across the video.  

In making the announcement she referred to the death of her dog Tyson, in August 2022.

‘The circle of life is a powerful thing,’ she wrote.

‘When Tyson passed, I knew I could never love another soul nearly as much unless I had a child of my own.. now here we are with one on the way,’ she explained.

‘You just never know what God has in store for you. I’m so fortunate to have strong women in my life who have paved the road for me to motherhood. and lucky to have one hell of a man. Here’s to a thick girl summer.’

In August, the influencer , who was a part of the Southern Charm cast from 2016-19, shared photos from her newly decorated nursery at her home in James Island, South Carolina.

The stylist, who helped her former Survivor cast mate Kim Wolfe design a nursery in 2022 on Why The Heck Did I Buy This House?, settled on a beachy theme.

The walls were covered in a soft mint grass wall cloth.

The decor included pink flamingos wall mounts in one corner of the room and a decorative surfboard in another. 

She put up several pieces of art, including a painting of a mother and child from artist Amanda Tucker Ryan and a sketch of Tyson by the Traveling Canvas.

Chelsea also outfitted the space with white nightstands and Nantucket-style sconces with rattan shades. 

The avid surfer – who just renovated her 1950s ranch home – hasn’t appeared onscreen since her four seasons on Bravo reality TV show Southern Charm spanning 2016-2019.

Chelsea first found fame, at age 26 in 2012, becoming the second runner-up on the 24th season of CBS reality TV competition Survivor: One World.

Meissner currently works as a hairstylist at the Indigo & Ivy Salon in Charleston, SC as well as running the large print company Vnyl Prints with her brother Kyle Meissner.