Ally Maki Welcomes Baby Girl Charlie Rei With Fiancé Travis Atreo
Ally Maki, the talented actress known for her roles in The Big Door Prize and Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, is now officially a mom! The 37-year-old actress and her fiancé, musician Travis Atreo, welcomed their first child, daughter Charlie Rei, on August 1.
Ally shared the joyous news on Instagram, posting a heartwarming photo of the couple holding their newborn’s tiny finger. “Charlie Rei 🎀 Our sweetest baby girl has forever changed our lives,” she wrote.
“She was born to her daddy’s music with the gentlest little personality and a full head of hair. There’s not enough words to capture our love for her. Our beautiful little baby owl, we love you beyond the stars,” she wrote further.
The couple first announced their pregnancy back in April. Ally, who was in her second trimester at the time, opened up to PEOPLE about the unexpected beauty and challenges of her pregnancy journey.
“It’s been so beautiful in really unexpected ways. But it’s also been preparing me for parenthood in that you have the ultimate stress of doing all these tests after tests. That was just something I wasn’t expecting — just how many tests you do!” she revealed.
As someone who likes to control many aspects of her life, Ally found the experience somewhat liberating. “Like, you know what? Whatever’s going to happen will happen. We’re just going to love this child so much. We already love her,” she said.
Ally and Travis first began discussing the idea of starting a family during the pandemic. However, their journey to parenthood faced an unexpected hurdle. During a routine physical, Ally tested positive for Grave’s disease, a condition that affects the thyroid. This diagnosis was a significant setback for the couple, as Ally explained, “That was devastating because I’m in my 30s and we’d wanted to start trying but then we had to wait a full year and a half to go through everything, and get the all-clear from my endocrinologist to start trying.”
Ally now encourages all women to get their thyroid tested, highlighting the importance of being proactive about health issues that can affect pregnancy.
Despite the challenges, the couple’s dream of becoming parents has finally come true. With the arrival of baby Charlie Rei, Ally and Travis’s lives have been forever changed, filled with love and new beginnings.
