Former Bachelor star Jessica Brody has welcomed her first child.

The 36-year-old, who hid her entire pregnancy from her social media fans, announced her surprise news via Instagram on Tuesday by posing a sweet snap of her newborn son.

Revealing the child’s name as Saman Sattari, Jessica added the heartwarming caption: ‘A love I’ve never known before. My son.’

She also included a blue love heart emoji.

In the picture Jessica’s heavily tattooed hand can be seen touching her baby’s tiny foot.

The Bachelor in Paradise star later shared intimate details about her son’s father and birthing experience via a Q&A with fans, as well as previously unseen photos from her pregnancy.

Former Bachelor star Jessica Brody has welcomed her first child. (Pictured)

The 36-year-old took to Instagram to share the happy news on Tuesday and posted a sweet snap featuring her newborn boy, Saman. Pictured: Jessica’s heavily tattooed hand can be seen touching her baby’s tiny foot.

The Bachelor in Paradise star later shared intimate details about her son’s father and birthing experience via a Q&A with fans, as well as previously unseen photos from her pregnancy

Sharing a photo of a positive pregnancy test stick, Jessica revealed she learned she was expecting on February 10 this year.

‘I took a test when I woke up and then ran upstairs and woke [my partner] up,’ she gushed in the caption.

Jessica continued: ‘It wasn’t flashy or filmed, haha.’

She also revealed that the happy couple knew their baby’s gender at 10 weeks after Jessica underwent a noninvasive prenatal test (NIPT).

‘Because I’m technically an ‘elderly’ mother I wanted to screen for chromosomal abnormalities early,’ she explained.

‘Baby’s daddy is Iranian,’ Jessica shared during the fan chat and shared a photo of a  bearded man wearing a sports singlet – but she did not identify him.

Elsewhere Jessica confessed that the birthing experience was a challenge.

‘I wish I could say it’s been positive but despite all the effort, nothing went to plan,’ she said answering a question about her postpartum journey.

Jessica shot to fame on Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor in 2019. Pictured: The reality star shared her pregnancy journey online with frequent posts

Pictured: Jessica shared during the fan chat that the baby’s father is Iranian

Elsewhere Jessica confessed that the birthing experience was a challenge. (Pictured)

She continued: ‘And we had so many major hurdles this week. I’m not quite ready to talk about that part just yet but maybe soon.’

Elsewhere in the chat Jessica confirmed that giving birth ‘hurt’.

‘Pregnancy hurt. Birth hurt. Recovery hurts. Women are f***ing amazing,’ she said.

Many of Jessica’s followers posted messages of support including former MAFS bride Cyrell Paule who said: ‘Congratulations beautiful.’

‘Welcome Saman, we love you,’ congratulations mama’, added another fan.

Gushed a third follower: ‘Sooo precious omg congratulations!!’

Jessica shot to fame on Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor in 2019.

She returned to screens on Bachelor in Paradise in 2020, during which she enjoyed a brief romance with co-star Ciarran Stott.

Since then Jessica has been coy about sharing details about her current romance, though she has frequently been seen online with the same hunky ‘mystery man’, sharing images and video to her instagram.

She has also frequently shared posts featuring 24-year-old Iranian professional Muay Thai fighter Sajad Sattari.