Johnathan Thurston's wife announces birth of 'miracle' fourth baby

Johnathan Thurston and wife Samantha have announced the birth of their fourth child.

The couple made the birth of Remie Lee Thurston public on Instagram on Monday.

Their fourth child was born at 8.36am, weighing seven pounds and five ounces.

“We are totally besotted and feeling very blessed,” Samantha Lynch wrote on Instagram.

The fourth child, who Johnathan and Samantha have previously described as a ‘miracle’, was a happy surprise for the couple.

Thurston and Lynch struggled to conceive a child for several years, enduring two miscarriages and several failed rounds of IVF.

A final round of IVF resulted in the birth of the couple’s first daughter Frankie, now aged 5.

The pair had two more daughters through IVF – Charlie, 3, and Lillie, 2.

Lynch’s most recent pregnancy was announced just after Thurston retired from the NRL in September last year.

The pregnancy came as a surprise to the couple, as it was a natural conception.

“There is no way we were expecting this. All three of my girls were born through IVF and this happened naturally,’ Thurston told the Daily Telegraph at the time.