'Mormon Wives' Star Jen Affleck Shares Baby News: 'She Is Perfect'

By Melanie VanDerveer on July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT

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Jen Affleck is a mom of three!

The "Mormon Wives" star and her husband, Zac Affleck, recently welcomed their third baby, a girl they named Penelope, after a dramatic second season of the hit Hulu reality show.

The couple shared some photos and videos of their new addition on social media and fans are excited to be a part of Penelope's big reveal.

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Welcome 'Earth Side' Penelope!

Fans of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" watched as Jen and Zac found out they were expecting their third child early in season 2 of the hit reality show. They also watched her growing belly and waited for the day to find out if they will be welcoming a girl or a boy. That time finally arrived.

"Baby Penelope is here & she is perfect," Jen wrote in an Instagram caption for a carousel of photos. "Going unmedicated was truly the most painful but empowering experience of my life. I could not have done it without Zac and my supportive doula! I’m so grateful and so happy that Penny is earth side now."

It didn't take long for fellow MomTok moms to drop into the comment section to share their joy for the growing family.

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"I love her already. Can’t wait for all our girls to be besties," Mayci Neeley, who's also expecting a baby girl, wrote. Mikayla Matthews, also expecting a baby girl, wrote, "Penelope you’re amazing. Can’t wait for our sweet girls to meet."

Whitney Leavitt added, "she truly is perfect. congrats!" and Taylor Frankie Paul shared, "Welcome home Penny. Proud of you Jen, congrats on the new addition to the family."

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Fans Also Left Their Excitement For The Affleck Family In The Comments

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It wasn't just the MomTok moms sharing their excitement for baby Penelope in the comment section. Many fans also left their well wishes and thoughts.

"Omg another baby girl. All the girls having girls at the same time is ICONIC and Penelope! Adorable!!! Congratulations guys!" one fan wrote.

Another added, "Wow! How awesome and beautiful! I’m glad that this pregnancy journey you both were able to stand in your true forms and except and meet each other where you are and still forwarding as 1! Welcome to the world Penny Pie."

Many others left messages such as, "Congratulations! Welcome to the world Penny!" and heart emojis.

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Zac Affleck Also Shared Penelope's Arrival On His Social Media Pages

 The proud papa also shared his excitement over Penelope's arrival on his TikTok page. In his video, he shared the moment big sister Nora, 3, met her new baby sister for the first time.

"Prayed for this moment. I thank God we are here and for my little growing family," he captioned the video of the sweet family moment.

Baby Penelope gave her big sis two gifts and Nora was super excited to meet her new bestie. Penelope also gave her big brother, Luca, 23 months, some gifts when he got the chance to meet her for the first time.

One fan wrote in the comments, "I looove the gifts. it helps so much with sibling jealousy. good job guys," to which Zac responded, "Nurses gave us the idea and helped so much!"

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Jen Affleck's Sweet Video Of Penelope On TikTok

Fans get a great close up of baby Penelope and the proud mom in Jen's video on TikTok. And did we mention the mom and daughter are wearing the cutest matching pajamas?

Captioned, "Baby Penelope is here & she is perfect," the short but sweet video speaks for itself. Nothing but happiness and excitement all around.

Zac dropped into the comments to say, "It’s the milk mustache for me. I’m obsessed with our girl."

One fan said, "Penelope is such a diva for putting you in labor at the nail salon," and another added, "Here’s to the next generation of girls. You Mikayla and Mayci get to have little girls to raise together and they get to be besties and this is how MomTok will be healed by showing the next generation of girls!"

A Diva In The Making: Going Into Labor At The Nail Salon

Just a few days prior to making her baby announcement online, Jen shared a video of when she went into labor while getting her nails done at the nail salon.

"POV: you start having contractions at your nail appointment," the video is labeled. She showed that she began timing her contractions, making some phone calls, listening to the baby's heartbeat with a doppler, and possibly the most shocking thing of all - getting her cervix checked on the nail salon floor.

"It’s the cervical check on the floor of the nail salon for me," one fan shared. Another added, "Going into labor at the nail salon …. This feels like the perfect chick flick movie." One other fan simply wrote, "Queen energy."

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Congratulations, Jen and Zac on your new arrival. We can't wait to see her in season 3 of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives."

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