Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner have been married for over six years after tying the knot in New York on the first season of Lifetimes Married at First Sight.

While Doug and Jamie are now proud parents to their youngdaughter, Henley, and a newborn son, Hendrix, things havent always been soeasy for them. In addition to financial troubles over the years, theyve gonethrough two miscarriages on their way to parenthood.

And their wedded bliss wasnt always so, well, blissful. In fact, Jamie famously broke down on her wedding day with Doug, admitting that she wasnt attracted to him at all. The Married at First Sight star recently took to Instagram to joke about her lack of chemistry with Doug at firstand reflect on how far theyd come since then.

When Doug and Jamie first walked down the aisle, Doug was blown away by his brides beauty. But his wife didnt feel the same way.

This is the worst feeling, a shaken-looking Jamie toldLifetime producers on her wedding day. Obviously, I wasnt like, what aknockout! I just happen to be not attracted to the guy.

After the ceremony, Jamie seemed to fall apart before herbridesmaids convinced her to keep going and keep her head held high. Icouldnt even try to be elegant and graceful anymore, the Married at First Sightstar admitted as she crumpled in the hallway in her wedding dress. I just founda corner and started crying.

Since then, Doug has admitted the footage hurt him. But he never took it too much to heart, and he slowly won Jamie over across time.

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WE HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! We changed our sons name. We filled out his birth certificate & have officially changed it from Hayes Douglas to Hendrix Douglas. We couldnt decide between Hayes and Hendrix our whole pregnancy. We ended up going with Hayes, but the moment I pushed him out & brought him to my chest I almost blurted out, Hendrix! My whole pregnancy we struggled finding the right name for our precious baby boy. We had @sj_strum whos a baby name expert from Europe come on our podcast and share some names and meanings she revealed to us that Hendrix is loosely tied to Johnathan. As many of you know, our first born sons name is Johnathan. I delivered him at 17 weeks & he went straight to heaven to be our little angel watching over us from above. I never used to believe in spirits really, but I know in my heart that Johnathan is with us I mean, I can *feel* him and he sends so many signs. This first photo was one of the last ones I had with Hendrix in my bellyit wasnt a professional shoot it was just taken in our backyard. You can see the light shining down from above directly over my belly. Then the second photo was on our baby moon. The day we woke up for our maternity shoot there was a double rainbow! we couldnt even believe it! Since I lost two pregnancies prior to conceiving Hendrix, he is considered a double rainbowand rainbows always remind me of Johnathan. The last sign was the day I was due with Hendrix. I had to go to the midwife for a check up and on the way home there was a random rain storm that had a rainbow! I was driving and couldnt snap a photo but I wish I had just pulled over to grab one! It was so incredible! I mean, what are the chances?! I could chalk it up as coincidence, but I really dont think so! Call me crazy, but I know our angel baby sent us this sweet rainbow baby. Hes telling his parents hes been watching over Hendrix (and Gracie) and will continue to do so. We are so happy to honor our angel baby & name our newborn son a name that is affiliated with his.even if it is in a very uncommon way.

A post shared by J a m i e O t i s (@jamienotis) on May 18, 2020 at 7:32pm PDT

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Despite their initialtroubles, it seems like Doug and Jamie have a healthy sense of humor about howthey got their start.

Jamie and Doug are currently starring on the Married at First Sight spinoff, Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, a self-shot limited series that follows nine previous couples as they navigate quarantine and the coronavirus pandemic together. Lifetimes Instagram account recently celebrated the nine couples wedding days with photos of their first kisses at the altar.

Everyones first was as cute as we remembered, the caption read. Fan favorite, memorable coupleslike season 10s Jessica Studer and Austin Hurd, season 6s Shawniece Jackson and Jephte Pierre, and season 9s Elizabeth Bice and Jamie Thompsonall shared passionate kisses during their nuptials. But Jamie looked visibly uncomfortable in her first-kiss photo with Doug, in which she turned her cheek (possibly to avoid closer contact).

Jamie commented on the difference, joking: @doughehnerOur first kiss was not quite like theothers.

But Married at FirstSight fans quickly pointed out that their marriage and family werebeautiful, no matter how things started out. But look at you and Doug now,one viewer replied. Its the last first kiss though, another agreed.

One Instagram user argued, It doesnt matter where it started. You have a beautiful family now. Im really happy that everything worked out so well for you both.

On Doug and Jamies sixthwedding anniversary earlier in 2020, Jamie once again reflected on her initial lackof attraction to and chemistry with her husband. Although they had a rockystart, the mom of two appreciated how much theyd gone through together.

It was NOT love at first sight, the Married at First Sight star wrote on Instagram. I wasnt even attracted to my groom. There were no butterflies in my tummy AT ALL.

Jamie confessed that her lack of attraction led her to panic and made her wedding day miserable. I legit had a full blown panic attack, she admitted. The minute I could get away I hunched over in tears & tried hiding from everyoneI just lost it. I genuinely thought I made the WORST mistake of my life.

Still, the bride added, she wanted to keep an open mind and give love a chance. And over time, Doug proved himself to be the man of his wifes dreams.

We didnt fall in loveimmediately. That happened s.l.o.w.l.y, Jamie explained. He was SO patient,loving, and respectful though. Over the next few months we built a foundationof friendship, respect, & loyalty.

Jamie advised others in the same boat totry to allow love to grow and not focus so much on initial physical attraction.If youve been searching but havent found theone yetmy best advice is to keep your heart/mind open & try not to judgea book by its cover, she recommended.

The Married at FirstSight star gushed about her soulmate, calling him the love of her lifeonethat she could have missed out on, if shed focused too much on that initial lackof overwhelming attraction. If I had walked away bc I wasnt attracted Iwouldve missed out on the love of my life, Jamie wrote poignantly. Physicalattraction can grow & true love will come over time if its with the rightperson. Trust me on this one!

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