'These two!' The Bachelor's Laura Byrne shares adorable photo of fiancé Matty Johnson cradling their newborn baby girl Marlie-Mae Rose

By MARTA JARY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA 10:41 24 Jun 2019, updated 13:14 25 Jun 2019

Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne welcomed their first child, a baby girl, last Wednesday.

And on Monday, Laura took to Instagram Stories to share a sweet snap of Matty cuddling their new daughter, Marlie-Mae Rose.

The 31-year-old seemed smitten with the pair, captioning the snap of the tender moment: 'These two'.

'These two!' Laura Byrne shared an adorable photo of her former Bachelor star fiancé Matty Johnson (pictured) cradling their newborn baby girl on Monday

In the photo, the former Bachelor sports a bedhead and a white shirt, his daughter snuggled in his arms in a matching white jumpsuit.

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The new father appears a tad tired as can be expected, and is cuddled up in bed in the photo.

On Saturday, Matty revealed the new parents experienced a 'scary' encounter during the birth of Marlie-Mae Rose.

What happened: On Saturday, Matty revealed the new parents experienced a 'scary' encounter during the birth of Marlie-Mae Rose. Pictured with Laura Byrne and their daughter

During his Nova 96.9 weekend breakfast show, the proud father, 31, explained: 'As Laura was about to give birth they realised the baby was posterior - it was facing the wrong way.'

He continued: 'The heart rate was beginning to drop a little bit as well, all of a sudden we went from having just one nurse and midwife in the room, to two seconds later we had one doctor and an obstetrician come in.'

'All of sudden there were six doctors in the room!' Matty recalled.

During his Nova 96.9 weekend breakfast show, the proud father, 31, explained: 'As Laura was about to give birth they realised the baby was posterior - it was facing the wrong way' however in the end there were no major complications

'She is doing really well, she is such a trooper': Matty also revealed his fiancée Laura is recovering 'really well' following the birth of their newborn daughter

'The only thing you want as a parent is to have a healthy child, it was really quite scary in the final moments when Laura was giving those final pushes, thankfully we didn't have any major complications,' he said.

Matty also revealed his fiancée Laura is recovering 'really well' following the birth of their newborn daughter.

'She is doing really well, she is such a trooper,' the Sydney-based dad said.

'We are now back at home, she has just taken to motherhood - a duck to water,' Matty J proudly added.

He put a ring on it! The couple became engaged in Fiji at the end of April

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