Reality star Candiace Dillard Bassett is going to be a mom! The Real Housewives of Potomac star announced that she and her husband Chris Bassett are expecting their first baby together. “It’s been weird, but also really wonderful.”
The “Drive Back” singer shared the news in an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight, revealing that she is “13 weeks… so just about into the second trimester.” On keeping the news private, she shared, “It’s been weird, but also really wonderful, I think, to keep it kind of to ourselves to this point. Our immediate family knows, my mom — I told my mom on her birthday in February — my dad knows, [Chris’] parents know, my siblings know and that is my core, best friend group, but outside of that it’s just been, like, kind of quietly just growing a bun.” While this little one will be Candiace’s first baby, they will be Chris’s fourth. He has three children from previous relationships. The couple has been married since August 2018.
During her time on RHOP, Candiace documented her parenting journey in counseling sessions with fertility specialists and going through some of the prep work for IVF. The baby Candiace is pregnant with came from one of the embryos the couple froze two years ago. When discussing the embryos, the singer explained, “I think we were both kind of content to have them just sit there until my ‘cut-off date,'” Candiace shared, referencing the her cut-off time of being pregnant by the time Chris turned 50.
“But then I got the itch,” Candace went on to explain. “I always wondered, like, how would I know when I was ready? And I always felt like a part of my anxiety was that I wasn’t sure that I would know, and when I knew, it was undeniable. I kind of woke up and realized that I was never going to be 100 percent ready,” she admitted. “I just had to … trust the process and trust my doctors and stop being afraid and just do it. So once we decided together that we were going to do that — together — it just was kind of all moving by faith from there.”
Congratulations to Candiace and Chris on the news of their first baby together!
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