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Candiace Dillard Bassett might not “Drive Back” to #RHOP for season 9, but she’s embarking on a new journey; motherhood.
On Monday, The Real Housewives of Potomac star, 37, exclusively told ET she’s expecting her first child with husband Chris Bassett, 46.
“I am about 13 weeks … so just about into the second trimester. It’s been weird, but also really wonderful, I think, to keep it kind of to ourselves to this point,” Candiace who recently announced her #RHOP departure, told the outlet.
“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.”
The news was also confirmed in a sweet video showcasing Candiace sharing the news with Chris at their Potomac home.
Candiace also told ET that her hubby told her wanted them to have a child before his 50th birthday and after battling anxiety about becoming a mother, she agreed to use one of the embryos they froze two years ago.
This will be Chris’ fourth child, Candiace’s first.
“I always wondered, like, how would I know when I was ready?” said Candiace. “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 added. “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.”
The signer also shared that she underwent IVF implantation in January and found out the news about her pregnancy two weeks later. That would mean that when she announced her departure from The Real Housewives of Potomac she was already expecting.
“Our doctor called us at 8 a.m. and she tells us that we’re pregnant,” added the first-time mom who’s looking forward to join the mom community. “We waited and waited and waited all this time, so to finally hear that, after those two weeks, the process has worked after a year of doing the shots. … I did two rounds of egg retrieval. To do the shots in your stomach, I had to do the shots in my bum bum every day — which was not always fun — and to finally have it all pay off was amazing.”
Candiace and Chris also shared that they don’t know whether they’re having a boy or a girl; they had one male embryo and one female embryo, but they’ll know before it’s time to give birth.
“So, the doctors know,” Chris explained. “We did all the tests. Obviously, we wanted something healthy … and I was like, listen, let’s just take the highest graded egg and we’ll put it in there, and this is the one surprise of this whole experience, that we don’t know yet.”
On #RHOP Candiace documented the prep work that went into in vitro fertilization and filmed counseling sessions with fertility specialists. Most recently, Candiace was seen in tears telling her therapist that she “really wanted a baby.”
Wish granted!
Congrats to Candiace Dillard Bassett and Chris Bassett!
