Congratulations are in order! Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum Monica Garcia is pregnant with her fifth child. She and her boyfriend Braxton Knight just shared the exciting news, and the baby bump picture might be the sweetest thing you’ll see all day.
Monica Garcia and boyfriend Braxton Knight expecting first kid together following miscarriage
Like a true reality star, Monica announced her pregnancy through a People exclusive. The news comes less than a year after she and Braxon suffered a miscarriage. To celebrate the news, Monica planned an over-the-top announcement at Disneyland.
“My best friend, Koa, helped me pull it all off,” she told the outlet.
“Koa had picked out the infant ears hat at the Mad Hatter and had ‘Aries Baby’ embroidered on them while I distracted Braxton with churros and getting my cotton candy. I told him while we were on Peter Pan, flying over Neverland.”
Cute, right? She also just kind of subtly revealed that her due date is right around the corner. Aries season is from March 21 to April 19, so this baby is coming soon, Monica chose to keep the pregnancy private until the final stretch because of the experience she had after last year’s miscarriage.
“It was difficult coming off such a tumultuous whirlwind with RHOSLC and all the love and hate I received from all of that,” she told the outlet. “Old friends turned on me, I was iced out by the cast, I lost my job, my relationship with my mother has never recovered, my world was crumbling. Then I had an unexpected pregnancy and miscarriage at 40.”
Monica said she felt like the world “chose to spit” on her during that dark time. She didn’t want to subject herself to that level of scrutiny again, so she chose to protect her peace.
She added, “I’m grateful for those that have stood beside me, to the amazing fans, and loved ones I do have in my life, but that miscarriage was my lowest point with being in the public eye and I wasn’t going to put myself through that again, for the sake of the pregnancy and the baby.”
Who are Monica Garcia’s other kids with ex-husband Mike Fowler?
When we met Monica on RHOSLC, she was in the process of a divorce. We were also introduced to the four kiddos that she shares with her ex-husband, Mike Fowler. They had all daughters: 19-year-old Bri, 14-year-old Jaidyn, 8-year-old West, and 7-year-old Kendall.
So, will baby number five be another girl? That’s still one of the big unknowns. Monica and her boyfriend are saving that news for the delivery day. They also don’t have a name picked out, so she’s open to suggestions. However, we can assume that names like Lisa, Meredith, and Heather are probably off the table.
“We have no names,” Monica told the outlet. “We are really struggling in the name department. Send us all your name suggestions!”
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