Melissa Rycroft is pregnant!
Melissa Rycroft is pregnant, the new issue of Us Weekly reports exclusively!
“It was a shock. We weren’t even trying,” says Rycroft Strickland, who capped off an emotional 2009 — in which she was publicly dumped on The Bachelor before rebounding with a triumphant turn on Dancing With the Stars — with her December wedding to insurance agent Tye Strickland.
“It’s the most wonderful surprise in the world,” adds Rycroft Strickland, who is due in February. “It’s such a blessing.”
Now cohost of ABC’s Bachelor Pad (which debuts Aug. 9), Rycroft Strickland, 27, tells Us starting a family was the last thing on her mind: “He wanted the kids right away, and I was laughing at him going, ‘No, not ready!’”
“He’s actually cried more than I have,” she tells Us. “Tye is caring, he’s funny. He’s going to be a great dad.”
Rycroft Strickland — who just bought a new home near Dallas with her husband — says she’s hoping for a boy, and he wants a girl. “We’re going to find out as soon as we can,” she says.
In the meantime, the host jokes that she’s “eating everything in sight” and craving no-nos like sushi and sub sandwiches.
“Knowing me, I’m going to swell and gain 90 pounds,” she says. “But it’s not about me anymore!”
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