Aunt Ihim is pregnant with her and her husband Dr. Ikenna IhimIt’s the first baby, but it’s a “bittersweet” celebration.
The Real Housewives of Potomac The star, 37, announced her pregnancy on Wednesday, January 22, revealing she was due in May. While Nneka said People she “always wanted to be a mom,” her path to a successful pregnancy wasn’t easy.
Nneka explained that after I’m trying to get pregnant For two years, including three cycles of in vitro fertilization (IVF), she learned that she was going to have twins.
The Bravo star had two embryos, a boy and a girl, implanted at the same time, but during her eight-week scan, Nneka learned she had lost one of the babies.
“We showed up for an appointment and one of the twins didn’t have a heartbeat,” Nneka recalls. “So it was really, really difficult. I mean, the second I walked out of my doctor’s office, I burst into tears.
The next four days were the hardest, Nneka said, noting that she “felt incomplete” once she was no longer carrying twins.
“There is trauma within the celebration,” she admitted. “But at the same time, we’ve been going through this for so long and God finally blessed us with this pregnancy, so we’re trying to be very optimistic here.”
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More than halfway through her pregnancy, Nneka said she felt “more stable” and that her baby was “very healthy and very strong,” according to her doctors.
Nneka did it RHOP beginning during season 8 in 2023. From the start, she took her fans on her fertility journey, which included two rounds of intrauterine insemination (IUI) before turning to IVF. (She left the Bravo show after a season.)
The ups and downs have led Nneka and her husband, whom she married in August 2021, consider surrogacy and additional options. In September 2024, the couple decided to try IVF again with “zero waits” and it was a success.
“Until that moment, I had a lot of anxiety, but that round, I didn’t put any pressure on myself,” Nneka recalls. People. “I was in a very relaxed state of mind; much more carefree. I even went to Paris with my friends. And then I found out the good news: I was pregnant.
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Although Nneka is still dealing with the loss of one of her pregnancies, she said she had an “amazing” support system in Ikenna, 40, and was ready to become parent.
“He’s so thrilled. He can’t wait for this child to come,” she said of her husband. “It’s a dream come true for both of us.”
Nneka revealed: “I still have to pinch myself sometimes, it’s so surreal and shocking.” She added that even funny things don’t seem real. “Even now, I’m trying to plan my baby shower and I’m like, ‘Wow, this is really happening for me,'” she said.