Maria Menounos, 44, Expecting 1st Baby With Keven Undergaro Via Surrogate After 10 Years Trying To Conceive

Maria Menounos is going to beryllium a mom! The E! star, 44, has revealed she’s expecting her archetypal kid via surrogate with husband Keven Undergaro, 55. The longtime TV presenter revealed the blessed quality connected February 7 successful a connection to PEOPLE. “Just aft a decennary of trying everything, we are truthful grateful to the beauteous household helping america conceive our baby,” Maria said. “Keven, my dada and I are each beyond excited for this psyche to travel into our lives. What a blessing.”

The PEOPLE communicative besides includes a video of Maria watching an ultrasound with her begetter Constantinos Menounos next to her. “Guys, that’s my baby. I emotion you,” Maria said successful the clip. The One Tree Hill actress was affectional and overjoyed astatine seeing the ultrasound, aft enduring a lengthy travel to motherhood.

Maria is expecting her archetypal child. Image: SplashNews

Maria revealed her surrogacy plans backmost successful April 2021 successful a YouTube video. In the footage, Maria tried to rise her sick parent Lista‘s spirits by telling her astir the plans. “[We] signed the papers the different time for the babies,” Maria said, adding, “they’re going to commencement the medication” connected her surrogate “tomorrow.” Lista said that she was “very” excited astatine the thought of becoming a grandmother. Unfortunately, Maria’s parent died from stage-four encephalon crab successful May 2021.

Maria had antecedently discussed wanting children 2 years agone during an occurrence of her Better Together show. She besides teased a imaginable determination from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee. “We are decidedly entertaining this, by the way,” she said of the imaginable relocation. “It is beautiful, [and] we are going to person a family. We privation to rise them determination wherever determination volition beryllium kids adjacent doorway to play with and you’re not afraid. L.A. conscionable doesn’t person that.” Maria added that she and Keven were successful the the “kid signifier of [their] lives.” Nevertheless, she clarified to PEOPLE the pursuing time that the brace weren’t expecting quite yet, but they were connected their mode to parenthood! 

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