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Aunt Ihim she 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 star, 37, announced her pregnancy on Wednesday, January 22, revealing that she is due in May. While Nneka said People she “always wanted to be a mom” her journey to a successful pregnancy was not easy.
Nneka explained afterwards trying to get pregnant after two years, including three rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF), she learned she was having twins.
The Bravo star had two embryos, a boy and a girl, implanted at the same time, but at her eight-week check-up, Nneka was told she had lost one of the babies.
“We came to the meeting and one of the twins no longer had a heartbeat,” Nneka recalled. “So it was really, really hard. I mean, when I walked out of my doctor’s office, I burst into tears.’
The next four days were the hardest, Nneka explained, noting that she “felt incomplete” once she was no longer carrying the 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 has finally blessed us with this pregnancy, so we’re trying to be very optimistic here.”
It’s been a difficult road to parenthood for many celebrity parents, including Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. After IVF failed on the first try, Teigen wondered if she had done something wrong. “You’re just looking for anything to blame, especially yourself,” Teigen explained to New York Magazine’s The Cut in April (…)
More than halfway through her pregnancy, Nneka said she feels “more stable” and her baby is “very healthy and very strong,” according to doctors.
Nneka made her RHOP debut during season 8 in 2023. From the beginning, she took fans on her fertility journey, which included two rounds of intrauterine insemination (IUI) before turning to IVF. (She left the Bravo show after one season.)
Ups and downs led Nneka and her husband, whom she married in August 2021, consider surrogacy and other options. In September 2024, the couple decided to try IVF one more time with “zero expectations” and it was successful.
“I had a lot of anxiety until then, but I didn’t put any pressure on myself in that round,” Nneka recalled. People. “I had a very mild mindset; much more carefree. I even went to Paris with my friends. And the next thing I knew, I found out the good news: I was pregnant.”
Brian Stukes/Getty Images Potomac’s Real Wife Candiace Dillard Bassett is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Chris Bassett. “I’m about 13 weeks along… so I’m only in my second trimester. It was strange, but also really wonderful, I think, to keep it to myself until now,” Dillard Bassett, (…)
Although Nneka is still dealing with the loss of one of her pregnancies, she said she has an “incredible” support system in Ikenna, 40, and is ready to become a parent.
“He’s so excited. He can’t wait for this baby to come,” she gushed to her husband. “It’s a dream come true for both of us.
Nneka revealed: “Sometimes I still have to pinch myself, it’s so surreal and shocking.” She added that even the fun stuff isn’t real. “Even now I’m trying to plan my baby and I’m like, ‘Wow, this is really happening to me,'” she said.
