Bekah Martinez is pregnant and expecting her first child with Leonard Grayston

same Chris Harrison did not see this one coming! Bachelor Nation & # 39; s Bekah Martinez waiting for his first child with his boyfriend, Grayston Leonard.

The 23-year-old, who competed for Arie Luyendyk Jr.The heart on season 22 of the ABC dating series, announced the news during an interview with PureWow, published on Wednesday, September 12.

"I was incredulous and thought:" Is this really happening? Martinez told the publication, "I immediately called Grayston, then I crossed the street to go to the Dollar Tree and bought two more pregnancy tests." Of course, they were both positive.

Martinez first revealed that she was dating Leonard in July following speculation that she would be about to appear in season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise.

"My own private paradise," she captioned a snapshot of the pair on Instagram at the time.

The personality of reality TV, expected in January 2019, told PureWow that she thought "pregnancy is better than Bachelor in Paradise. "

"Although I'm probably also sweaty, exhausted, nauseating, stressed and emotional, at least I do not have to worry about finding a man," she joked at the exit. "I've already covered it."

The ABC star also made headlines this year when she appeared on a missing list in February The single person was broadcast. Martinez was missing by her mother, who told the authorities in November 2017 that she had not heard from her daughter after she was supposed to leave to work on a local marijuana farm. The nanny clarified the situation during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

"I just decided to go to the mountains with my friends for a few weeks[aprèsletournage[afterfilming[aprèsletournage[afterfilmingThe single person]and I was there for six or seven days without a phone service, which I thought I was going to have a phone service and I told my mom that I would do it, "she said. she said on February 13th. seventh day. "I have to go home now." So, I got in my car, went to my service, called my parents and came to pick up [that] only 12 hours ago, my mother had called the Humboldt sheriff's office to tell me I was missing.

Although Martinez is not sure there are any bells in her marriage and Leonard's future, she is confident of becoming a mother. "It's the only thing I've known for so long," she said. "I went on the idea of ​​marriage and relationships, but I always thought I wanted to be a mom."

Martinez added that the couple, waiting to know the sex of his baby, plans to choose a "baby name outside the Bachelor world."

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