Valley's Christine Doty She is preparing to welcome her first child Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.
Dot, 41, is exclusively open to we About finding out the news with Broderick, 33, and their friends, including their colleagues Vanderpump Rules alum Brittany Cartwright. “Luke and I didn't want to have a big gender reveal party, but we wanted our gender to be revealed!” Dotty said we. “Brittany is my best friend and we share an obstetrician, so it made perfect sense for my doctor to call her with the news.”
Cartwright, 35, W Valley's Zack Wickham “He kept the secret for about a week” before telling Doute and Broderick. “They had a big bag full of pink balloons, completely hidden from us, and when we pulled the tie, the balloons came down and we saw we were having a girl,” Dottie recalled, adding that there were “pink smoke cannons” to blow them out. Make the celebration more special.
“Nia and Danny Bucco (of Valley) “He was there and so was Tom Schwartz,” the mom continued. “We also had a lot of friends and family on a private Zoom link for the reveal.”
Kristen Doute's love story with Luke Broderick started as a summer fling, but it quickly became more than that. The Vanderpump Rules alum met Broderick in June 2022 while serving as a bridesmaid and groomsman at their mutual friend's wedding. “Right after we met at the wedding, or after we had a good time at the wedding, we had sex,” Doty said (…)
Dot and her fiancé “couldn't be happier” to have a daughter on the way – but they were convinced they were having a boy. “I guessed 100% wrong when it came to my friends getting pregnant, and it was no surprise that it wasn't right for me either,” she joked.
However, Broderick initially had a feeling they would welcome a baby girl but “changed his mind on reveal day.” “Luke was made to be a girl’s father,” Dottie gushed.
The couple has been deciding on their baby girl's name “for a while,” but when it comes to the baby girl's custody, some details aren't set in stone. “I'm still playing with the nursery thing,” Doty said. we. “But regardless of gender, it was always neutral with the accent colors we chose; Cozy and a little boho.”
News broke in November that the couple were expecting Their first child. Doute and Broderick were conceived via IUI (intrauterine insemination).
“I felt relieved, exhausted, happy, excited and nervous. The second time I told Luke, he wasn't surprised, but he was so happy that IVF worked the first time (because) we were prepared that it might not happen,” the reality star said. the people last month. “He was very happy and excited, to say the least! Our due date is in June and we are really looking forward to expanding our little family and becoming parents!”
we He confirmed this exclusively in September Broderick suggested To Doute in Hawaii after two years of dating. “I knew from the moment we met that Luke was my person,” Dottie gushed after their engagement. “I'm so excited to continue this journey together, now as engaged couples.”
While plotting their future together, the duo wanted to achieve specific relationship milestones in a specific order. “After we got engaged, Luke, you were basically like, 'We're not going to plan a wedding until after we have kids,'” Dot recalled during an episode of their “Balancing Act” podcast in September. “I feel like we're on the baby train.”
Broderick agreed at the time that walking down the aisle wasn't the pair's first priority. “With our schedule, we should have a baby first and then start planning after that,” he said. “I know women like to feel good in their wedding dress. After you have a baby, we'll start planning for a year after that. … There are all these different complications (with pregnancy) that are best done after the fact.”
Formerly Doto He expressed his concerns About how her age could affect her path to motherhood. “Obviously, I think a lot of people know that the gestational age for older people is 35 and now I'm 40,” she said on Sex, Love and What Else Matters in October 2023. As someone who didn't freeze his eggs or do anything for us to give him a real chance during the time of ovulation.
Besides consulting her doctor, Dottie found guidance from an unexpected source. She continued: “My psychiatrist (told me last year) that I had a boy waiting for me on the other side, but I would not get pregnant when I was 40. I would be between 41 and 42 years old.” “That's when we started talking honestly about our plans to try. I decided not to pressure myself because I believe in myself. I'm not going to worry about having a baby in 2023.”
In another episode of the same podcast one month later, Dot revealed that she had been in an accident “Unviable pregnancy” Which led to a miscarriage. “I know that once Luke and I get through this, we can try again,” she said in November 2023, recounting the “terrifying” loss. “We were so lucky and lucky to get pregnant so quickly.”
