"I'm thankful to be able to have three and be the best dad that I can be. It's the best title you have in this life.”
Ricki Hendrick is weeks away from welcoming her first baby — and she couldn’t be more excited.
But that’s not to say her pregnancy has been easy.
“Guys. Being pregnant is miserable,” the 20-year-old daughter of Bachelor Nation star Emily Maynard and Ricki Hendrick said in a Nov. 21 Instagram Story, according to E! News.
According to Ricki, her pregnancy symptoms have been extra brutal as she prepares for baby’s arrival.
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“I woke up at 2 for no reason, threw up 30 mins later, fell back asleep, woke up at 3:45, threw up again, fell BACK ASLEEP, WOKE UP AGAIN, THROWING UP NOW BC I’M HUNGRY,” she continued.
She went on to say that she’s avoiding eating too much because it will “prolong the cycle.”
“This happens almost daily,” she said of the symptoms, per E! News.
In a separate Instagram Story posted earlier that day, Ricki shared an image of a small otter — comparing its size to that of her prenatal baby.
“Everyone was right, the last few weeks are the longest,” she wrote in a text overlay, according to E! News. “I’m so excited to see her not on an ultrasound screen.”
Ricki Hendrick previously revealed that she’s having a baby girl
Emily Maynard’s daughter announced her pregnancy (and baby’s gender) in an Instagram Story on Aug. 26.
“My heart is so full, yet my stomach is so empty because she hates all food,” she wrote next to photos of her ultrasound. “I’m convinced.”
Her latest update comes two months after her mom, who starred on the 15th season of “The Bachelor” in 2011 and eighth season of “The Bachelorette” in 2012, broke her silence on being a first-time grandma.
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“Very against it,” Maynard jokingly said as her daughter started laughing, according to E! News. “I cannot believe anybody would ever do that—unforgivable.”
Maynard has been supportive of her daughter’s pregnancy, but the two continued to joke about all the fans who assumed Maynard was disappointed that her daughter was having a baby “outside of marriage.”
“My mom is truthfully so devastated, she’s so upset. She’s not excited at all for me to have a baby,” Ricki joked. “She’s pissed, actually. She’s super angry. She can’t even look at me. She doesn’t support it at all.”
Ricki has yet to reveal who the father of the baby is — but has revealed who is not the father.
Fans originally speculated that her best friend Payton, whom she has posted about before, was the father of the child — but Ricki dispelled those rumors in an Instagram Story on Sept. 12.
While announcing her intent to start a podcast with Payton, she clarified that “HES NOT THE FATHER OF MY CHILD,” per E! News.
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"He's been one of my closest friends since 3rd grade, we have very different types,” she added in a separate Story.
