Married at First Sight alums Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner have announced that they're expecting their third child together.
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The video showed Jamie taking a pregnancy test, which turned out to be positive, before speaking directly into the camera with her husband by her side.
"We have a huge announcement, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share this... I'm pregnant. After three years. I am pregnant," Jamie says with tears in her eyes.
When Doug joins her, Jamie continues, "I'm a little bit in shock, a lot a bit in disbelief."
Doug adds, "It is incredible, amazing. We prayed on it. We had people that were praying for us... and thinking about us, and it's not lost on us at all."
Jamie said she's struggling to "believe that it's real" because she hasn't even had a doctor's appointment yet.
"I am cautiously optimistic and just hoping for the best at this point," Doug noted. "When you go through losses and... you find out you're expecting, you relive those moments. You don't want to think about it, but you prepare."
Doug and Jamie are already parents to daughter Henley "Gracie" Grace, 6, and son Hendrix Douglas, 3.
"It's been a long journey to get here," Jamie told People of her pregnancy. "But I really believe that everything does happen in God's perfect timing."
The couple, who tied the knot on Married at First Sight's first season in 2014 will be celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary in April.
Jamie teased Baby No. 3 on Monday by posting a video on Instagram and writing, "Finally! I've waited over three years for this! So excited to share our BIG ANNOUNCEMENT with you!"
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Before directing her followers to her YouTube channel, Jamie additionally shared, "We are so excited to take you on this new journey with us! Thanks for being here and celebrating with us! We love you!!! #bestfrans."
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On Married at First Sight's first season, Jamie wasn't initially attracted to her husband, and so she had doubts the relationship was going to last. However, she became attracted to his personality and his willingness to support her and fight for their marriage.
As a result, Jamie and Doug opted to stay together on "Decision Day," and they went on to start a family.
Jamie and Doug then welcomed Gracie in August 2017 followed by Hendrix in May 2020.
The couple revealed in early 2021 they had begun trying for a third child, but then Jamie shared in August of that year they had decided to put Baby No. 3 "on the back burner" while they worked on strengthening their marriage.
The spouses have experienced their fair share of heartbreak and adversity, which they've overcome together.
Jamie and Doug lost their first-born child Johnathan in 2016. Jamie had delivered her son at 17 weeks when she was only four months pregnant.
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In addition to starring on Married at First Sight's first season, Jamie and Doug co-starred on Married at First Sight: The First Year, a spinoff which continued to follow the two MAFS Season 1 couples who opted to remain together during their first year of marriage.
Jamie and Doug also later starred on Married at First Sight: Jamie and Doug Plus One, their own spinoff which premiered in December 2017 but didn't last.
Jamie then served as the host of Married at First Sight: Unfiltered, the show's post-episode discussion show that also airs on Lifetime, but she has since been replaced by Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Jamie and Doug also appeared on Season 3 of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam on Lifetime.
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