Selling Sunset star Maya Vander has announced she's pregnant and expecting a rainbow baby with her husband Dave Miller.
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Maya and Dave have a baby on the way nearly one year after suffering a miscarriage.
"I am 9 months pregnant and I'm expecting a baby girl any day now," Maya, 40, recently told The Sun.
"It's exciting, but also this time around I have more fears and more concerns given the last circumstances."
Maya went on to explain why she had waited so long to share her big news with fans.
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"I kept quiet on social media because I lost a baby when I was nine months pregnant in the past," Maya said.
The Miami-based couple's new addition will be joining their four-year-old son Aiden and three-year-old daughter Elle.
Maya and Dave announced in July 2021 that they were expecting their third child.
In December of that year, Maya gave birth to a stillborn when she was 38 weeks along in her pregnancy.
Maya confessed to Us Weekly at the time that her family was "devastated" by the loss of their son Mason.
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"My baby's due date was right around Christmas. This is the best time of the year to celebrate... My husband is heartbroken, and I know I need to be strong for him and for our family," Maya said.
"Time will help, but I experienced a loss in a very late stage. I lost a son, and the pain will always be there."
Maya said no one knew or understood why this happened to her family, adding, "I [had] a weekly checkup. I felt less movement a few days prior. I went to a private ultrasound check and everything was fine and looked normal... I delivered a normal baby that looked like he was sleeping. This will chase me forever."
Maya then lost a pregnancy less than six months later in June 2022.
Maya, who was 10 weeks pregnant at the time, shared with Us, "You know, going through a stillbirth at 38 weeks is very traumatic. I know in most of my Instagram posts I look always happy and everything is great -- but at the end of the day it's still a trauma that I'm dealing with every day."
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"And you know, pregnancy loss at 10 weeks is also no fun," she continued.
"So I want to take a break, although I cannot take a long break because I'm 40 and I still have to decide what I want to do. I still have that void that I just can't let go, unfortunately."
But Maya remained optimistic she'd be able to expand her family one day.
"The hardest thing is to just say I'm done. I'm still missing that third child and I think unless you're going through this, it's hard for people to understand completely," the Selling Sunset star explained.
"I'm very fertile and, thankfully, I'm lucky in that sense that I can get pregnant easily... If I'm not going to get pregnant naturally, I'm probably going to just let go. But I'm going to try in probably in a few months."
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Maya left Selling Sunset after filming the show's fifth season due to her miscarriage and need to heal privately.
Season 6 of Selling Sunset is set to premiere Friday, May 19 on Netflix.
The new season will reportedly star Amanza Smith, Bre Tiesi, Brett Oppenheim, Chelsea Lazkani, Chrishell Stause, Davina Potraz, Emma Hernan, Heather Rae Young, Jason Oppenheim, Mary Fitzgerald, Nicole Young, and Tarek El-Moussa.