The Bachelor's Bekah Martinez has revealed she's expecting her first child with her boyfriend of six months, Grayston Leonard.
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The 23-year-old nanny, who competed for Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s heart on The Bachelor's 22nd season earlier this year, shocked the world on Wednesday by disclosing she's currently 20 weeks pregnant and the pregnancy was unplanned.
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"I've wanted to be a mom my whole life. This is what I've always wanted, and I don't care what the circumstances are. This is going to work and this is my baby, and I think that's how I felt from the start," Bekah said in a YouTube video she posted on Wednesday.
Back in July, Bekah revealed she chose not to appear on Bachelor in Paradise's fifth season because she had met a man, 29-year-old Grayston -- who works at the rock-climbing gym where she climbs -- in February.
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Well, Bekah revealed to PureWow that she learned she was pregnant only three months into their relationship and the couple's little bundle of joy is due in February 2019.
"Everyone was wondering, was I going to do Bachelor in Paradise? And I had already said no, but it was kind of crazy because I had this secret of not only do I have a boyfriend, but I also have a kid on the way," Bekah said in the YouTube video.
Bekah captured footage of herself in the bathroom, taking a pregnancy test, and it was clear she had a small baby bump at the time.
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"For anyone who's taken a pregnancy test before, you know you get one line if you're not pregnant and if you get two lines, you are. This one's got two! Holy f-ck!" Bekah exclaimed.
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Bekah then flashed the positive pregnancy test at the camera.
Grayston made an appearance in the YouTube video as well. Grayston said Bekah called him when he was at work to inform him of the baby news and his face immediately turned pale white. According to PureWow, she broke the news on Father's Day.
"I remember my boss came up to me and was just like, 'Are you okay?'" Grayston recalled.
"The first thing I felt when I saw the positive was just pure shock," Bekah shared.
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"My hands were shaking, and I was just like, 'Oh my God.' The first thing I did was pick up the phone and call Grayston. I don't even think I processed it in my head. I was just like, "It's a positive pregnancy test. Oh my God!' Like, 'Oh my God.'"
Bekah explained she knew there was a possibility she was pregnant, but there was no part of her that thought "it was real" and "it was actually happening to me."
"It wasn't until I saw the line show up -- which was almost immediately," Bekah said.
"It feels so surreal now because I've come to a point of accepting it and embracing it and being excited and telling people and all that, but I was just in such a state of shock when I found out. I was just like, 'Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening.'"
Bekah explained that men tend to have a very "logical and practical" reaction to pregnancy news, such a as, "How are we going to do this?" But it took Bekah no time at all to begin looking forward to becoming a mother.
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And Grayston gushed about how he becomes happier every single day when Bekah's belly shows more and the situation becomes more real. He insisted he's ready to step up and be a dad.
"This experience has just brought us closer in that we had to go through so much sh-t already in the first six months of being together that most people go through in the first two years of their relationship," Bekah reasoned.
"When I sit around and think about being a dad, there are these Hallmark moments that flash around in my head," Grayston admitted.
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