The Bachelor alum Ben Flajnik and wife Christina Flajnik have announced they have a baby on the way.
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Alongside the photos, the Season 16 The Bachelor star wrote, "Chapter 2. [Baby bottle] @cflajnik."
Ben and Christina got married in October 2023 in an intimate ceremony at the Mission San Francisco Solano.
Ben wrote on Instagram in November 2023, "Last month, in an intimate ceremony surrounded by family I married my best friend and it was the most incredible day of my life."
"Tears and laughs were had," he added, "and I've never felt so present with another person in my life. I'm so grateful to do life with you and thank you for your unwavering love and support."
Ben and Christina then enjoyed a larger and more traditional wedding ceremony in Lake Bled, Slovenia in September 2024.
Ben and Christina's wedding was called a "fairy tale" by guests, one of whom had written on Instagram at the time, "Married in a church, accessed only by wooden boats, followed by dancing the night away in a castle."
The wedding guest added, "Christina and Ben, you created magic, memories, and new friendships that will last a lifetime. Cheers to an experience we'll never forget and finding your forever."
Ben found fame when he competed on The Bachelorette's seventh season starring Ashley Hebert.
After Ben finished as the runner-up on Ashley's season behind her winner J.P. Rosenbaum, he was asked to hand out roses himself and be the franchise's leading man.
On The Bachelor's sixteenth season, Ben proposed marriage to Courtney Robertson and the pair got engaged on the March 2012 finale.
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However, Ben and Courtney's engagement didn't last long, and they announced their breakup in October 2012.
Courtney began dating former pro racing driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. only days after she called off her engagement from Ben. Arie eventually became The Bachelor star for Season 22.
When Courtney wrote her memoir I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends -- Confessions of a Reality Show Villain Courtney Robertson, she claimed that Ben was critical and unsupportive of her goals after The Bachelor.
Courtney claimed, for example, that she was offered a spot as an "alternate" on Dancing with the Stars in 2012 and Ben disapproved of the idea.
"'They offered it to you?' he asked incredulously," Courtney wrote in her book.
"I noted a tinge of jealousy. I hadn't even thought about this kind of stuff yet and how it would affect our relationship. I was just excited the opportunity was there."
Ben allegedly said, "If you do it, you won't have a fiance."
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During their year-long engagement, Courtney also claimed Ben only visited her in Los Angeles three times, and all three times were for paid events or business meetings.
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The former The Bachelor star allegedly never even offered to pay Courtney's plane fare when she traveled to see him.
The model previously explained how she felt she had gotten "the raw end of the deal" in her "made-for-TV relationship."
Courtney later met Humberto Preciado, whom she married and later welcomed three children with.
Ben told E! News in January 2022 that he and Courtney were "totally fine" and had "made amends a number of years ago."
Ben added, "We didn't speak for a while, but my sister still chats with her."
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