The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 40, announced Wednesday that she is expecting her first child, a baby girl, after undergoing in vitro fertilization.
“Anybody who’s gone through IVF or attempted IVF will tell you so many things have to go right for the final result of this journey to be a baby,” she told People Wednesday.
The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum is due in August. Lola Melani Photography She called her pregnancy a “remarkable miracle.” ebonikwilliams/Instagram
“That’s why I’ve called this ‘my remarkable miracle,’ because it really does feel like I’ve been the recipient of some very enormous favor from God above.”
Williams, whose due date is Aug. 16, shared that she nicknamed her daughter “one-of-one” because of the luck she had during her fertility journey.
“I did one egg retrieval at 34 years old, not really having a clear intention on if I would use those eggs or when I would use the eggs,” she recalled. “And six years later, that one egg retrieval led to one genetically normal embryo, which led to one successful embryo transfer and — one pregnancy later — I’ll soon have, God willing, one beautifully healthy baby girl. So it really does feel like fate.”
“It really does feel like I’ve been the recipient of some very enormous favor from God above,” Williams said. Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images She admitted she didn’t always want to be a mom. Getty Images
The former Bravolebrity admitted that becoming a mother wasn’t something she always wanted to do.
“I want to say that with conviction and clarity; I was not the little girl that grew up fantasizing about having kids and what I would name them and all of that,” she told the magazine. “That was not my dream or fantasy. I had no real expectation around it.”
Williams added that she was not sure whether she would ever use the eggs she had frozen and did not have a “surefire plan.”
“I was not the little girl that grew up fantasizing about having kids and what I would name them and all of that,” she shared. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images She did some soul-searching during the COVID-19 pandemic and realized she wanted a child. ebonikwilliams/Instagram
“It was the pandemic and having some real existential conversations within my own self about legacy and life and love and the different ways in which I really wanted to explore family,” she explained, adding that she was able to free herself from the “rigidness of what legacy, love and family could look like.”
“Those are the three pillars I reassessed, and it helped shake me from this idea of, ‘I have to have it this way on this timeline everyone else is following,'” she said.
The lawyer, who was the first black cast member of the “Housewives” franchise, also spoke about her decision to become a mother on her own.
Williams joined the Bravo show in 2020 for its 13th season. Sophy Holland/Bravo She was the first black woman to be cast in the Bravo franchise. Sophy Holland/Bravo
“There will always be that voice that says, ‘Maybe I should have waited to meet a man and remarry before I had a baby? Maybe I should not be trying to do this alone,'” she said.
“But f–k that! I’m not waiting. I’m 40 years old. I’m not waiting to build assets. I’m not waiting to build my career. I’m not waiting to travel. And I’m certainly not waiting to start a family.”
Williams said she refused to wait “one more day” to have a child because of her single status.
Williams said she didn’t want to wait for a partner to become a mom. ebonikwilliams/Instagram “There will always be that voice that says, ‘Maybe I should have waited to meet a man and remarry before I had a baby? Maybe I should not be trying to do this alone.’ But f–k that!” she said. Getty Images for alice + olivia
“Everything I want to do, I’m doing right now. And I’m excited,” she gushed. “I feel as ready as I’m ever going to be.”
The TV host and her ex-fiancé, whom she has never publicly named, called off their engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic after dating for nearly four years.
She was also married to an unknown man at the age of 27, but they divorced after 10 months.
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