Former Bachelorette Emily Maynard’s 20-year-old daughter, Ricki, is expecting her first baby.
While sharing a sonogram photo via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, August 26, Ricki quoted Love Island USA’s Huda Mustafa, writing, “Netflix told me I’m not allowed to talk about it.”
In another upload, Ricki shared a video of the baby moving. “My heart is so full, yet my stomach is so empty because she hates all food. I’m convinced.”
Maynard, 39, has yet to address Ricki’s pregnancy.
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The former Bachelorette was engaged to Ricky Hendrick when he died in an airplane accident in 2004 at 24 years old. After his death, Maynard discovered she was pregnant with her first child. At age 19, Maynard welcomed daughter Josephine Riddick Hendrick — whom she calls Ricki in honor of her late fiancé.
Years later, Maynard appeared on season 15 of The Bachelor and accepted a proposal from Brad Womack. After the pair’s short-lived engagement, she starred as the lead of The Bachelorette season 8 in 2012 and ended the show engaged to Jef Holm. Three months after the show wrapped, the twosome called it quits.
“I wish that I would’ve kept [my time on The Bachelor and Bachelorette] totally separate [from Ricki],” Maynard shared in a 2017 podcast interview. “At the time, I thought, ‘This is it,’ and I never would’ve brought her into it had I not thought that. So I wish that I maybe would’ve taken a step back. Maybe sheltered her from that a little bit more.”
Maynard moved on with Tyler Johnson, whom she wed in 2014. The couple have since welcomed sons Jennings Tyler, Gibson Kyle, Gatlin Avery and Jones in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022, respectively, and daughter Magnolia Bella in 2020.
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“You could have 18 kids and it really doesn’t make that big of a difference,” she told People in 2017. “Your stroller gets bigger, but that’s it. I want to have maybe two more. Ricki is so much older, she’s just more of a help than anything else. So, we’ll see!”
Maynard has been candid about her bond with her kids through the years. In July 2023, Maynard celebrated Ricki’s 18th birthday by taking her eldest daughter to get a tattoo.
“My girl is turning 18 today, [does] anyone have a horse tranquilizer for me?” Maynard quipped via her Instagram Story at the time, while sharing a throwback photo of Ricki. Maynard shared another image of Ricki lying on a table while getting ink, writing, “Doing grown-up stuff.”
