Candiace Dillard Bassett Announces Pregnancy

There’s a bun in the oven! Yep — Candiace Dillard Bassett from The Real Housewives of Potomac has announced her pregnancy. She’s expecting her first child with husband Chris Bassett.

During a chat with Entertainment Tonight, the Drive Back singer revealed the big news, saying she’s “about 13 weeks.” She added, “It’s been weird, but also really wonderful … to keep it kind of to ourselves to this point.”

The reality star, who joined the Potomac iteration in Season 3, spoke about her desire to become a mother and even filmed with fertility doctors to discuss in vitro fertilization (IVF) in previous seasons. In her statement, Candiace shared their baby came from an embryo she and her husband froze two years ago.

“I think we were both kind of content to have them just sit there until my ‘cut-off date,’” Candiace said, referring to Chris’ wish for her to become pregnant by his 50th birthday. “But then I got the itch.”

“I always wondered, like, how would I know when I was ready? And I always felt like a part of my anxiety was that I wasn’t sure that I would know, and when I knew, it was undeniable.”

One of the internal battles Candiace faced during her time on RHOP was wondering if she could balance motherhood with her growing career as a singer and entertainment personality.

“I kind of woke up and realized that I was never going to be 100 percent ready,” she shared. “I just had to … trust the process and trust my doctors and stop being afraid and just do it. So once we decided together that we were going to do that – together – it just was kind of all moving by faith from there.”

Now, with their growing baby, Chris and Candiace have much to look forward to — like finding out their child’s sex.

“It’s so cool that you literally have no idea what you’re getting,” Candiace said. “[We don’t know their personality yet] although, at our last sonogram, signs are pointing to them being more like Chris than me.” When Chris asked for clarification, Candiace said their baby was already “laidback.”

“We’re trying to get them to move for the sonogram, and they were, like, being camera shy because before the camera came out, they were moving around, and they pulled out the camera, and they were like, nope!”