Ryan Edwards is feeling the love from his prolonged household.
Earlier than information broke that his girlfriend, Amanda Conner, was anticipating a child lady, the Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter star was capable of share the pleased milestone along with his ex, Maci Bookout.
“She’s been very supportive and she or he was excited,” Ryan completely shared with Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 9, earlier than revealing his dad and mom’ response. “[Jen and Larry] had been a bit of shocked at first, however they’re very excited.”
Ryan shares son Bentley, 15, with Maci. He additionally has two youngsters — Jagger, 5, and Stella, 4 — along with his estranged spouse, Mackenzie Edwards.
Lengthy earlier than she was pregnant, Amanda — who has a son from a earlier relationship — was capable of construct a friendship with Maci. (The previous 16 and Pregnant star is now married to Taylor McKinney and lately celebrated 8 years of marriage.)
The key to their wholesome friendship could be a easy aim of placing the youngsters first.
“It comes right down to coparenting and being there for Bentley and being there for the youngsters,” she informed Us. “I simply really feel like she actually respects that. I don’t give her a tough time. I need to see Ryan be a dad, and I need to see him coparent with Maci.”
Having a contented, blended household is one thing Amanda hopes to proceed as she prepares to welcome a child lady into the world.
“It makes the whole lot simpler,” she mentioned. “We get alongside. We hang around. We are literally doing household issues that households are presupposed to be doing. It simply makes it lots simpler, and I really feel like she appreciates that.”
Over the weekend, Amanda confirmed she was anticipating a child by way of social media. Whereas she was making an attempt to maintain the information a secret, the MTV actuality star acknowledged that “the bump began displaying.”
“We’re each very excited,” Amanda mentioned. “We knew that it was only a matter of time.”
Since she began relationship Ryan round September 2023, Amanda mentioned their relationship has continued to blossom. She’s additionally pleased with how far they’ve come as people, after they each celebrated greater than a 12 months of sobriety.
“We’re in a wholesome, pleased place,” she mentioned. “I really feel like we’re doing higher than ever, higher than we ever have. We’re simply rising our future, rising our household, and that’s the place we’re at. We’re pleased to be the place we’re. We’re pleased to begin a household. We’re pleased to be sober. We’re pleased to have a blended household. All the pieces’s simply coming alongside. Life is nice.”
Teen Mother: The Subsequent Chapter airs on MTV.
