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Maria Menounosis clarifying where she currently stands in her process to become a mom.
During recent episodes of herBetter Togethershow, the television personalityhinted at her plans to expand her familywith husband Keven Undergaro. She teased earlier this week that they were considering a move from Los Angeles to Nashville for the “kid phase” of their lives, seeking a sense of community for their future children to grow up in.
Menounos now tells PEOPLE they aren’t quite expecting just yet. “We are still in progress, not pregnant yet!” she says. “That’s the plan, and we will share good news when we can.”
She teased the 2021 arrival of new additions duringthe Dec. 15 episode ofBetter Together, becoming emotional while sharing how the promise of the newborns helped her encourage her mother Litsa amid a serious health battle. (Litsa has beendealing with a brain tumorafterbattling stage 4 brain cancer, and last month shecontracted COVID-19.)
“I said to her, ‘You gotta get strong, you gotta hang on — you’ve got grandchildren coming, and they might even be showing up…’ well, they’re definitely showing up next year,” she said at the time. “I was gonna say around a certain time, but I won’t share yet because I don’t wanna — anyway!”
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Keven Undergaro and Maria Menounos in 2018.Sonia Moskowitz/Getty
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“I said, ‘Are you excited?’ and she goes, ‘I’m very excited.’ I was like, ‘Okay, Mom,’ " Menounos said, adding that her mom is “hanging on for this, and she will.”
Menounos and Undergaro opened up to PEOPLE in 2018 about starting a family, sharing at the time thatthey were considering surrogacy. Since Menounos had abenign brain tumor removed in 2017, they had to consult doctors about pursuing a pregnancy.
Then, in November 2019, Menounos toldEntertainment Tonightthat they were moving forward with the surrogacy process.
source: people.com
