Our Jeannie Opens Up About Her Pregnancy with Jeezy!!

Our Real Fam is getting bigger because our lovely co-host Jeannie Mai Jenkins is PREGNANT!!

During our Season 8 premiere Monday, Jeannie revealed the exciting news that she and husband Jeezy are expecting their first child together.

During Girl Chat, co-hosts Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, and Garcelle Beauvais teased the news before Jeannie opened up her trench coat, revealing a burgeoning baby bump!

“Season 8 is really poppin’,” Loni exclaimed, with Ade adding, “That’s right, and we are expecting great things!”

That’s when Jeannie confirmed, “Absolutely, and I can definitely say that our Real fam is growing, and it’s been really hard to keep all of these secrets from you guys because we’ve had so much to reveal here at the show, including the fact that I am pregnant!”

When asked how it feels to share her announcement, Jeannie admitted it was “surreal because [‘The Real’] is the same home that I said so many defiant things [about wanting children or not].”

“You know, I was like, ‘I know exactly what I want, I know exactly what kind of woman I want to be,’ and I always said I’d never be a mom. And there’s so many reasons now that are coming to fruition as to why I would have said that then, but I do know that you never say never, and that love can really change you, and I’m so thankful to be on a show that’s really helped me to grow and to evolve and to see myself differently that I would have ever imagined seeing myself,” she continued.

Once she and Jeezy found out they were expecting, Jeannie knew she had to tell her girls!

“I was like, ‘I’ve got to come home and tell my girls.’ I’ve got to come home and tell the girls that have always accepted me at every stage of my life, have been through my ups and downs, and have always encouraged me to a place where I feel like you’ve all individually always told me to, if I wanted to be a mom, I’d be an awesome mom,” she said.

In an interview with Women’s Health published Monday, Jeannie opened up about her pregnancy, and said she and her husband have been hiding this news for five whole months!

“So we’re relieved to finally share the news,” Jeannie said.

Sadly, Jeannie’s pregnancy journey was not without its ups and downs.

A month before their March 27 wedding, held in the backyard of their Atlanta home, Jeannie found out she was pregnant after they began trying nearly a year ago. Tragically, Jeannie suffered a miscarriage, an event that made her wonder “if I was being punished.”

“I wondered if I’d jinxed myself or cursed myself. My entire life, I never wanted children. When I say never, I’m talking a hard-stop never,” she shared.

Despite the couple’s loss, Jeannie found strength in her relationship with Jeezy, which “made me see life differently for myself.”

“Our love is honest, pure, and safe… something I hadn’t felt as a child.”

A week after their wedding, at a doctor’s appointment for her IVF treatments, Jeannie happily found out that she was pregnant once again!

“It was the most beautiful sign that anything’s possible, that you’re not in control, and God has a plan,” she said.

With her baby on the way, Jeannie has “no idea what to expect” but has relied on Jeezy, who is already dad to two children, for support and guidance.

“He’s an amazing dad,” Jeannie said, and it “overwhelms me with even more love.”

When she first told the news to Adrienne, Loni, and Garcelle at a meeting, Jeannie said she “has no idea” the sex of her baby, but we can’t wait to find out soon!