EXCLUSIVE: ‘Bachelor’ Star Bekah Martinez Reveals She’s Pregnant

Martinez has now been dating live-in boyfriend Grayston Leonard for seven months, but it was only three months into their relationship that the 23-year-old discovered she was expecting. It wasn’t planned and at first the news came as an utter shock to the couple. “I was in disbelief and thought, ‘Is this really happening?’” Martinez remembered. “I immediately called Grayston and then went across the street to the Dollar Tree and bought two more pregnancy tests. They, of course, were both positive.”

At first, Leonard was unsure about whether he was ready to be a father, but for Martinez it was “legitimately a dream come true.” As she explained, “It’s the one thing that I’ve known with certainty for so long. I’ve gone back and forth on the idea of marriage and relationships, but I’ve always felt sure that I want to be a mom.”

She remembers the moment their new normal officially set in, which (ironically) happened to be Father’s Day. “I was crying (happy tears) and said, ‘You’re going to be a dad!’ We hugged, and it was the first time we really got to be overjoyed. We were finally able to celebrate and soak up all of that emotion,” the expectant mom said.

Still, they chose to keep the pregnancy to themselves. As Martinez explained, “I wanted time to process it between Gray and I and our family without all of the exterior noise chiming in.”

And although Martinez could have kept the unplanned aspect of her pregnancy private, it was never something that crossed her mind: “I wanted to share this experience with other women who have been in a similar situation or might be in the future, so they know they’re not alone.”

Even with all of the uncertainty surrounding her relationship and life as a mother, Martinez is grateful she opted out of Paradise. As she explained, “I think pregnancy is better than Bachelor in Paradise. Although I’m probably equally as sweaty, exhausted, nauseous, stressed out and emotional, at least I don’t have to worry about finding a man. I already have that one covered.” Amen.

Marriage or not, Martinez and Leonard are sure of a few things: They’re waiting to learn the gender of their baby and hope to choose a “baby name outside of the Bachelor world.” But that doesn’t mean the close friends Martinez made through her journey on the series won’t be along for the ride. The expectant mom definitely plans to include Bachelor cast girlfriends in all the pre-baby fun. However, Martinez says her days in the Bachelor franchise are definitely over.

As for baby Martinez-Leonard? The verdict’s still out on whether the couple’s little dude or dudette will enter the spotlight via their Instagram accounts (she says yes; he says no thanks). Regardless, both parents agree that they’d prefer if their kid stayed off of reality TV.

Martinez summed it up by saying, “I don’t really want my child to get reported missing on a weed farm.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.