Bachelorette Clare Crawley is 'ready' to meet her first baby
Clare Crawley.
Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for iHeartRadioClare Crawley is “ready” to meet her first baby with husband Ryan Dawkins.
“Baby girl we are here for you when you are,” Crawley, 42, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, January 14, next to a fragment of the horizon through an airplane window.
The former Bachelor party also shared a quote written with the video: “She took one last look at her old life, took a deep breath, and quietly said to herself, 'It's time. I'm ready to start my new storybook. ''
Crawley shared in July 2023 that she and Dawkins, who married in February 2023, were expecting their first child together via a surrogate. (Dawkins has two daughters from a previous relationship.)
Clare Crawley first hooked up with current husband Ryan Dawkins the same month her engagement to Dale Moss officially ended. “This photo was taken exactly one year ago,” the former Bachelorette wrote via Instagram on September 25, 2022. “He asked me out for dinner. I had no appetite. (Stressed and depressed) But I said yes to tea […]
“Baby Dawkins will arrive in January 2024 via our amazing English surrogate!!” Crawley wrote via Instagram at the time. “This is REALLY what my dreams are made of! I can't tell you how hard it has been to keep this secret hidden as I have shared the last ten years of my life with all of you!”
Crawley added that she and Dawkins kept their baby news to themselves as they “navigated the uncertain world of IVF and everything that comes with it.”
“I can't wait to share what it's been like for us soon, and until then, we're so incredibly grateful to @eggwhisperer for making miracles happen!” Crawley wrote.
Just weeks after Crawley announced she was expecting her first child with Dawkins, she revealed the couple were having a daughter in a video of her cutting into a pink cake.
Clare Crawley competed on The Bachelor and several spinoffs before becoming the season 16 lead of The Bachelorette in March 2020. However, her love story didn't end there. During her historic season – she was the oldest Bachelor leader ever, filming at age 39 – Crawley had on the first night and less than […]
“For the past ten years I've had the same dream over and over again,” Crawley wrote via Instagram. “The dreams were so vivid and real that my baby came into my life. All the beautiful details down to the gender and name. So this special moment was no surprise to me!”
Crawley has since spoken about her bond with her surrogate mother, saying that she feels like she has “known her my whole life” and that they are “similar in so many ways.”
“So grateful to have someone in our lives who is so incredibly special and gives us the greatest gift ever,” she captioned her Instagram Story video in August 2023.
Bachelor Nation first met Crawley when they competed for the eye of Juan Pablo Galavis during season 18 of The Bachelor. She next appeared in seasons 1 and 2 of Bachelor in Paradiselike Bachelor Winter Games.
While some roses stand the test of time, others wither before Neil Lane's engagement ring can be resized. The Bachelor premiered on ABC in March 2002, with Alex Michel being named the World's Most Eligible Bachelor. More than twenty women competed for his heart and one of the most successful reality TV franchises was born. […]
Crawley was then given the title of The Bachelorette in March 2020, but production was initially postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. When the show started filming, Crawley left after four episodes, engaged Dale Moss. (Tayshia Adams replaced Crawley as leader for the remainder of the season.)
Two months after their engagement aired, Crawley and Moss, 34, called it quits but then rekindled their relationship before splitting for good in September 2021.