The Better Together author, 44, and her husband, Keven Undergaro, 55, are expecting a child, according to a rep for the couple. Their pregnancy announcement comes after ten years of trying to start a family.
“We are so grateful to everyone who contributed to this wonderful blessing!” Maria said. “I am overjoyed to be a mother, and Keven is overjoyed to be a father! And my father is overjoyed to be a papou! (In Greek, Grandpa).”
Maria also confirmed the news on social media, paying tribute to her late mother, Litsa Menounos, who died of brain cancer in May 2021.
“Can’t believe I’m sharing this news without her in the physical,” she wrote in part on Instagram on February 7. “However, I know she made it happen on the other side and will be there for me every step of the way.”
In February 2022, the Extra alum, who had surgery five years prior for a benign brain tumor, opened up about her and Keven’s fertility struggles, saying she “definitely didn’t think it was going to take this long.”
“It’s been years,” she said at the time to People. “We’ve used various services and different people,” she says, adding that she began IVF treatments a decade ago. “It’s just been a very difficult process.”
“Can’t believe I’m sharing this news without her in the physical,” she wrote in part on Instagram on February 7. “However, I know she made it happen on the other side and will be there for me every step of the way.”
In February 2022, the Extra alum, who had surgery five years prior for a benign brain tumor, opened up about her and Keven’s fertility struggles, saying she “definitely didn’t think it was going to take this long.”
“It’s been years,” she said at the time to People. “We’ve used various services and different people,” she says, adding that she began IVF treatments a decade ago. “It’s just been a very difficult process.”
The One on One alum went on to explain their pre-disaster process.
“My fertility doctor suggested a mock cycle because we only have two really good embryos and we want two kids,” Maria explained. “What would happen is that the uterine lining would not develop to the point where you could safely implant and know that the embryo would stick. We would have probably lost our only chance if we hadn’t done [a mock cycle].”
But they never gave up hope and continued to plan for the future.
“Hopefully everything will be fine,” she added. “And we’ll get two little brats to whom I’ll say every day, ‘You have no idea what we went through to get you here!'” You had better perform admirably.
