The Bachelor alum Krystal Nielson has announced she and husband Miles Bowles are expecting their second child together.
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Alongside photos of Krystal and Miles frolicking on a beach with their four-year-old daughter Andara Rose, Krystal wrote late last week, "Our second little love is on the way."
Krystal's baby bump was on full display in the photos, and Andara smiling from ear to ear.
The Bachelor in Paradise alum subsequently posted a video montage of beach photos that included pictures of Krystal holding up a strip of sonogram images.
"Bowles family of 4 coming November 2025," she captioned her post.
Krystal then celebrated her pregnancy on Mother's Day and jotted down her thoughts on Instagram on May 12.
"I never imagined I'd embrace motherhood -- ironically -- until a reality TV dating show at 30 changed everything," Krystal shared with her followers.
"Stripped of my phone for 30 days and diving into daily 'therapy' chats with producers. I began to dream of a life with partnership and family. That wild adventure didn't lead to love, but it led me to my greatest role: being a Mom."
Krystal went on to reveal how she had grown up with a single mom of five.
"I saw parenting's hardships and held a limiting belief that it meant shelving dreams," Krystal continued.
"Oh, how I wish I could tell my younger self about the immense love, joy, and purpose my daughter has brought me. Becoming a mom didn't end my life -- it's where it truly began."
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Krystal insisted that parenting "doesn't stop dreams." Instead, it "fuels them with deeper meaning," she wrote.
"You'll grow in ways you never imagined, and love will overflow. Motherhood has become my greatest adventure, blending humor, resilience, and clarity about what matters most," she gushed.
"My dreams aren't paused -- they're evolving, painted with the beautiful chaos of raising my girl."
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Krystal concluded that she's celebrating her journey to parenthood and the love that keeps her going.
Krystal revealed in 2023 that she had been diagnosed with perimenopause while trying to conceive her second child, and so this journey hasn't been an easy one for The Bachelor alum.
Krystal even shared on social media at the time how she was told it would be "a miracle" for her to get pregnant again.
Krystal and Miles got married during an intimate wedding ceremony in front of their closest family and friends in La Jolla, CA, in August 2023.
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Krystal told People that "commitment to family and open communication with one another" was the foundation of their relationship.
When Krystal announced her engagement to Miles in late 2022, she insisted it was "for all the right reasons," which was a nod to her past on The Bachelor franchise.
Krystal was previously married to Chris Randone, whom she met on Bachelor in Paradise's fifth season and got engaged during the 2018 finale. They got married in June 2019 and documented the event for Bachelor in Paradise's sixth season.
The pair announced their decision to separate in February 2020, just eight months after saying "I do."
Krystal then confirmed in August 2020 that she and Chris were following through with a divorce. (Chris told Us Weekly at the time he was hoping to reconcile with Krystal but learned she had moved on).
"It was really scary... That was really tough because I felt like going on Paradise and getting matched up with someone, there was so much love and attention and celebration around our relationship. And I was like, 'Wow, being in a relationship means I'm loved.' But by myself, I was a villain," Krystal explained on the former "Talking It Out with Bachelor Nation" podcast in early 2023.
Krystal was dubbed "the villain" of Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of The Bachelor, which aired in 2018, and so her stint on Paradise was essentially an opportunity to rehab her image and have a redemption story.
Once Krystal and Chris, a villain from Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette, got together, they became a fan-favorite power couple.
"So deciding to separate and divorce, I was really afraid that outside of that relationship, I would be the villain again and I wouldn't be loved and I wouldn't be accepted -- and I would be [seen as] a failure," Krystal confessed.
"For a long time, we kind of battled on if we were going to split and when we were going to be ready. Because it was very scary for both of us, I would say. It was really hard."
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Krystal recalled ending her marriage to Chris on Valentine's Day 2020, which was a couple of weeks before the coronavirus pandemic began and "everything shut down."
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"And inviting the public in, because they were so invested in our relationship, was really challenging to navigate. I really didn't know how because I needed privacy, but yet still felt this duty to share that with all the fans of the show."
Krystal said navigating her divorce in the public eye was "really tricky," adding, "I just felt like I really pulled back for a while because I wasn't really sure what to say."
After Krystal began dating Miles in Spring 2020, she discovered in August 2020 that she was pregnant -- a "f-cking bananas" moment.
Krystal admitted during a December 2020 appearance on the "Scheananigans with Scheana Shay" podcast that "it was scary" to find out she was pregnant because she and Miles had only been dating for about four months at that point. She was also still legally wrapped up in her marriage to Chris.
"There was a divorce that happened, there was a pandemic that happened, then I found out I was going to be a mom, so there was so much going on that I really just shut down," Krystal said.
"At the time, I stepped away from my business and there was a point when I was down to my last month of being able to pay my bills and I still had my staff running but not taking a paycheck. I was two months pregnant and there was so much stress and pressure, so I had to take a step back to reevaluate and rebuild."
Krystal admitted she felt so much "pressure" to "perform high and do things so over the top" to prove to others that she had been "living it up."
"But really, it was very frivolous and wasn't for the right reasons. As I was rebuilding my life and my family coming out of this pandemic, I just found what was important to me and where I wanted to put my time, money, and energy into," Krystal said.
When Krystal and Miles welcomed their baby girl, Andara, in March 2021, Chris actually reached out to his ex-wife to congratulate her.
Krystal said on "Talking It Out" that she wasn't her true self on The Bachelor and it took her a while to realize that people would still love her for her imperfections, hardships and vulnerability.
Krystal and Chris' breakup came as a shock to fans because Chris had told Us in August 2019 that Krystal had decided to stop using birth control and they wanted to start trying for a family in early 2020.
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The couple reportedly wasn't ready to get married but felt "immense pressure" to give Bachelor Nation the happy ending they had been waiting for.
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