The Bachelor alum Shanae Ankney has welcomed her new baby into the world.

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Shanae recently took to Instagram to announce that she gave birth to her second child with husband Nate Ebner.

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Shanae posted multiple photos of her new baby via Instagram as well as a picture of Nate holding his little baby boy.

"Our hearts grew bigger on October 1st, 2026. Introducing baby Cruz," Shanae captioned her post.

Shanae revealed that she had a baby boy on the way in late July by posting a family photo on Instagram and writing, "So grateful to become a family of 4! Baby brother joining us in a few short months!"

Shanae didn't reveal her son's name yet, but he's now a little brother to Maven Jane, the couple's daughter who was born in April 2024.

Shanae announced her first pregnancy in October 2023.

"I cannot wait to become a girl mom. Baby Ebner arriving April 2024," Shanae captioned photos of her first gender reveal party.

Shanae gushed on Instagram at the time how her daughter was "worth the wait."

A month after Maven was born, Nate, a former NFL player, proposed marriage to The Bachelor alum.

Shanae and Nate got married in February 2025, a little less than one year after they became parents.

Nate, who previously played for the New York Giants as well as the New England Patriots in the NFL, told People in 2023, "I think Shanae is a wonderful human with a beautiful soul, and I can't wait to watch her be an amazing mother."

Nate predicted that the Bachelor in Paradise alum would be "the absolute best" mother, adding how she has "so much love to give."

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The athlete noted, "I know it will be difficult, but I think I have a lot to offer, and I'm excited about the experience, the challenge and the learning along the way."

He said he couldn't wait to "have a one-of-a-kind relationship with" his little girl, adding, "I hope to be a great example for her of how a man should act, what strength looks like, and how you treat the people you love in your life."

After teasing how she had already been in a new relationship for several months, Shanae and Nate went Instagram official with their relationship in April 2023.

"Always laughing when I'm with you! [Heart emoji]," Shanae captioned three photos with Nate.

In the picture, Shanae was walking arm-in-arm with her beau, although she had chosen not to identify him by name at first.

Shanae sparked drama and was viewed as a villain on Clayton Echard's The Bachelor season, which aired in early 2022.

Shanae, for example, called fellow The Bachelor 26 alum Elizabeth Corrigan "fake" and "two-faced," and she mocked Elizabeth's ADHD disorder.

Clayton asked Shanae to apologize for rubbing everyone the wrong way, and so Shanae delivered a totally insincere -- although convincing -- apology to the cast.

I'm not sorry, hoes, you mean-ass b-tches!" she boasted in a confessional. "I need an Oscar award for that performance. Fake it until you make it! I never thought I could act before but I'm f-cking good."

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Shanae was called "a Herpes outbreak" and "a puppeteer," and Clayton's bachelorettes agreed that they would view Clayton in a different light if he continued to keep Shanae around.

"Shanae likes to push people to the limit and be cute, calm, and collected when it's all so phony and calculated," Mara Agreat said in a confessional on the show.

"She's a roller coaster, she's dramatic, she's erratic, she's unnecessary. She's not wife material, she sucks."

Clayton ultimately decided to eliminate Shanae in Niagara Falls, Canada, during a February 2022 episode of The Bachelor's 26th season, and she claimed she was totally shocked and taken aback by her ouster.

Clayton decided to keep Genevieve Parisi over Shanae on a two-on-one date.

Clayton has said he would've sent Shanae home earlier had he known more about her antics and rudeness, but Lyndsey Windham called him out for lying about the extent of knowledge he really had.

Clayton also suggested, totally under the radar, that producers made him give Shanae roses for the sake of drama and entertainment value, which "killed" his credibility.

Shanae went on to appear on Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season in 2022, hoping to rehab her image and find lasting love.

Shanae made many girlfriends while filming this time around, including Genevieve, but she refused to commit to one bachelor in Mexico. Shanae made it known that she was having a good time and trying to keep her options open.

Shanae bounced from Logan Palmer to James Bonsall to Tyler Norris to Joey Young in Paradise.

Shanae fell the hardest and deepest for Logan, whom she wanted to keep pursuing after a string of dates, but he ultimately dumped Shanae in order to date Kate Gallivan.

Neither Shanae or Logan left Bachelor in Paradise in a relationship in 2022.

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