The Bachelorette Has a Baby

An Interview with Trista Sutter

By Elisa Ast All

Reality TV stars come and go, and few linger in your memory longer than the next season of Survivor or The Apprentice. Trista Sutter is one of the most memorable. Perhaps it's because she was the first Bachelorette or because she's likely the only reality dating show star who is actually still with the one she chose on the show – or maybe it's because she and her husband, Ryan, got married on national television. Whatever the case, Trista has more staying power than most.

And now, another first for reality TV dating stars everywhere: Trista, 34, is pregnant with her first child. We talked to Trista about the challenge of trying to conceive, her pregnancy and married life with her fireman hubby.

TS: It did take us quite awhile to become pregnant, but we were able to conceive naturally and hope to do so again. I have never bought into the idea that if you don't get pregnant after the magic number of one year, that there is something wrong with you.

Unfortunately, though, many women are unable to become pregnant within a year these days, whether related to our rushed way of life, years of birth control or a delay in starting a family until our 30s. When that happens, you are labeled with a diagnosis of infertility and can feel "abnormal." Thankfully, I always believed that it would happen when it was supposed to, and it did.

What Helped Them Find out what helped Trista and Ryan conceive!

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