Kristen Doute Reveals Sex of First Baby with Fiancé Luke Broderick: 'So Thrilled' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Kristen Doute Gender Reveal

Kristen Doute

Kristen Douteis going to be a girl mom!

“Luke and I are so thrilled to be having a little girl, which honestly was unexpected because I was convinced we were having a boy!” Doute exclusively tells PEOPLE. “To find out in the way that we did, to have Brittany [Cartwright] be the one who shared the news from our doctor could not have been more perfect. It was really special to have our family and friends from out of town ‘be there’ virtually.”

In photos shared with PEOPLE from the event, Doute posed with Broderick, standing in front of a cannon of pink air as they celebrated that they’d be welcoming a daughter in a few months.

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Kristen Doute Gender Reveal

In her conversation with PEOPLE in November, Doute, whoexperienced a miscarriage in late 2023, shared thatshe and Broderick “are really looking forward to expanding our little familyand becoming parents.”

Kristen Doute and fiancé Luke Broderick at their sex reveal.Kristen Doute

Kristen Doute Gender Reveal

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After going through IUI (intrauterine insemination) in late summer, Doute said she was “relieved, overwhelmed, happy, excited and nervous” to learn that she was pregnant and is due in June 2025.

“The second I told Luke, he wasn’t surprised, but was SO happy that IUI worked the first time (we were prepared that it may not). He was joyful and beyond excited, to say the least,” she told PEOPLE.

Kristen Doute and fiancé Luke Broderick.Kristen Doute

Kristen Doute Gender Reveal

The couple’s happy news came only a few months after Broderickpopped the question to Doutewhile the two were in Maui, Hawaii filming the second season ofThe Valley.

After their engagement, the couple spoke to PEOPLE about their upcoming nuptials, sharing that they wereputting their fertility journey ahead of wedding planning.

Doute shared that the two had been “really busy” at the time. “I mean, we wrappedThe Valley, been working on our fertility pregnancy journey… relaxing, relaxing as much as possible. But enjoying being engaged,” she told PEOPLE.

source: people.com