Monica Garcia is a mother of five.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum—who shares daughters Bri, 19, Jaidyn, 14, West, 8, and Kendall, 7, with ex-husband Mike Fowler—has welcomed her first baby with boyfriend Braxton Knight, one year after suffering a devastating miscarriage.
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"Getting pregnant at 40 was never the plan, but just like the last couple years of my life, nothing has gone to plan," Monica wrote in an April 17 Instagram video documenting the end of her pregnancy and delivery. "Dear God & body…thank you."
In the montage of clips, the 41-year-old and her boyfriend cradle and care for their newborn at the hospital and carry the baby to their car to them it home. At another point in the video, one of Monica's daughters lovingly holds her new sibling in her arms.
"Thank you for holding this baby safely through 9 months and a delivery," Monica added. "So very grateful."
The reality star finished by saying, "I will miss this so much every hiccup and every kick felt."
Monica—who made a splash on RHOSLC during her one-season run on season four, during which it was revealed she'd secretly run a fan account about the cast before joining—first announced her pregnancy last month.
"It was difficult coming off such a tumultuous whirlwind with RHOSLC and all the love and hate I received from all of that," she told People in an interview published March 4. "Old friends turned on me, I was iced out by the cast, I lost my job, my relationship with my mother has never recovered, my world was crumbling."
"Then I had an unexpected pregnancy and miscarriage at 40," Monica continued. "The entire time I was going through all of that, the world chose to spit on me and continue to kick me while I was down. The accusations of me lying about a pregnancy and miscarriage that I received daily while dealing with such an unexpected loss was a pain that I will never forget. I was losing a baby while being shredded apart by some of the most awful comments I’ve ever had said to and about me."
The Brea Baby founder went on to explain why she waited until the month before her due date to announce her latest pregnancy.
"That miscarriage was my lowest point with being in the public eye and I wasn’t going to put myself through that again," Monica shared, "for the sake of the pregnancy and the baby."
"God has been there for me every single step of the way," she added. "I have been so blessed and been silent about all of it. I just hope someone reads this and it resonates with them on some level. Reminds them that no matter what people do to you, say about you or try to take from you, they can NEVER take what God has for you."
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