Country artist Brooke Eden and her wife Hilary Hoover are overjoyed to announce that they are expecting their first child!
In an exclusive interview, Eden, 35, shared the emotional moment when they discovered Hoover’s pregnancy: “We were in our kitchen and just held each other and cried for 10 minutes”.
Hoover, whose due date is set for Nov. 7, expressed her excitement: “We’re just on the other side of the first trimester, sliding into the second trimester right now. I had a rough few weeks, but other than that, I’m feeling great.”
The couple, married in 2022 and based in Nashville, always knew that children would be a part of their love story. Eden reminisced about their early days, saying, “The very first day that I met [Hilary], I told her she was meant to be a mom. [Hilary] just had such the most natural maternal instinct”.
Their journey to parenthood began to take shape in February 2023 when they started consulting with Dr. Abby Eblen at the Nashville Fertility Center with hopes of conceiving.
Hoover explained the complexities of decision-making as a gay couple embarking on parenthood: “There’s a lot of decisions to be made when it comes to having a baby as a gay couple. We actually talked a lot over the years about the different options between in-vitro fertilization and adoption, and we’ve gone down both routes several times.
We ended up deciding that we would try to get pregnant with either one of our embryos first.” As they eagerly anticipate the arrival of their baby this fall, both Eden and Hoover reflect on the significance of Mother’s Day: “It did hit me pretty hard when I thought about this year’s Mother’s Day“.
