VIDEO: Melissa Rycroft Calls Pregnancy A "Wonderful Surprise"
Jul. 28 2010, Published 9:11 a.m. ET
It looks like Melissa Rycroft really has found her fairytale ending, and RadarOnline.com has details.
Rycroft - who was famously dumped by Bachelor Jason Mesnick on live television only to later find true love - is pregnant.
"It was a shock. We weren't even trying," Rycroft tells the brand new issue of US Weekly, which was first to report the news.
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"It's the most wonderful surprise in the world," she added. "It's such a blessing."
Melissa also announced the news during her appearance as a correspondent on Good Morning America. (Watch video below)
After being publicly humiliated by Mesnick, Rycroft, 27, rekindled her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Tye Strickland, 29, an insurance agent.
They married last December.
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The busy Rycroft also tells Us that having a baby was the last thing on her mind. "He wanted the kids right away, and I was laughing at him going, 'No, not ready!", she said.
"He's actually cried more than I have," she tells Us. "Tye is caring, he's funny. He's going to be a great dad."
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The couple recently purchased a home near Dallas. She's due in Febuary.