“I wasn’t not posting because I felt like I wanted to have this grand announcement,” she said. “There was an anxiety for me about hitting certain milestones [when it came to the pregnancy], and once I passed that 21-week mark, I felt like I was in the safe zone.”

“Now that I’m there, I feel like I’ve made it over the major hurdles, and I feel safe and comfortable announcing it,” Richie Grainge noted, “and I can now have those open conversations and be honest with the people watching my videos.”

The fashion designer and model also shared hopes she has for her baby, whose due date is “up in the air,” but likely spring or early summer. 

“”I want to raise a smart, kind person,” Richie Grainge told the publication. “I really value manners and being polite and being kind to everyone because that was instilled in me at a young age.”

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