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Teen Mom’s pregnant Kayla Jones reveals baby’s gender and shows off growing bump for first time in new video
TEEN Mom star Kayla Jones has revealed that she's having a baby girl.
The 22-year-old - who appeared on Young & Pregnant last year - announced that she is pregnant with her second child during an Instagram Live on Monday evening.
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Kayla uploaded a gender reveal clip on Tuesday as she proudly showed off her growing baby bump for the first time.
Sitting on the floor, Kayla beamed as she popped a giant balloon which released pink confetti.
The TV star said it is her second chance to enjoy and bask in the experience of pregnancy.
She penned: The day I waited so incredibly long for..21 weeks, 5 days, 12 hours.
"From the moment I knew you would be arriving I was in complete awe, couldn’t believe it and battled within.
"So many thoughts of reactions, opinions, and judgements crossed my mind at the thought of keeping you.
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"My first experience was filled with defensiveness and unpleasant emotions up until arrival and I just knew that’s not what I wanted to experience AGAIN."
The MTV star explained that she wanted to keep her pregnancy a secret so she could surround herself with "love and peace"
"Then, I realized this would be my second chance to enjoy and bask in the experience once more .. 4 years later of what was supposed to be happiness and joy of a new life being brought into the world," Kayla continued.
"So I kept you quiet.. I knew I wanted you but instead this time I surrounded myself with love and peace as long as I felt comfortable too.
"I already enjoy being a mom no matter how hard it may get and now I have the chance to add another little princess, my second princess into the world with nothing but love.
"I’ve known forever I didn’t want to leave Mecca alone in this world and I knew my baby would be ecstatic to be a big sister especially since she thinks she’s someone’s mom/boss at the moment but now she gets to be a big sister with her own lifelong best friend!
"Its been peaceful, breathtaking and an incredibly great feeling to enjoy your arrival myself but now, .. my little princess is revealed 👑."
Kayla's fans were overwhelmed by the touching post and raced to congratulate the star.
One wrote: "#girlmom CONGRATULATIONS KAYLAAAA ❤️."
Another posted: "OMG A BABY GIRL 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!"
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On Monday Kayla told fans: "Did I do anything for Valentine's Day? Yes, I found out the gender of my baby!"
She then took a bite out of a blue popsicle, hinting that she could be having a boy.
The MTV star is already mom to 3-year-old daughter Mecca with Makel Kennedy.
It is not known if Makel is the father of her second child.
Kayla and Makel met in high school and dated for five years, during which time Makel came out as transgender and transitioned from female to male.
They got engaged when they both turned 18 and decided to start a family.
Kayla became pregnant using a sperm donor and they welcomed Mecca into the world.
Kayla and Makel have since split and are believed to be co-parenting their little one together, with the TV star describing him as her "best friend".
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They lived together on and off for almost two years before Makel moved back to Philadelphia.
Discussing their relationship last year on Teen Mom, Kayla said: "I do love Makel very strongly - very, very strongly."
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Kayla was axed from the next season of Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant.
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A source told “Kayla [Jones] got dropped.
"They did not renew her contract so she won’t be in the new 12 episodes.
“She was disappointed, especially since she has so much happening in her life right now that would be good to film.
“But MTV made their choice so there’s really nothing she can do.”
Sources claimed to the outlet that Teen Mom producers planned to keep Kayla on the show and fire Madisen Beith, though viewers seem to identify with Madisen’s storyline more.
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The insider explained: “[The producers] feel like, because Kayla is older than Madisen, and because Kayla’s pregnancy was intentional, her story didn’t really catch on the way [the producers] had hoped.
"The network thought that, because Kayla’s story included a transgender partner, it was timely and topical, but it just didn’t catch on."
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