Anneliese van der Pol from That's so Raven is having a baby girl

Anneliese van der Pol from That’s So Raven is expecting a baby with her husband, Johnno Wilson. The couple, who’ve starred alongside each other on the Disney Channel sitcom, confirmed their transition into parenthood when speaking to People Magazine. The couple have had this child relatively late in their lives, with both Anneliese and Johnno being 40 years old as of the announcement.
Their baby is due this October and is a girl. Speaking of her pregnancy, Anneliese had this to say: "Of course, you just want a healthy child, and a boy would've been exciting too, but there's something about a girl in this time that I'm just so proud of. I don't want her to be a performer or care if she's a doctor...but she WILL be a feminist."
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Anneliese van der Pol and Johnno Wilson have been frank about the fact that they weren’t always sure about whether or not to start a family of their own. Earlier in their marriage, they considered themselves a couple that would go childfree. As Johnno put it, back when they first met at 34, their main priorities were career and travel. However, the passage of time ended up reorienting their priorities, and now the couple seem fully prepared to step into parenthood.
The two planned to consult with their family doctor and conceive the baby through in vitro fertilization (IVF). However, when Anneliese checked for her period, everything changed. As she put it: "Literally the day before we were meant to meet our IVF [in vitro fertilization] doctor, I realized I was late. So I took a test, saw two lines, and canceled our appointment. I put the pregnancy stick on Johnno's pillow and watched him figure it out when he came in to bring me my morning coffee.”
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Anneliese and Johno have stated that her pregnancy so far has been peaceful and trouble-free. Johno revealed that a lot of the couple’s friends and loved ones have already had kids, so they were “prepared for anything”, but things have overall been “wonderful”.
That doesn’t mean there haven’t been any changes to her life, as Anneliese fondly recalled the cravings she developed, or the “quickening” she felt when the baby within her began moving around 17 to 20 weeks in. The couple have credited Babylist for being an incredibly useful website for consolidating all the information they needed for managing the pregnancy and raising the baby after birth.
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