Pregnant Olivia Culpo is surprised she got pregnant so fast with new husband Christian McCaffrey, a source has told DailyMail.com.
That is because the 32-year-old suffers from Endometriosis, a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus which can make it harder to get pregnant, according to the World Health Organization.
‘Olivia was hopeful she would be able to get pregnant in the years following her wedding to Christian,’ the source stated.
‘She was really shocked that she got pregnant just a few months after marrying Christian because she has Endometriosis. Is has been a sweet gift for her to get pregnant right away. She can’t wait to become a mom.’
Olivia married Christian, 28, in June 2024, she got pregnant around four months later and is now about six months along, the source shared.
Pregnant Olivia Culpo is surprised she got pregnant so fast with new husband Christian McCaffrey, a source has told DailyMail.com. That is because she suffers from Endometriosis, which can make it harder to get pregnant
‘Olivia was hopeful she would be able to get pregnant in the years following her wedding to Christian,’ the source stated. ‘She was really shocked that she got pregnant just a few months after marrying Christian because she has Endometriosis. Is has been a sweet gift for her to get pregnant right away. She can’t wait to become a mom’
‘The first four months of her pregnancy were difficult where she could not exercise much, she couldn’t even go for power walks in her neighborhood, she had to lay low for the baby. But now she is able to do light exercises in the gym.’
Earlier this week DailyMail.com learned that Culpo is about six months along in her first pregnancy.
‘She started telling very close family members she was pregnant around Thanksgiving,’ a pal told DailyMail.com.
‘Olivia has done a very good job at hiding her pregnancy with baggy clothing and covering her tummy with purses. She even used her dog Olive to help cover her bump.’
And the source added it is all she and Christian wanted: ‘She is thrilled to be having a baby with the love of her life.’
The source also said many fans have pretty much known that Olivia was pregnant as she started hiding her midsection in November.
‘She used to flaunt her abs on social media and then in November, that was over. Fans were pretty much aware something was up and would ask Olivia constantly on DM if she was pregnant,’ said the source.
Olivia married Christian, 28, in June 2024, she got pregnant around four months later and is now about six months along, the source shared
Culpo made the announcement on social media on Monday morning, posing for pictures where she touched her bump.
She captioned the post: ‘Next chapter, motherhood’. She also shared a video of her and McCaffrey holding hands and kissing during an outdoor shoot.
The couple, who began their romance in 2019, are yet to announce the gender of the baby.
McCaffrey is the star running back for the San Francisco 49ers.
Culpo has been open about her desire to start a family with McCaffrey before but has also talked about her battle with endometriosis.
In a 2022 episode of reality show Culpo Sisters she said: ‘I want to have kids, but I want to make sure that I can. It could be really hard for me to have babies.
‘Endometriosis can affect your fertility in a lot of different ways.
‘You can have endometrial tissue growing near or on your ovaries, it can affect the quality of your eggs, scar your fallopian tubes.
‘There is so much that I don’t know about what’s going to happen in the future with that condition, and I worry all the time about my timeline. I feel like I have to have kids ASAP.’
‘Endometriosis wreaked havoc on my life’ she said, adding that it took her ‘years and years and years to finally get a diagnosis.’
The star – pictured 2023 with McCaffrey – has previously spoken about her battle with endometriosis
The Rhode Island native said she remembered ‘not being able to function’ and suffered the ‘type of pain that kept [her] in bed all day,’ but was not able to get an immediate diagnosis.
‘I went to doctor after doctor after doctor, I was told by every single doctor I went to – dozens – that my periods were normal that pain is normal that discomfort is normal that I just need to take medicine,’ Culpo said, noting that she ‘was prescribed all sorts of things and the pain was not getting any better.’
The one-time Miss Universe said she ‘was almost made to feel like [she] was making up [her] symptoms and overreacting,’ which was ‘very painful physically and also emotionally, because [her] pain was never validated.’
