Ben Higgins & Jessica Clarke Expecting First Baby – Reveal Baby’s Gender and Due Date in Adorable Post

Former Bachelor Ben Higgins and his wife, Jessica Clarke, are expecting their first baby.

The couple announced the news in a post on Instagram with a video montage of special moments between the two.

“The next chapter of our love story!” They wrote in a joint Instagram post. “Baby girl coming in February.”

Ben and Jessica met in 2018 and were engaged in March 2020. The couple wed in November of the following year in Tennessee.

In 2022, Ben spoke about his and Jessica’s plans to start a family.

“We’re excited for kids,” he told E! News. “I believe that, God willing, we will have kids. But right now it’s not a conversation we have often and it’s not something I believe either of us are craving. You know, you hear the ‘baby fever,’ I don’t know if either of us have baby fever right now.”

“We want a family. We’ll have kids some way, either biological or not biological. We will have a family. Just because she’s 26, I’m 32. If I had, like, an ideal timeline where I got to pick, it would be two years when we’d start thinking about it. We’ve obviously abstained from sex for three years, so we are off to a fast start on trying to start a family. I’m just excited to start to get to know her more, to connect with her more. At some point, it would be great, but I’m fairly selfish.”

Ben noted that “two to three kids would be awesome.”