Sanya Richards-Ross Is Pregnant! The RHOA Star Expecting Baby No. 3 with Husband Aaron Ross

Aaron Ross and Sanya Richards-Ross. Photo:Derek White/Getty Images for Essence
Sanya Richards-Ross is going to be a mom again!

On Sunday, Feb. 23, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 39, and her husband Aaron Ross, 42, are expecting their third baby together, announcing the exciting news in a joint post on Instagram. Richards-Ross shared photos of her in a gold and black dress with a sheer opening to show off her growing baby bump. Her husband was dressed in an all-black suit with an ocelot stole on his shoulder.

The happy couple was celebrating the reality television star's upcoming 40th birthday, dressed in Coming to America-themed outfits, as she posed with a bright smile holding her belly. In one photo, the Richards-Ross is sitting on her husband's lap, as he holds onto her growing belly. In another, she's smiling brightly, as she holds up three fingers, signifying she's having her third child.

"40 + 1 😳🤰🏾💙💕 I knew this birthday would be special but this was A LOT more than I could have imagined," she wrote in her Instagram caption. "On this birthday and my 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY… @rossboy31 and I will be adding one more little prince or princess to our crew. 💙💕"

"Im about to me a Mommi of THREEEEEE AHHHHHHH!!!!" she added.

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Sanya Richards-Ross and her husband Aaron Ross.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
The pregnant reality TV star shares two other sons, Asani, 14 months, and Aaron, 7, with her husband. She spoke with PEOPLE exclusively in July 2024 about her son Asani's new nursery, which was designed by Vanessa Antonelli. Richards-Ross also had the bedroom of her son Aaron, redone in tandem with her baby boys.

"It's impossible to pick because it's everything in the room that makes it so special," Richards-Ross said when asked about her favorite part of Asani's nursery. "Asani is such a calm baby with bright beautiful eyes and already very curious eyes so I wanted his room to be a reflection of him."

"Interesting wallpaper that would spark his curiosity and calm, subtle colors like his personality," she continued. "I think we nailed it!"

Aaron Ross and Sanya Richards-Ross.Derek White/Getty Images for Essence
Richards-Ross has been very vocal about her past struggles with pregnancy losses. The soon-to-be-mother of three shared some raw moments from her heartbreaking pregnancy loss before welcoming her son Asani, during a 2023 episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

"Everything was fine at my five-week checkup, but when I back to Dr. Jackie for my seven-week checkup, she told me that the baby wasn’t growing and it looked like it was no longer a viable pregnancy," she explained in a confessional.

Explaining that she planned a dilation and curettage (D&C) after a weekend in New York, she explained that she ended up having "the most traumatic miscarriage."

"I was rushed off in an ambulance to the hospital. I lost so much blood that I had to get a blood transfusion," she tearfully revealed. "Especially not having Ross there, being by myself, it was really, really hard."