‘Bachelor’ Baby News: Kaitlyn Bristowe Shares Pregnancy Plans After COVID Battle

“Bachelorette” alum Kaitlyn Bristowe has big plans for the new year and is hoping she and boyfriend Jason Tartick add a baby in 2021.

The 35-year-old told Us Weekly she will be working on her mental and physical health in the new year so she can expand her family. “I want to feel strong to have a baby,” Bristowe said.

The Bachelor Nation star also said she plans to skip setting a weight loss goal in 2021.

“I think we always think New Year’s Eve [is] physical, like, what kind of weight are we doing? How are we working out? What’s our body fat? And for me, I think, I really want to focus on the mental health. When you’ve got your health, you’ve got it all,” she said.

Bristowe’s positive outlook and baby news come after she revealed that she and Tartick tested positive for COVID-19 on Christmas Eve. Days after she announced her diagnosis, the reality star admitted she was struggling physically and mentally in a series of videos on her Instagram Story.

“I’ve been trying really hard to do the whole perspective thing, but a few of my friends have been like, ‘Kaitlyn, it’s okay to be scared and to be upset and to be frustrated at this.’ And so today, I’m just allowing myself to be bummed out,” she said in the posting.

Bristowe, whose COVID-19 symptoms include loss of taste and smell, admitted she was feeling “a little bit depressed” over the unknown.

“I’m doing all these what-ifs and I’m spiraling, and I feel really, really anxious today. I hate when things are unpredictable, and COVID is definitely unpredictable,” she said.

Since then, Bristowe has changed her perspective and has become more optimistic about the future. “I want to go into the new year with a healthy mindset,” she told Us Weekly.

“2020 has taught us to pivot and to overcome a lot and to just have a good perspective on things. … So I think a New Year’s resolution for me would just be really mentally and physically working on myself to feel strong, to overcome anything that comes my way in 2021.”