Bachelor Alum Bekah Martinez Reveals She's in the Process of Being Paired with a Foster Youth
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Bekah Martinez is updating fans on her plans to continue growing her family.
This weekend, the Bachelor season 22 alum, 27, revealed that she's in the process of becoming a foster parent.
In a since-expired Instagram Story, Martinez shared where she's at in the process and what happens next. "I haven't updated y'all but I [was] sworn in for CASA during my Oregon trip and I'm in the process of getting paired with a foster youth!"
"Waiting on official court appointment order, and in the meantime I have to look over all the child's documents and history with DCFS," she continued, adding, "not a light task."
Martinez and fiancé Grayston Leonard are already parents to son Franklin James, 2, and daughter Ruth Ray De La Luz, 3½.
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In December 2020, Martinez told PEOPLE that she and Leonard were considering fostering before she got pregnant with Franklin.
"We were talking seriously about fostering," she told PEOPLE. "And that's something that we're really interested in."
"So I think before we add a third permanent addition, be that through us biologically or through adoption, we definitely want to take some time to make our home a home for other children, even if temporarily, if that is an option for us," Martinez explained at the time.
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After welcoming her second child, Martinez answered fan questions on Instagram, when she recalled the initial struggle in becoming pregnant at the early stages of her relationship, describing the time as "so f---ing hard."
"Wanted to break up a million times. it sucked," she wrote at the time. "I felt guilty for wanting to end the pregnancy initially. i worried my child's parents would hate each other. but we made it. and came out stronger than ever."
She also shared how back-to-back pregnancies impacted her, noting that she plans to take a bit of a break before she welcomes any more biological additions.
"It's nice to have *just* gone through the newborn stage and stuff last year because i feel used to it and prepared and i still have all the gear," Martinez continued. "And i'm hopeful they'll be super close with each other as they grow up together only a year apart :)"
