Here's Why Lala Kent Started Hugging Trees During Her Pregnancies: "It Sounds Weird"

Lala Kentis a self-proclaimed “tree hugger.”/p pTheema href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Vanderpump Rules/a/emmom made the declaration on Instagram this week,shortly after a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-pregnant-with-baby-no-2-details-photo-announcement" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"announcing her pregnancy with baby No. 2/a. Thepost was a photo of Lala withher arms wrapped around a giant tree trunk while she was on a hike in her home state ofUtah. She confirmed the snap was taken sometime in 2020 as she prepared to welcomeher first child,a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/vanderpump-rules-katie-maloney-lala-kent-daughter-ocean-first-shopping-date-photo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Ocean Kent Emmett/a— her now-3-year-old daughter whom she shares with her ex-fiancé./p pAlthough the tree hug seemed like a cute, inconsequential moment, Lala revealed it marked the beginning of a sweet pregnancy tradition./p pstrongMore from Bravo:/strong/p pstronga href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/see-vanderpump-rules-season-11-reunion-seating-chart-photo"We Have Your First Look at the Vanderpump Rules Season 11 Seating Chart [PIC]/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-explains-why-her-due-date-for-baby-no-2-is-wild" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-explains-why-her-due-date-for-baby-no-2-is-wild" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-explains-why-her-due-date-for-baby-no-2-is-wild" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Lala Kent Reveals Her "Wild" Due Date for Baby No. 2 and Surprising Details About Her Pregnancy/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-lala-kents-baby-daddy-vpr-stars-pregnancy-details" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-lala-kents-baby-daddy-vpr-stars-pregnancy-details" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-lala-kents-baby-daddy-vpr-stars-pregnancy-details" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Lala Kent Reveals All on the "Baby Daddy" to Her Second Child and How She Picked a Donor/a/strong/p h2Lala Kent says she "felt the need to hug" a tree during her first pregnancy/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d1034a36-daf9-4759-9a2b-4a99e3076be7" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:343px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_600/public/2024/03/img_3333.png?itok=EHxOfrn7" width="343" height="600" alt="Img 3333" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Lala Kent explains why she started hugging trees during her pregnancies. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Lala Kent/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div p“When I just found out I was pregnant with Ocean, I went to Utah, did a beautiful hike, and felt the need to hug this tree (it sounds weird I know),” she wrote in the March 15 Instagram Story. “I wanted to receive its energy — it’s grounded and strong. Peaceful. I wanted to pass that to my baby. I attribute a bit of her spirit to this moment…”/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a0c79c48-7251-4a4b-8439-95a40cdbfcec" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:344px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_600/public/2024/03/img_3334.png?itok=FR8seeOR" width="344" height="600" alt="Img 3334" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Lala Kent and Ocean pose together at Joshua Tree National Park. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Lala Kent/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div pMinutes after posting the throwback, the former SUR host shared a more recent picture of her and her young daughter embracing a tree trunk in Joshua Tree National Park./p p“… After I found out I was pregnant with my 2supnd/supbaby, I found a tree that spoke to me,” she captioned the picture. “This round we both got to receive it for our new addition. I’m a proud pregnant tree hugger.”/p h2Lala Kent announces the due date for baby No. 2/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="b76bded6-4b8b-4953-80ee-4271d9205d6a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:703px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_600/public/2024/03/lala-kent-pregnancy.jpg?itok=cpZh8QNR" width="703" height="600" alt="A split of reactions to Lala Kent's 2nd pregnancy announcement." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Lala posts reactions to her 2nd pregnancy announcement to Instagram Stories. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Lala Kent/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div pLala, who celebrated a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-hosts-3rd-birthday-party-for-her-daughter-ocean" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Ocean’s 3suprd/supbirthday earlier thisweek/a, is expected to give birth toward the end of summer. She announced her due date during thea href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules-after-show" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emVanderpump RulesAfter Show/em/a, saying it was set for early September, just a day before her own birthday./p p“We’re bumping, and expecting a baby in September,” she said. “My due date is September 1, which is wild because I’m September 2.”/p h2Lala Kent opens up about her pregnancy journey and being a single mom/h2 div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="42d6852d-fd7b-4a44-9068-bda444fdd973" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2023/10/lala-kent.jpg?itok=gZRDrB-Z" width="862" height="575" alt="Lala Kent smiling in a black, mesh, dress in full glam and a top bun." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Lala Kent hosts The Brent Shapiro Foundation's Summer Spectacular 2023 at The Beverly Hilton on September 30, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for The Brent Shapiro Foundation /span /div /div /div /div div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="46ff43cc-bec3-467e-8c47-0a21cc5c4f48" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/lala-kent-teases-vanderpump-rules-season-11-reunion" Lala Kent Teases a "Different" Strategy for the Season 11 Reunion: "This Is Gonna Be New" /a /h2 /div pLala previously confirmed her second child was conceived throughintrauterine insemination(IUI) —an artificial insemination procedure that increases the chances of pregnancy. The single mom said she chose the IUI route after exploring other options, such as adoption, but it was her mom who suggested she use a sperm donor./p p“I’ve always been a single parent, so that part didn’t scare me,” she said duringthe March 12 episode of theemVanderpump Rules/ememAfter Show/em.“When my mom brought up, ‘What about a donor?’, it just kind of seemed like a no-brainer... It was like, ‘Hold up. I can get the baby, I don’t have to deal with the 50-50 chance of itworking out— because even if you have a great relationship, and you separate, you still have to share your kid./p p“That is gut-wrenching, and I never want to experience that ever again in my whole life,” she said in reference to her past relationship with Ocean’s father.“I have such a stellar support system… I don’t feel like a single parent. I feel like I[‘ve] got all hands on deck.”/p