Maria Menounos reveals that she expects children with her husband Keven Undergaro

Former Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos is expecting children with her husband Keven Undergaro.

The 42-year-old former TV correspondent – who fought COVID-19 last year and had a brain tumor removed in 2017 – shared the news on Tuesday on her Better Together show.

The beautiful brunette also said that they are considering moving from Los Angeles to Nashville so that their children have more space to play.

In 2018, Maria said she was considering hiring a surrogate to have children.

In November 2019, she told ET that they were giving the surrogate a chance. ‘Today, Kevin finally sent our paperwork to the replacement agency … You never know. Maybe next Christmas we will have little Marias and Kevins running around.

And now it looks like the kids are on their way.

‘By the way, we are definitely entertaining this,’ she said on Tuesday. ‘… It’s beautiful, [and] we are going to have a family. We want to raise them somewhere where there are children in the house next door to play and you are not afraid. LA just doesn’t have that. ‘

And then the star said that ‘especially in the childhood phase of our lives, [I] wants something different. … I think Nashville could be Mama Bear’s bed. ‘

In a December 15 episode of Better Together, she said that her mother Litsa was fighting COVID-19, but was feeling better knowing that Maria had children on the way. “She is very excited,” said Maria at the time.

Litsa has also been battling a brain tumor in stage 4 brain cancer since August 2016, specifically glioblastoma.

‘What I always say to my mother is,’ We are going to get better every minute of every day, Mom. Every minute of every day we are getting better and better ‘… This is my mantra’, she shared.

‘Yesterday, I told her,’ You have to stay strong, you have to put up with it – you have grandchildren coming, and they might even show up … ‘well, they will definitely show up next year. I was going to say about a certain time, but I’m not going to share it yet because I don’t want to – anyway! ‘

In 2018, her spouse said: ‘We definitely want children, but I am very concerned about her pregnancy and would like to explore [using a] substitute because your body went through hell. I desperately want a baby, but I don’t want to risk her health. ‘

In 2019, Maria urged the public not to dismiss the symptoms as merely ‘work stress’, as she did before the diagnosis of a brain tumor.

The Sirius XM host revealed in July 2017 that she had a golf ball-sized mass and had undergone surgery to remove it.

In a recent appearance on Fox News Radio, Menounos said he was experiencing symptoms such as headaches and blurred vision, but she dropped them – mainly because she was channeling all of her energy into caring for her mother, who had brain cancer in stage 4.

‘I was not listening to my body. Whenever my body screamed and made noise, I would say, “Shut up, I’m busy,” she said to Brian Kilmeade.

‘I was getting a headache, my vision was a little blurred … But I swear, God made these things happen so I could see what was going on.’

Menounos told Fox News Radio that she had so many responsibilities that she didn’t have time to check out.

‘I was doing a million things … and besides, I’m a woman, so my hair has to be perfect, and my nails need to be perfect, and I have to send the flowers, and I have to plan the holidays and I was able to do everything as all the women who are hearing this know, ‘she said.

Menounos said he went to a doctor at UCLA Medical Center in February 2017 and told him that because he had an earache, he thought he had an ear infection.

Not convinced, he asked if she had any other symptoms.

‘When listing the symptoms, she said,’ My God, I think I have a brain tumor like my mother’s, but I know you will think I’m crazy, ‘she said.

‘And he said,’ No, let’s do an MRI and check. ‘And then, look, I did it. ‘

Menounos, former presenter of E! News, was diagnosed with meningioma, which is a tumor of the meninges, which is the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

However, it is classified as a brain tumor because it puts pressure on the cranial nerves. The tumor usually forms on the head and about 85% of cases are benign.

Because tumors grow slowly, a patient can live with a meningioma for years before it is detected.

Symptoms usually include blurred vision, painful headaches, loss of hearing, loss of memory and loss of smell.

If the tumor is asymptomatic, doctors may recommend regular monitoring with brain scans.

However, if the tumor is growing or symptoms start to develop, patients may need surgery to remove all or most of the mass.

If the tumor is cancerous, radiation can be used to kill cancer cells or parts of the mass that the surgeon was unable to remove.