The former Bachelor star shared the happy news on Monday that she is expecting her first baby with her fiance Taylor Mock, as reported by People.

Sharing a set of black-and-white images on her Instagram account of Taylor cradling her growing baby bump, Tia wrote in the caption of her post that the couple’s celebratory news comes as she continues to mourn the loss of her father, who died in February following a battle with colon cancer.

“This has undoubtedly been my most challenging season thus far. I’ve never felt such overwhelming sadness and pure joy at the same time,” the reality star wrote.

Tia added that the proposal was a complete surprise. “I knew that he was going to propose eventually and we were going to be married and live happily ever after,” she said. “I just didn’t know it was going to be that soon. He had been like trying to throw me off which now makes sense.”

“He was saying like, ‘Yeah, it will happen, maybe like by the end of the year,’ so I did not suspect it all,” Tia continued. “I thought I was going to be giving out like a date card on The Bachelor Live show thing, and it turns out I wasn’t at all. He already had that planned.”

And now baby makes three! Tia, who was always portrayed on the Bachelor shows as someone who deeply desired a partner and a family, now has everything she ever wanted. Best wishes to Tia for a safe and healthy pregnancy.