Kailyn Lowry is probably, maybe, definitely done having kids.
Though the 32-year-old had her tubes tied after welcoming 11-month-old twins Verse and Valley—her sixth and seventh kids—she still harbors some conflicted feelings when it comes to expanding her family with fiancé Elijah Scott.
“One day I'm like, ‘Okay, I'm definitely done.’ Yesterday, one of my girlfriends and I were laughing at wrestling, talking about, we're definitely done,” she exclusively shared with E! News. “But if you asked me two days ago, Elijah and I might have been planning to do IVF or something, I don't know.”
The Teen Mom 2 alum called the decision on whether or not to welcome more kids into the mix “bittersweet.”
“You think you're done, and then you [have] these last squishy moments,” she nostalgically admitted. “I remember going through the twins’ three-month clothing, and I'm like, ‘This is the last time I'm ever going to do this. Like, are we sure we're done?’”
The New York Times bestselling author and podcast host’s main focus is having enough individual time with all of her kids. In addition to the twins, she’s also welcome son Rio in November 2022 with Elijah, and is mom to sons Isaac Rivera, 14, with ex Jo Rivera, Lincoln Marshall Marroquin, 10, with ex-husband Javi Marroquin, Lux Lowry, 7, and Creed Lopez, 4, with ex Chris Lopez.
Liz Martinez Creations“I think I do a really good job with that now,” the host of the Baby Mamas No Drama (with Vee Rivera), Coffee Convos (with Lindsie Chrisley) and Barely Famous podcasts noted, “but if I added more, I just don't know that I would be able to give everybody individual time.”
However, the former reality star, who launched her KILLR Podcast Network in 2021, is grateful to have the help of her fiancé.
“I don't know how Elijah, just like, seamlessly folded into this chaos,” she said. “And he handles it so well. But we're also polar opposites. So when I'm having frantic moments, he's very cool, calm and collected. And so I think it's a really good balance there. And my kids absolutely love him. So that also is a huge, huge, huge help.”
As for whether the working mom would consider returning to the reality TV space, she has left the door open to new opportunities.
“I may or may not have had a meeting last week with a network,” Kailyn shared. “So, it's definitely a possibility. I think it would just have to be the right fit.”
For more from Kailyn's beautiful family, read on.
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Kailyn Lowry was just 17 when she and high school boyfriend Jo Rivera welcomed their eldest son, Isaac Elliot Rivera, on Jan. 18, 2010.
And though they split a year later, the exes have settled into a comfortable co-parenting arrangement, Kailyn even hosting her Baby Mamas No Drama podcast with Jo's wife Vee Rivera. "We’ve come a long way since we were 18," Kailyn wrote on X after attending Jo and Vee's 2018 wedding. "I couldn’t ask for a better stepmom for isaac."
As for her oldest son, "We have literally grown up together, but in some ways he’s even more grown than I am," she wrote in an Instagram tribute on his 13th birthday. Describing the devoted Olivia Rodrigo fan, musician and basketball player as "thoughtful, brilliant, funny and at times a smartass," the Delaware State grad praised his caring heart.
"I think what really inspires me about him is the way he challenges social norms," she wrote. "Because he is curious and open-minded, he can form his own thoughts and opinions. Isaac also accepts people for who they are and never how they’re 'supposed' to be. More people should be like him."
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Lincoln Marshall Marroquin joined the squad on Nov. 16, 2013, roughly a year after the then-star of Teen Mom 2 wed his father Javi Marroquin.
"Very much into sports," as Kailyn described the tween in a 2022 episode of her Barely Famous podcast, he spends a significant portion of his time bouncing between basketball and football games. He even had an NBA-themed bash for his 10th birthday, with a nod to his favorite player, Allen Iverson.
No surprise, then, that he provided an assist when it came time to think up a name for his youngest brother. "Verse came from Iverson, which is the name that Lincoln recommended," Kailyn revealed in a February 2024 TikTok. "Obviously, it would be on his list because he's a huge basketball fan."
And an all-star sibling. "To know Lincoln is to love him," she wrote in a 2022 birthday tribute. "Dedicated, smart, handsome and the best brother out there."
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Football, wrestling, Rubik's Cubes and Michael Jackson—these are a few of Lux Russell Lowry's favorite things.
Kailyn's first child with ex-boyfriend Chris Lopez, Lux was born on Aug. 5, 2017. Though she and Chris would continue their on-and-off romance for several years, "Right now, we don't communicate at all," she revealed to E! News in 2020. "I'm hoping that it will get better with time but I don't have a big vision. I don't have anything negative to say. I hope for our kids that everything works itself out in whatever direction that may be."
And whichever way Lux heads, he's getting there fast. "Lux came into this world at lightning speed & has kept us on our toes every single day since," Kailyn wrote while celebrating his sixth birthday with a WWE-themed bash. "I love this little leo baby so much!"
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Ahead of Creed Romello Lowry-Lopez's July 30, 2020 arrival, Kailyn admitted to wrestling with a huge decision. "I hid the pregnancy for so long just because I didn't know what I was going to do—if I was going to keep the baby or not," she explained to E! News shortly after his birth. "That was really heavy for me and I really, really was struggling during that time."
Though her relationship with Creed's dad Chris was notably rocky, one glance at his ultrasound sealed her decision. Much like his older siblings—"All three of them have asked to hold the baby and they're super loving on him," Kailyn told E!—the podcaster was smitten from day one.
"CREED. Romello. Mello. Romey. Rome. Biggie. Bigs," she wrote on his third birthday, a joint WWE fete with Lux. "No words could accurately describe my love for this little firecracker so I’ll save the sap for real life!"
Kailyn Lowry/InstagramRio
"I wanted to be able to tell my own story on my own terms," Kailyn explained to People of keeping news of her fifth son Rio private until well after his November 2022 birth.
Though she acknowledged he "had a little bit of a traumatic entrance into this world where he went to the NICU," due to breathing issues and fluid in his lungs, he's been "the best baby ever."
First-time dad Elijah Scott deserves some props as well. "It's been very different from my other partners and my kids' other dads," she said of her boyfriend. "He pours concrete, he gets down and dirty at work. But he's also just a real family man. He's very, very much connected with his own family, with our family, and so he's been a really good partner to me, and I feel like it's a really good match."
Which is perhaps why her first few months with Rio inspired her to keep the party going. "Honestly, being a mom to four was harder than five, but I think that was because my number four is so spicy,” Kaily revealed. “Number five is fantastic. He's the world's greatest baby like, if all my babies were like this, I'd have 10 more.”
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Instagram/Kailyn LowryVerse and Valley
Kailyn finally entered her girl mom era in late October 2023 with the arrival of Verse and Valley, her second and third children with boyfriend Elijah.
Valley (named for Kailyn's childhood growing up in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley), endured a longer NICU stay than her brother as she worked through some feeding issues.
"I had never seen a baby in my life not wake up to eat or show signs of hunger," Kailyn explained on a January 2024 episode of Barely Famous. "She would just sleep through feedings. She never had any feeding cues and when I tried to feed her, she wouldn't take a bottle."
And though Kailyn continues to worry about the twins' bond after their extended separation ("I'm trying to re-magnetize them to get them back to where they were") she's thrilled that her family is finally whole.
"I feel grateful, thankful, fulfilled, happy, complete," she noted. "We're putting an addition on our house because of this. I feel so blessed. They are good babies."
