Amanda Conner, the pregnant girlfriend of Teen Mom star Ryan Edwards has revealed their baby name of choice — and she also threw shade at one of his exes in the process. In early October, after months of speculation, Amanda and Ryan confirmed that they’re expecting their first child together. This will be the former reality television personality’s fourth child. He shares a son, 15-year-old Bentley, with his ex Maci Bookout. He also has a son Jagger, 5, and daughter Stella, 4, with his estranged wife Mackenzie Edwards.
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She asked her TikTok followers for name suggestions.
In a video posted to her TikTok, Amanda asked for name suggestions from her followers in reply to a fan asking if they could hear what baby names the couple was considering. Amanda revealed that they did have names picked out but then shared, “I want to hear more names. I want to hear names that y’all like.”
Some suggestions included Winnie Ryan Rose, Presley Ryan Rose, and Presley Sage Skye Edwards. “Yall are good at this ,” Amanda replied to the last suggestions.
Amanda shared that she wants her child to have two middle names.
“I want my baby to have two middle names because a lot of people in my family have two middle names, and I didn’t get two middle names, so I want to put that in my baby’s name,” she explained. Amanda also confirmed that she and Ryan’s baby-to-be is a girl.
Amanda threw shade at one of Ryan's exes.
In the process of asking for baby name suggestions, one person suggested “Macy MacKenzie Amanda Edwards,” which is a combination of all the women Ryan has had kids with. In response, Amanda said, “I like it … except the Mackenzie part …”
Although Maci and Amanda get along, she and Mackenzie do not. Yikes!
They've settled on a favorite name.
Amanda eventually revealed that Presley is their favorite name for this baby, who will be her second child. She has an 11-year-old son named Brandon Scott Hancock II from a previous relationship. Though she doesn’t have custody over him, she does have visitation rights. In a former interview with People, she expressed her happiness for getting another chance at being a mother.
“Ryan and I are very excited about our pregnancy. We have overcome so much in the last year and a half, and we are in a very happy, safe place,” she said. “For me, I can enjoy this pregnancy and I have a second chance at motherhood. For Ryan, he is in a place that he hasn’t been in for a long time. We are excited to move forward from our past mistakes.”
She plans to be honest with her daughter about their past.
“Honesty is one of my biggest things, honest about who you are, about who me and Ryan are, I want to be honest about that,” she said during an interview with US Weekly. “I don’t want to hide anything from her. I’m going to be very cautious. I don’t want to be a helicopter mom, but I don’t want our child to go through anything that we’ve had to go through. I just want her to be very open to the world, but strong-minded about certain things.”
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