Vampire Diaries Actress Candice Accola King Is Pregnant With Baby No. 2

Candice Accola King is expecting baby no. 2!

The actress, 33, revealed that she and husband Joe King are expecting their second child together on a recent episode of her podcast, which she co-hosts with fellow Vampire Diaries alum Kayla Ewell, 34, Directionally Challenged. The duo were interviewing doula Haize Hawke for the episode.

“Something I have not shared yet on this podcast is that I’m actually pregnant,” Accola King said. “I’ve got a bun in the oven. I’m a little over five months, so it’s been the entirety of the whole quarantine experience and everything that 2020 has brought us this year, and it’s been a journey to say the least.”

She then continued that she wanted to wait to share the news outside of close friends and family and feel comfortable and confident that she was in a good place with the pregnancy and that both she and the baby are okay.

“But I’m finally at that place right now, which feels really good,” she said, adding that while the pregnancy has been physically easy, it’s been an emotionally challenging one due to the pandemic and forced isolation.

Like many pregnant women right now, Accola King revealed she’s been going to her doctor’s appointments alone, as her husband is unable to come in with her. “It’s been a fear-based pregnancy so far," she said. “I’m moving around so much less this pregnancy than I did my first pregnancy. I realize like how stagnant I am because I don’t really go anywhere. It takes a lot more effort to convince myself to go on a walk, which really ties into a lot of the emotional weight that I’ve been carrying around.”

She continued, "Quite honestly, it’s actually been easier for me to not talk about pregnancy this time around. It’s been kind of odd to share the experience in discussing it with friends and family because I can’t really physically share the experience of hugging friends right now comfortably or, you know, knowing when I’m going to see my family next, and I haven’t seen them this entire pregnancy so far.”

The couple, who wed in New Orleans in 2014, also have a daughter named Florence May, born in 2016.