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Erin Bates’ Husband Shares Doctors “Don’t Have an Explanation” for Symptoms in Emotional Update
Zach Bates and Whitney Bates are growing their brood.
The Bringing Up Bates alum—the eldest of William Bates and Kelly Jo Bates’ 19 children—and his wife of 11 years shared they were expecting a sixth baby. And they enlisted their children Bradley, 10, Kaci, 9, Khloé, 5, Jadon, 4, and Lily, 2, to announce the sweet news.
“You know what they say,” the couple wrote in a text overlay in a video shared to Instagram Sept. 25. “One’s company, two’s a crowd, three’s a party, four’s a circus, five’s a team.”
And after each of their children joined them one-by-one, the family held up Whitney’s ultrasound, revealing they were growing to a family of eight, adding, “And six is a whole squad!”
The couple, who share a joint social media account, teased their new addition’s arrival in the caption, writing, “COMING SPRING 2026.”
Zach and Whitney’s exciting news comes amid a rollercoaster time for the Bates family, as while Zach’s sister Carlin Bates welcomed her third child with husband Evan Stewart, their other sister has been battling a serious health scare.
