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Kathy Hilton Says Paris Hilton and Carter Reum are ‘Trying and Trying’ to Start a Family

Paris Hiltonand husbandCarter Reumare ready to expand their family.

Hilton, 41, shared that she and Reum, also 41, began the IVF process during the height of theCOVID-19pandemic.

“We started going and doing it like a few months in because the world was shut down,” she told PEOPLE. “We knew we wanted to start a family, and I was like, ‘This is perfect timing. Usually I’m on a plane 250 days out of the year, and let’s just get all of the eggs stocked and ready,’ and we have tons of them just waiting.”

Still, theThis Is Parisstar said the pair wanted to give themselves some time after they wed in November 2021.

“We really wanted to enjoy our first year of marriage together as a couple, you know, before bringing kids into the mix,” she said. “So now that we just had our year anniversary, I can’t wait for 2023.”

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Paris Hilton and Carter Reum The wedding of Paris Hilton and Carter Reum, Second Reception, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA - 13 Nov 2021

While Hilton is planning to have her first child with Reum, the venture capitalist isalready a dad to a daughterwhom he shares with former reality star Laura Bellizzi.

Discussing her biggest takeaway from her first year of marriage to Reum, Hilton told PEOPLE on Wednesday: “I’m just so happy. He’s so kind and so loyal and sweet and funny and brilliant. He’s just my perfect person, and I just adore him so much. He just makes me feel like a princess every single day, and I’m so excited for our family starting next year.”

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: Paris Hilton attends The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Gala presented by Lifetime on December 07, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

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Hiltonwas first romantically linkedto the businessman at aGolden Globesafter-party in January 2020 after theybegan datingthe November before. They thengot engagedlast February.

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In April, Hilton revealed on an episode ofNikkiandBrie Bella’sThe Bellas Podcastthat she and Reum have “been talking about kids since the beginning — since the first couple, like, months of dating.” Hilton said thatthe pair “would love to have twins.”

“I think that would be amazing,” she added, before noting that they would like “three or four” children overall.

“I would like a twin boy and girl just to, like, get both, but whatever happens happens,” Hilton said at the time. “But I would love that or twin girls because I love girls.”

source: people.com