The Bold and the Beautiful
Ivy Forrester Has Been Lurking in Bushes on B&B But Her Portrayer Ashleigh Brewer Has Been Hiding an Even Bigger Secret
Ashleigh Brewer is expecting her first child with husband Mark Bauch. B&B fans are already asking if Ivy Forrester gets a bump too.
ASHLEIGH BREWER MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE IN DECEMBER AND NOW THEY ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST BABY TOGETHER
TL;DR: Ashleigh Brewer, who plays Ivy Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful, is expecting her first child with husband Mark Bauch. The actress shared a stunning maternity photo on Instagram, and fans are already speculating whether the show will give Ivy a baby bump of her own.
Congratulations Are in Order
Ashleigh Brewer is going to be a mama.
The Bold and the Beautiful star, who plays the delightfully unhinged Ivy Forrester, dropped a gorgeous black and white maternity photo on Instagram and captioned it with the kind of pure joy we rarely see from a woman who spends her workdays lurking in bushes and terrorizing houseguests. “We are so exciiiiited!!” Brewer wrote, and the comments section exploded.
Brewer married filmmaker Mark Bauch on December 11, 2025. The couple got engaged in January 2024 after being introduced by mutual friend and fellow Aussie actress Phoebe Tonkin. They went public with their relationship in May 2022, and it has been nothing but adorable Instagram posts and mountain getaways ever since.
Eagle-eyed fans were already ahead of the announcement. One commenter wrote that they spotted the bump during a recent episode where Brewer was filming opposite Laneya Grace’s Electra and immediately thought something was up. The B&B audience misses nothing — on screen or off.
Congratulations to the happy couple. This is wonderful news.
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Will The Bold and the Beautiful Write Ivy a Baby Bump?
Now for the question every soap fan is already typing into the group chat — will the show write Ashleigh Brewer’s pregnancy into Ivy Forrester’s storyline on The Bold and the Beautiful?
Because the timing is fascinating. Ivy has been on an absolute tear lately. She has been stalking Dylan through shrubbery, issuing threats, calling the poor girl “Miss Dylan” like it is not her real name, and playing overprotective aunt to Electra with a ferocity that would make Stephanie Forrester proud. She has also been dropping cryptic hints that she knows something about Dylan’s past that nobody else does.
If the show decides to give Ivy a pregnancy, the storytelling possibilities are endless. Who would the father be? Ivy kissed Liam not too long ago and there was definite heat between them before his heart wandered back to Hope. Could there be an off-screen encounter the audience did not see? Or does the show introduce a new love interest for Ivy entirely?
And if The Bold and the Beautiful does write it in, what does a pregnant Ivy mean for the Dylan situation? A woman who is already this territorial over her niece’s boyfriend is going to have her protective instincts dialed up to eleven with a baby on the way. Steffy might need to intervene before Ivy starts building a moat around the Forrester mansion.
Ashleigh Brewer’s Real Life Love Story
Brewer and Bauch have kept their relationship relatively private by Hollywood standards, but the moments they have shared publicly are genuinely sweet. They confirmed their relationship in May 2022 with photos from a trip to Big Sur. In April 2023, Brewer posted a birthday tribute to Bauch with a series of black and white photos chronicling their adventures together.
Then came the engagement in January 2024. Brewer could not contain herself. “The greatest human I’ve ever met wants to marry me,” she wrote on Instagram. “I love you beyond measure.”
The wedding followed in December 2025, and Brewer announced it with the same understated elegance that has defined their entire courtship — a beautiful photo of the couple walking hand in hand from their ceremony, and another of them sharing a kiss in the backseat of a white convertible. Her B&B castmates, including Rebecca Budig, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Kimberlin Brown, and Laneya Grace, all flooded the comments with congratulations.
And now, a baby. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Brewer cradling that bump like the most beautiful plot twist of all.
From Neighbours to Bold and the Beautiful
For those who may not know, Brewer is an Australian actress who first made her mark on the long-running Aussie soap Neighbours from 2009 to 2014, where she shared a flat with a little-known actress named Margot Robbie. She joined B&B as Ivy Forrester in 2014, stayed until 2018, did a stint on Home and Away, and returned to B&B in a recurring capacity in 2024. She has been absolutely magnificent since her return and we cannot wait to see what comes next for both Brewer and Ivy.
Congratulations to Ashleigh Brewer and Mark Bauch on this beautiful new chapter. Wishing the growing family nothing but health, happiness, and the kind of drama that stays on screen.
Drop your congratulations in the comments and tell us — do you think B&B should give Ivy a baby? Sound off!
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@soapoperamag Okay but what if Ivy's right? Ivy is getting a lot of heat over this whole situation with Melissa Dylan, but what happens IF the truth comes to light and her gut instinct was spot on? What then? Will she get her redemption? #BoldandtheBeautiful ♬ original sound – Soap Opera Magazine
