The first sound Liz Johnston heard in that ultrasound room was not a word. It was a heartbeat — strong and steady, filling a silence she had carried for weeks. On the screen beside her, her baby kicked and fluttered while Brice Bolden watched beside her. For the first time in a rough pregnancy, she could breathe.
Kicking and Fluttering on the Screen
Brice said it best in his confessional. “I love seeing our baby on the ultrasound. You know, kicking [and] fluttering,” he said. “It’s a great thing to see. Great sight.” Then came the update the couple had been waiting for: the placenta was moving, the baby was growing healthy, and the heartbeat was strong. Liz summed up the whole appointment in one line — “a big sigh of relief.”
PEOPLE’s exclusive clip takes viewers inside that appointment — the same visit our earlier report on the ultrasound appointment that changed everything covered, now seen as it happened. What makes the footage land is the two of them hearing it together: Brice watching the screen like a man memorizing it, Liz listening to Gina as relief crosses her face before she speaks.
The Fear She Carried Into the Room
The relief only makes sense if you know what Liz carried in. “This whole pregnancy with how crappy that I’ve been feeling, my mind has just been set on ‘Oh man, this baby’s probably little,’” she admitted. Leighton was born average-sized, like her dad, so Liz already knew her children do not have to share her achondroplasia — but knowing it and believing it in that dark room are two different things.
Then the Room Learned It Was a Boy
The appointment ended with the answer the couple had been hoping for. “As great as Leighton is, we were always talking about wanting her to have a little brother,” Brice explained. “So, we’re thinking high hopes that it’s going to be a boy.” He got his wish. One fan summed it up: “A little boy for Brice and a big girl for Liz. Perfect.”
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Coleman Brice Bolden arrived on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Three days later, TLC made it official: “Officially a family of four!” The couple told TODAY they were “so happy to have Coleman here and to be home together as a family of four.” Liz’s own Instagram post added: “Coleman Brice Bolden Jr. — 09/08/2026. Our family is complete, with this happy handsome bundle of joy.”
Leighton Drew, born November 3, 2023, weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces — and on the day her little brother arrived, she became a big sister at two. Liz had announced the pregnancy to PEOPLE in March, saying Leighton would become a big sister that fall. Liz and Brice, married last fall, had already said this baby would be their last: after Coleman, their focus is raising the two children they have — the quiet ending to their seven-year road to a family of four.
Tuesday Night, the Cameras Catch Up
Here is the strange, wonderful part: when Season 18 premieres Tuesday, November 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, viewers will watch Liz and Brice walk into that ultrasound room knowing how the story ends. The suspense is gone — Coleman is already here, already home — and yet the scene may hit harder now, because viewers know what that heartbeat started. The premiere is where the cameras catch up with the family, and the six premiere moments to watch put Liz’s delivery at the top.
So when Tuesday’s premiere replays that ultrasound room, which second will you be watching for — the heartbeat that finally let Liz breathe, or the moment Brice learned Leighton was getting the little brother he had been hoping for?
