Candiace Dillard Bassett tells PEOPLE exclusively that she is 'mourning the loss' her pregnancy weight and misses 'celebrating my thickness.' The former 'Real Housewives of Potomac' star and her husband Chris Bassett welcomed their first child together,

Candiace Dillard Bassett is a happy first time mom. The Real Housewives of Potomac alum took viewers on her motherhood journey throughout her six seasons on the show, much of which centered around her hesitations and fears of motherhood due to her own upbringing and sometimes contentious relationship with her mother,

"I'm just so content and satisfied with how soft my pregnancy was," says the new mom, who welcomed a baby boy with her husband Chris Bassett last month

The 37-year-old former reality star announced her exit from the Bravo show in March, revealing her pregnancy news the following month.

Candiace Dillard Basset is "mourning the loss" of her pregnancy weight because she enjoyed being "thick" during that tie,

Candiace Dillard Bassett has a lot to sing about! PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the R&B songstress and 'Real Housewives of Potomac' alum, 37, welcomed her first child with husband Chris Bassett, 46 — son Jett Maxwell Lee Bassett — on Thursday,

Candiace Dillard Bassett says she's not watching RHOP this season and that she has no regrets about leaving the series to focus on being pregnant.

"If I didn't have a husband, me and my child would be dead because I could not do anything," the 'Real Housewives of Potomac' star tells PEOPLE