We are trying to have our baby- Former Prison worker who Married Inmate Speaks

A former prison worker who fell in love with an inmate has shared her plans to have a baby with him, despite his being jailed for murder.

The woman, Larissa King from Canada, met her now-husband, Ryan King, in 2020 while working in the prison kitchen where he was assigned. After a year, she left her job and enrolled in university to train to become a probation officer.

Initially, Larissa wanted to reach out to the prisoners to discuss measures that could help them readjust into society upon release and that time she remembered Ryan who was also serving a 15yr jail term and during those time, they both began started writing letters to themselves before they started talking on the phone before things became romantic.

She said: “We wrote a couple of times and then I gave him my phone number because I thought it would be easier that way and then we started talking on the phone maybe once a week,’ she explained recently.

“It was very limited and then that turned to twice a week, three times a week, every day, multiple times a day.

“When we really started talking on the phone it was the end of 2021, I’d say around November and then by February I knew I loved this man.

“I actually spoke to a therapist to understand my feelings. Like why is this happening? Is this real?’ she recalled.

“I was very confused and my therapist was like it seems like it was just an unconventional meeting but it seems like your feelings are valid.

After a year of dating, Larissa went to the prison to meet Ryan in person for the first time. To her surprise, he proposed to her during the visit.

“I thought I was going to puke,’ she said of the moment he got down on one knee.

“We’re talking and we were sitting at this table with two chairs right by a window – a nice scenic background of barbed chain link fence and there was a playground there

“He asked me to get up so he could see my outfit. He made me do a twirl. When I came back around he was on his knee with a fake ring.

“Obviously there was nothing in his hand because he can’t bring anything into the visiting center.

Larissa also revealed that Ryan’s mother gave her money from his account to help her afford to buy a ring.

After tying the knot in March 2023, the couple revealed that they are now trying to have a baby.

Larissa also opened up about how nervous she felt when she and her husband were alone together, sharing that they had never been intimate before.

She said: “I was so nervous for the first time we were alone together.

“We had never been intimate at all. The most we’d had was light kisses in the visitors center.

“It was difficult to wait that long. But it was worth the wait. It was nice to have that important time together.

According to Larissa, she has a condition called AMH, which means her ovaries produce fewer eggs, making it difficult for her to get pregnant.

Talking on how people questioned their relationship including her family members, she said: “It’s a very weird concept that I don’t think a lot of people understand and I know even some of my family members questioned it,’ she revealed.

“I was always very forthcoming with them. My mom is coming around, she’s spoken to him a couple of times. My dad and my stepmom were supportive from the get-go.

“Some loved ones have stepped away from my life because [they] are uncomfortable with my husband’s charges and I’ve always said I would never force my relationship on any of them… it’s not for everybody and I understand that.

“Hopefully we can reconnect eventually. It was a little premature that they axed us because my husband is still incarcerated.”