Heather Rae Young is pregnant with first child with Tarek El Moussa

Heather Rae Young and Tarek El Moussa’s fertility journey yielded exciting results: The “Selling Sunset” star is pregnant with her first child.

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The couple confirmed the news to People Wednesday, telling the magazine that it came as a “huge shock” because they were in the middle of IVF treatments.

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“We just weren’t expecting this. We had just gone through IVF. We had embryos on ice. We had a plan,” the “Selling Sunset” star shared.

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“I’m so excited that it happened like this.”

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Although the pair have been documenting their fertility struggles for months

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Young admitted that she was content being a stepmom to the “Flip or Flop” star’s kids with ex-wife Christina Haack, Taylor and Brayden.

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