The Hills’ Heidi Montag PREGNANT & expecting second baby with husband Spencer Pratt after ‘years of fertility struggles’

HEIDI Montag and Spencer Pratt have announced their second pregnancy after “18 months” of trying to conceive.

The Hills stars – who tied the knot in 2008 – already share their four-year-old son Gunner.

Now Heidi, 35, and Spencer, 38, have confirmed that they will be adding a fourth member to their family.

In a statement made to , the soon-to-be mother of two shared: “I couldn’t be more excited. I don’t know who I’m the most excited for, myself or Gunner or Spencer.”

The reality star, who is due in December, continued: “I just felt like something was missing. I felt like a person was missing in our family that I had this intense love for.

“And I kept praying about it. I’m like if I’m not meant to have another kid because I had accepted that at this point, I just wanted to not have that desire so strongly and I just wasn’t sure if it was going to happen or not. I just get so emotional about it.”

INFERTILITY BATTLE

Spencer also opened up about the couple’s difficulties with infertility, calling their journey a “roller coaster.”

“Heidi has been crying a lot. It’s like every month, ‘Here we go.’ I was like, ‘If it happens, it happens.’ But Heidi didn’t want to do it that way.

“It was so long at this point I don’t know if I have any emotion left because it was very challenging.”

Heidi explained that she attempted to have a go with the flow attitude, but after six months without conceiving she became “concerned.”

“I think a lot of women struggle with this and it’s just not something a lot of people talk about because it’s so hard and it’s so personal.

She added: “And I felt really blessed having Gunner and having such a beautiful healthy son, so I was trying not to be ungrateful for my life and for what I do have.

“And at the same time, it was such a deep longing in my heart that I had, wanting a sibling for Gunner and wanting to expand our family.”

The couple revealed that it ultimately took “18 months” of trying to get pregnant with their second child.

They tried many extreme methods to help their chances, and their long-time co-star Brody Jenner even offered to help pay for IVF at one point.

PREPARING FOR BABY

On preparing to welcome a sibling for her son, Heidi admitted: “There are definitely different challenges and some nerves that are coming up with having a second child.

“It’s going to be a big adjustment for all of us. I mean, we are moving Gunner out of his room into a different room. There’s going to be a baby waking up throughout the night, hoping it doesn’t wake Gunner up.

“This time, [even with my] pregnancy, I don’t get to rest and sleep when the baby does. I have a toddler to wake up with and take care of and I’m going to have the baby. So it’s going to be a big juggling act.”