Heather Rae El Moussa Says She Got Pregnant Naturally Despite IVF Treatments

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Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa recently announced the happy news that they are expecting their first child together, and now the 34-year-old star is sharing more about her pregnancy journey.

On Tuesday night, Heather revealed that despite doing IVF, she ultimately ended up getting pregnant naturally.«Dream man, miracle baby. ❤️» she began her post alongside black-and-white maternity photos taken by photographer Christina Cernik. «If you know us, you know our journey has been far from 'normal' so of course our pregnancy story is the same.»A post shared by Heather Rae El Moussa (@heatherraeyoung)«I’ve been really open about my pregnancy journey-we’ve been doing IVF and went from having seven frozen eggs to being told we were only supposed to get 2 follicles to then being able to get 8 to… having an all natural pregnancy,» she continued. «You just never know what life has in store for you.

You can plan and try to make things happen all you want but what’s meant to be will be so to me, our baby is a miracle baby — the odds were definitely against us but all that matters is that it happened…»Heather concluded her post noting that they haven't found out the gender of their baby yet. «I just can’t wait to hold her/him in my arms,» she gushed.In January, Heather and Tarek — who tied the knot in October 2021 -- spoke to ET about their IVF journey, sharing that when they first met over two years ago, they were both in agreement of not expanding their family, which includes Tarek's 11-year-old daughter, Taylor, and 6-year-old son, Brayden, whom he shares with ex-wife Christina Hall.«Originally when we first met, it was like I said, 'No I don't want any kids.' He said, no more kids for him.