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“#18weekspregnant !!!! 💕,” Montag Pratt wrote, alongside a slew of hashtags including “#pregnant,” “#pregnancy,” “#momlife,” “#love” and #bodypositive."

Montag Pratt firstconfirmed her pregnancyto PEOPLE in early June.

Over the last year, she has been open with her fans about the challenges she’s faced as she and Pratt tried to have another child.

“I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year and a half, I’m willing to try different things,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s a great source of nutrients! I have felt incredible on this diet. A lot more energy, clarity, increased libido, and overall improvement on chronic pain I have had. Also now I’ve been taking the supplements called ‘Her Package’ from Heart and Soil that has improved my menstrual cycle.”

“So thankful for my angel,” the reality star captioned the collection of sweet snaps of herself and Gunner. “I never thought it would be so hard trying to have another. I am trusting God’s plan and if we only have one I am so thankful for this miracle!”

Last August, theSpeidi Podcasthost posted aYouTube videothat gave fans an inside look as she underwent a hysteroscopic polypectomy procedure, to get non-cancerous uterine polyps removed.

“I was feeling nervous last night about it, but I’m excited today,“Montag Pratt said on her YouTube channelat the time. “And I’m hoping that the surgery works and that this is the only reason I haven’t been able to get pregnant.”

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“Hopefully after this, I can get pregnant right away,” she continued, adding, “Obviously, I think it’s the perfect timing and meant to be. And so thankful I didn’t have other problems and complications from this.”

source: people.com