However, when Heather’s milk supply started varying daily, she decided to visit a lactation consultant and get blood work done. The 36-year-old was then told that her pregnancy triggered the autoimmune disorder.

“When she told me what I had, I was in total shock,” Heather recounted, but added that since being prescribed medication, she is “feeling much better.”

As it turns out, Tarek’s ex-wife Christina Hall—with whom he shares daughter Taylor, 13, and son Brayden, 8—was also diagnosed with Hashimoto’s in 2020.

The Flip or Flop alum shared that she suffered from brain fog and didn’t feel well until she learned how to manage her health.

“Now I’m more in tune with my body,” Christina told People at the time. “I know how to cope with stress and my Hashimoto’s disease.”

And Heather, too, is managing the disease and staying focused on motherhood. Back in September, she took a moment to gush over her newborn and stepchildren.

“Happy #Nationalsonsday my sweet Tristan bear,” Heather wrote on Instagram beneath snaps of Tristan and Brayden. “I am so honored to be your mom. You have made me a better person. There’s nothing I love more than being a mama & bonus mama. These boys have made me more fulfilled than I could have ever imagined.”

To see more sweet moments of Heather and Tarek with their baby boy, keep reading…