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Congratulations are in order for Shayne Lamas and Nik Richie.

The Bachelor alum, 29, and her husband are expecting their second child via surrogacy. In a new interview with Closer Weekly, Shayne reveals the very special woman carrying her baby is her stepmother, 28-year-old Shawna Craig!

“Shawna’s not just my stepmother, she’s like a soul sister,” Shayne gushes in the mag.

Shawna, who is the fifth wife of Shayne’s father, Lorenzo Lamas, is “an angel that blessed my whole family, including my father.”

Last year, Shayne lost a baby boy at 20 weeks after a rare uterine rupture. After finding out she could no longer have children, Shayne looked into surrogacy.

“I’m ecstatic to be pregnant. It’s the best thing in the world,” Shawna, due to give birth to a baby boy on July 10, shares.

While she admits it’s a bit “weird,” Shayne is nothing but grateful to her stepmother.

“It is weird. Somebody else carrying your baby is weird,” Shayne shares. “But I lost my son, and now Shawna is carrying my son. I have just been given the biggest blessing in the whole world and I will always be grateful.”

The baby boy will join big sister Press Dahl, 3.