Kristen Welker and Husband John Hughes Expecting Second Baby Together: 'An Extraordinary Moment' (Exclusive)

Kristen Welker is expanding her family!

Welker will soon welcome her second baby, telling PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that she and her husband John Hughes have a baby boy due via surrogate in June.

"This is an extraordinary moment — there’s no doubt about that," Welker — who made history as the first Black journalist to moderate a Sunday public affairs program when she became host of NBC's Meet the Press last September — tells PEOPLE.

Welker, 47, and her husband became first-time parents in June 2021, when they welcomed daughter Margot Lane via surrogate.

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Over the holidays, the couple told Margot she would soon be a big sister — news that delighted the little girl, Welker says.

"Margot has been telling her classmates that Mama and Dada are getting her a baby brother for her birthday," Welker says with a laugh. "She's very proud of the fact that her baby brother will be sleeping in her old crib, and she's even come up with a name for him: 'Lolo.' "

Welker says she and her husband were initially "nervous" to tell Margot about the new addition, gifting her a book that explained the news in terms she could understand.

"The book explained that she was going to be a big sister [but] it took a couple of weeks to get through … but now, she has just been so excited and we are thrilled about that," she explains. "She’ll say things like, ‘Baby brother coming tonight?’ "

Welker has spoken publicly about her struggles with infertility, penning a public letter to Margot ahead of her birth in 2021, which was published by Today.

"When you didn’t arrive at first, we worried something might be wrong," Welker wrote in the letter. "So, we went to a doctor to ask for help. She was so smart and explained that I might need some extra help to bring you here."

Speaking to PEOPLE, Welker says she was initially hesitant to speak out publicly about infertility, fearing a negative response. Instead, she got an outpouring of support along with dozens of messages from those battling infertility themselves.

"The response was overwhelming," Welker says. "It brought me to tears. I can't tell you how many people reached out to say, ‘I am struggling with infertility. Here is my story.’ I have tried to be in touch with all of those people, to help them know they are not alone."

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Welker is also working to raise awareness about fertility treatments on a wider scale, noting that "treatments are out of reach for so many people."

She and her husband struggled with infertility for three years before pursuing surrogacy — a process that filled her with uncertainty the first time around.

"I think when you're embarking on a surrogacy journey for the first time, it is a huge leap of faith," Welker says, adding that she wondered, "Would I bond with Margot immediately? Would she feel any differently toward me?"

Welker continues, "But now that she’s here, we are two peas in a pod. We bonded immediately. She looked up at me, I looked down at her and told her that I love her more than the entire world and all of the fears I had immediately disappeared."

"I really have been able to enjoy this second surrogacy journey," she shares. "This experience has been very different."

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