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Kara DioGuardi has announced that she’s going to be a mom!

The former American Idol judge confirmed that she and husband Mike McCuddy will be welcoming their first child, a boy, via gestational surrogate in the coming weeks.

“We are eagerly awaiting the healthy and happy birth of our son Greyson Jmes Carroll McCuddy,” DioGuardi, 42, told PEOPLE.

The couple, who wed in 2009, experienced years of struggling with fertility issues and multiple failed IVF attempts, before deciding to explore adoption and surrogacy.

In the end, DioGuardi and McCuddy chose surrogacy after the suggestion of a friend.