Are LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian about to welcome a child together?

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During the couple's former reality show, LeAnn & Eddie, which aired on VH1 for one season, the couple discussed the idea of having a child, but have they finally put their future plan in motion? According to a new report, the answer is "yes!"

“The heartbreak of repeated negative pregnancy tests became too much for LeAnn,” a source told OK! Magazine on Friday. “She desperately wants to be a mother. So they started the process of picking a woman to carry their child.”

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The 33-year-old country singer has been acting as step-mom to husband Cibrian's two children with Brandi Glanville, Mason, 12, and Jake, 8, since their April 2011 wedding, but now, according to the source, she's ready to welcome a child of her own. In fact, she's ready to do so in the next several months.

“[They] hope to have a child by the end of the year,” the source revealed.

Although Rimes has spoken often of her desire to have a child, she told In Touch Weekly last month that she wasn't quite ready.

“I have two kids in my house half the time, so I know what it takes to be a parent,” Rimes said. “I know my life will change – I just don’t know if I’m ready for that yet.”