Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard is taking on a role she knows all too well: pregnancy.

The actress, 30, is expecting her second child with her husband, actor Seth Gabel, according to People.com.

The couple, who wed in 2006, is already parents to 4-year-old son, Theo.

Last July, Howard wrote a candid essay on Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP blog that detailed her struggle with postpartum depression after her son's birth.

"Nothing," she wrote of her feelings. "I felt nothing."

While referring to her newborn as ‘it' and having emotional breakdowns, Howard managed to hide her suffering from her family and friends by bottling up her feelings until she was alone and would heave "uncontrollable sobs."

In addition to being treated by a doctor who gave her the "severe post-partum depression" diagnosis, Howard joined group meetings with other moms and found help in Brooke Shields' book, "Down Came the Rain," about her own post-partum depression battle.

"Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am," wrote the "Eclipse" actress, daughter of director Ron Howard.  "I .. feel deep gratitude for those who stood by me, for the lesson that we must never be afraid to ask for help."