Whitney Port says son 'won't necessarily be on' 'The Hills: New Beginnings' (Exclusive)

Motherhood will not be a central focus on the upcoming "The Hills" reboot.

Original cast member Whitney Port told AOL's Gibson Johns exclusively during an interview to promote her partnership with Betadine that her son, Sonny, 22 months, likely won't be featured on "The Hills: New Beginnings," premiering on MTV on June 24.

"It’s not," Port responded when we asked if motherhood will be a central focus on the show. "There are a couple of us that were used to working already and leaving our babies, so our babies aren’t necessarily on it, but I think you see a little bit of the struggle of people separating from their babies. But, for me, being a mom isn’t necessarily highlighted on the show. It’s more about how the group dynamics work."

Port is just one of the cast members who has become a mom since "The Hills" ended its original run in 2010: Audrina Patridge, Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt and Jason Wahler have welcomed children. Even so, the reality star insisted that her show's creators wanted to maintain the focus on the group's social dynamics, not their lives as parents.

"MTV already has '16 and Pregnant' and [viewers] see mom life there, so I think people want to see us in a social atmosphere," she went on. "They can see us do our mom life on social media, and you don’t need to watch that on TV."

MTV's announcement last summer that it was bringing back "The Hills" -- sans Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari and Lo Bosworth -- fueled overwhelming excitement among fans and, while Port told AOL that she's "really excited" to be bringing the show back, it's also resulted in a bit of mommy guilt for her.

"When I have to go film or go on work trips, it’s a tug at my heart. Sometimes I’m like, ‘Is this worthwhile?’ Because it’s a choice that I made to do the show," Port explained. "I had a career besides that that was keeping me busy, but doing the show was a choice, so I still do question it sometimes. It’s like, ‘Did I choose to film a reality show instead of being a present mom?’ I looked at it as more of an opportunity to do more of things, and I knew how much power the past show had to allow me to fulfill so many dreams and goals that I hoped this would do the same."

Port's candidness around the push-and-pull that she's experienced in regards to spending enough time with her son, who she shares with husband Tim Rosenman, is just another example of her willingness to be open about her struggles and anxieties as a mother around issues that many other mothers deal with. The star started a YouTube series around such issues after she found herself encountering unexpected obstacles while embarking on her journey as a mother.

"I didn’t really know what to expect, so I didn’t have any expectations. I’m not the type of person to read a million books in preparation or Google things, and we didn’t even find out if he was going to be a boy or a girl. We just really let things happen," Port explained. "Things happened that I didn’t know were going to: I didn’t know breastfeeding was going to be so hard, I didn’t know how much of a lack of sleep I was going to have. It doesn’t hit you just how much more drained you are all the time."

She also had to come to terms with the fact that she couldn't worry every single second about her son, and her husband was instrumental in helping her keep her cool if her son is too rowdy or doesn't listen.

"I just kind of keep telling myself that [Sonny's] going to pick up on my nervous energy and that’s going to make him a nervous wreck, and picturing that makes me not want him to be like that," she laughed. "I want him to be curious and independent, but when it comes to his safety or life or death, I won’t stop at anything. I’ll be stern if I have to be, but my husband also keeps me in check. My mom, sisters and I grew up always freaking out about things, so Timmy has made me aware of that, and he tells me I can’t do that with Sonny all the time. I’m training myself to calm down more, even when he takes little stumbles."

Having a baby means that there will scratches and bumps and cuts are going to pop up every now and again -- even if she has no idea where they came from. In an effort to make sure that moms are treating such "battle wounds" with enough care, Port partnered with Betadine antiseptic for its #FirstAidMyths campaign.

"The inevitable cuts and scrapes and little burns are happening and, as a first-time mom, I didn’t really know what the best thing to put on those things was," she told AOL. "I partnered with Betadine to teach people that now there’s this amazing antiseptic cream that moms can use and can keep in their mom bag. It has something in it that can actually help prevent infection before it has a chance to start."