Britney Spears announces she is pregnant with her third child
11.04.2022 - 23:55
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Britney Spears has revealed that she is pregnant with her third child in a frank post to her her Instagram followers. The Baby One More Time hitmaker explained that she took a pregnancy test after gaining weight and noticing a change in her body.
This will be the first child for the American pop superstar and her fiancé Sam Asghari. Britney has two sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, from her previous marriage to Kevin Federline.
The singer shared the happy news on Instagram, revealing she got a test after Sam Asghari suggested at first that the weight gain was down to food she had eaten on a trip to Maui.
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She wrote: "I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back … I thought 'Geez … what happened to my stomach ???' "My husband said 'no you’re food pregnant silly!!!' So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby …"
The 40-year-old star wondered in her candid Instagram sharing if she might even be having twins. "Four days later I got a little more food pregnant It’s growing !!! If 2 are in there … I might just loose(sic) it …" she added.
Britney, who shot to fame in 1999 with Baby One More Time and went on to have a dazzling career with huge hits including Toxic, Circus and Slave 4 U, then opened up about her previous battle with perinatal depression. And she told fans she will be looking after herself during their pregnancy.
"It’s hard because when I was pregnant I had perinatal depression … I have to say it is absolutely horrible … women didn’t talk about it back then … ," she said.
"Some people considered it dangerous if a woman complained like that with a baby inside