The Mercury News

Britney Spears announces pregnancy on Instagram

- By David Matthews CNN contribute­d to this report.

Superstar singer Britney Spears announced a new pregnancy Monday on Instagram.

“I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back,” she wrote, along with the shoulder shrugging emoji. “I thought `Geez … what happened to my stomach???' My husband said `No you're food pregnant silly.'”

Still, she writes, she decided to get a pregnancy test.

“So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby (baby emoji)… 4 days later I got a little more food pregnant (monkey covering eyes emoji) It's growing !!! If 2 are in there … I might just loose it.”

The singer said she would be going out less in order to avoid paparazzi trying to get a “money shot” of her baby bump.

Spears and Sam Asghari, who got engaged in September 2021, have been open about their desire to have a child together.

She continued to lament that she was depressed the last time she was pregnant and did not receive adequate support.

“Women didn't talk about it back then … some people considered it dangerous if a woman complained like that with a baby inside her … but now women talk about it everyday … thank Jesus we don't have to keep that pain a reserved proper secret,” she wrote, adding that she planned to do yoga everyday to keep her body and mind sharp.

“Spreading lots of joy and love,” she wrote, concluding the post.

In December, she teased followers with news of a “new addition to the family” before introducin­g the world to her Australian shepherd puppy named Sawyer.

The announceme­nt comes months after the performer's controvers­ial conservato­rship ended.

During her hearings, Spears told the court that her conservato­rs had denied her request to have her IUD removed so she could have a third child.

She is the mother of two teen sons, Sean and Jayden, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

 ?? KEVIN WINTER — GETTY IMAGES, FILE ?? Britney Spears announced on Instagram that she is expecting her third child. This will be her first child with fiance Sam Asghari.
KEVIN WINTER — GETTY IMAGES, FILE Britney Spears announced on Instagram that she is expecting her third child. This will be her first child with fiance Sam Asghari.

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