On 11th April, Britney Spears, 40, took to Instagram to announce she’s expecting her first child with her fiancé, Sam Asghari, 28.
The couple made the announcement just months after Britney successfully won the conservatorship case against her father, James Spears, which had complete control over her life. Including the fact, whether she could have kids or not.
Spears shared a picture of a delicate pink cup of tea surrounded by pink flowers and wrote how at first, she was baffled at losing weight and gaining it on her trip to Maui and felt something was amiss.
“I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ … I thought “Geez … what happened to my stomach ???”
Followed by her “husband” Asghari, as mentioned in her post, suggested:
“No you’re food pregnant silly 🤪 !!!”
However, upon conducting a pregnancy test, the celebrity shared the good news with the rest of the world ecstatically:
“So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby 👶🏼”
Spears reported an update on how four days later, after taking the pregnancy test, the baby’s growing:
“… 4 days later I got a little more food pregnant 🤰🏼🙈🙈🙈 It’s growing !!!”
She expressed her nervousness while sharing the thought of having twins:
“If 2 are in there … I might just lose it 😬😬😬😬😬😬”
The star further mentioned how she’s going to refrain from going out as much to avoid the paparazzi taking pictures of her body and making money from it as they have done so in the past with her.
“…I obviously won’t be going out as much due to the paps getting their money 💴 shot of me 📸 like they unfortunately already have …”
Spears shared a specific detail from her past pregnancy, when she was expecting Jayden, with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline:
“it’s hard because when I was pregnant I had perinatal depression … I have to say it is absolutely horrible 😔”
She suffered from perinatal depression and took it pretty hard. She also said it was so difficult to talk about it in the past as people didn’t appreciate the line of thought about a pregnant woman whining about her baby. She’s thankful how times have changed now, though.
“… 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 concluded the announcement by sharing her final thoughts and what she plans on doing in the near future:
“… This time I will be doing yoga 🧘♀️ every day !!! Spreading lots of joy and love 💕 !!! ”
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Sam Asghari, the fiancé whom Spears refers to as “husband” often on social media, shared his reaction hours later, at this overjoyed moment. He shared an aesthetic painting of a lion cub with its parents and captioned it:
“Marriage and kids are a natural part of a strong relationship filled with love and respect.”
He talked about how he was looking forward to being a father and believes it’ll be the most important job of his life:
“Fatherhood is something i have always looked forward to and i don’t take lightly. It is the most important job i will ever do🙏”
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Many celebrities participated in being a part of the couple’s joyous announcement.
Paris Hilton wrote, “Congratulations sis!! I’m so excited for you!! Love you!!!”
The renowned actor and singer Mandy Patinkin wrote a heartfelt congratulatory tweet for Spears,
Congratulations to Britney on her big news! As Kathryn says, bringing a child into the world is an act of radical optimism, and lord knows Britney deserves just that!
— Mandy Patinkin (@PatinkinMandy) April 11, 2022
@mabelle_hdz tweeted how happy she was for Britney:
Britney Spears is pregnant and I couldn’t be happier for her bc damn that woman definitely deserves some happiness in her life :,)
— mabel (@mabelle_hdz) April 12, 2022
@TheresaRockFace tweeted a GIF from one of Britney’s music videos and expressed her joy:
Britney Spears is PREGNANT!! Congrats mama!!! pic.twitter.com/BNWIpwbm8l
— TheresaRockFace (@TheresaRockFace) April 12, 2022
Up until last year, Spears was under the conservatorship of her father. The legal guardianship was set up in 2008 as an attempt to “safeguard” her, for her father believed she was incapable of making sound decisions about her health.
The celebrity longed to have a kid with her long-time significant other, Sam Asghari. Due to the conservatorship laws, she was not allowed to marry or remove birth control. She was forced to have an IUD and consequently not bear any more children. At a court hearing in June, she was emotionally wrecked and revealed:
“So basically, this conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good.”
“I want to be able to get married and have a baby,” she added.
It should be noted that Asghari popped the big question to Spears last year in September after seeing each other for four years. It’ll be Asghari’s first time being a father, whereas Spears’s third child.
