Pregnant bellies seem to be the hottest new accessory in Hollywood, and singer Christina Aguilera is taking a page from Demi Moore and Britney Spears with her new cover shoot for Marie Clair magazine.
The 26-year old Grammy Award winning singer displays her bare belly on the magazine's January cover, and talks candidly about getting ready to be a new mom.
Aguilera admits that she and husband Jordan Bratman were not ready to become parents quite so soon and estimates that the moment of conception happened when she was on her "Back to Basics" tour.
"We were planning on starting to try after the [Nov. 2006-May 2007 Back to Basics] tour. And so, I had gone off the Pill to prepare my body, because I didn't know how much time it would take," Aguilera told the magazine. "You've heard it takes some time - except with Power Egg and Super Sperm here. I'm like, Oh, my God, can you believe it just happened?" Unlike other celebrities that opt for widely publicized pregnancy announcements, Aguilera decided to keep the news quiet and continued to tour despite some risks.
"I was paranoid," she admits. "There are so many things that could go wrong - somebody could slip, somebody could fall, I could fall. There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show."
To avoid any complications, Aguilera wore a hidden heart monitor during her shows to monitor how hard she exerted herself and looked to her backup dancers for added support.
"I didn't want to make the audience uncomfortable, like, 'Pregnant lady onstage! Is she going to be okay?' But I had to announce it to my band and my dancers, because I wanted to make sure they had my back."
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