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Marsha Ambrosious Announced Her Pregnancy This Summer in the Official Celeb Way

Posted on October 12, 2016

I had a disagreement with a friend a while ago about a celebrity pregnancy announcement. She disagreed with me that a celebrity cupping her belly at a public event counts as a pregnancy announcement.

Indeed, it is informal but it is the new way. Beyonce, Amber Rose, Marion Cotillard and Gwen Stefani all “announced” their pregnancies that way. They each did the cupping the belly red carpet reveal.

I didn’t realize that one of my husband’s fave recording artist multi Grammy-award winning singer Marsha Ambrosious, formerly of the group Floetry, is expecting her first child with her boyfriend Dez Billups.

She announced the news this summer while performing at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. She did so by cupping her belly on the stage. Without doing that, it is possible, fans may have assumed perhaps she just gained a little weight.

The “Late Nights & Early Mornings” singer later confirmed the news to Essence.com.

“I didn’t anticipate live music to do what it was going to do,” the “Far Away” singer said of her soon-to-be-born daughter while performing or listening to music. “It’s like an internal earthquake every time music plays. It’s brand new to me but it’s so exciting. I don’t know what she’s doing right now.”

Since the announcement, the couple have been posting adorable photos of each other on IG and Twitter like this one:

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A photo posted by Dez Billups (@dezsofly) on Aug 31, 2016 at 1:38pm PDT

Congrats!

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After 7 Year Break to be a Mom, Gwen Stefani Returns Energetic and Gorg as Ever

Posted on July 22, 2016

In case you missed the phenomenal performance videos of one of my all time fave singers, and Bellytich Bumpwatch alum, Gwen Stefani during her appearance on TODAY show’s Friday Concert, I’m sharing them again once more for your viewing pleasure! After all, it is Friday again!

She has kicked off her career again for the nth time and is about to tour to promote her latest album which has hit No. 1. on the Billboard charts.

Billboard wrote of one of her early tour stops:

“I never thought I would be able to go back on tour again,” the pop singer said in a taped video preceding the opening number, “Red Flag.”
And yet, there she was, resplendent in a red roses top matched with tartan pants, ready to reconnect with her audience after a seven year hiatus at the high-energy show on her summer amphitheater trek.
“The last time I was here it was Kingston’s birthday, when he was one,” she said of her now 10-year old son. “We had a party for him backstage.”
That was 2007, and since then the 46-year old star has ended her marriage to Bushlead singer Gavin Rossdale, but found love again with Blake Shelton, her co-star from a stint as a coach on NBC’s The Voice. All of this is chronicled in her recent album, Thisis What the Truth Feels Like, which debuted at No. 1 in March.

At age 46, I would say Stefani looks amaze-balls! (do the kids still say that?) She stays true to her signature look: platinum blond ponytail, crimson lipstick and wing eyeliner with deep dark falsies. Her style is eclectic rocker chic, if I could describe it. That’s what I consider my style to be so I’m down. ha!

Anyway, Check out the videos again in case you missed it in the post earlier this week about Savannah Guthrie covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland as the only female anchor on the team assigned there.

Before jetting off to Cleveland, she took a snap with our other Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum Gwen Stefani who performed last Friday for the long-running news shows annual Friday Summer Concert series.

Watch Gwen’s performance.

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RNC Convention: Mom-to-Be Savannah Guthrie Reps the Ladies Among NBC Anchors Covering It

Posted on July 18, 2016

This week, we get to see and bump watch TODAY Show anchor Savannah Guthrie who will be broadcasting live from Cleveland as the Republican National Convention starts today, and live-streamed on NBCNews.com.

The network announced its anchor lineup last week and I noticed that Guthrie was the only woman in it! Very Cool!

Today, during a lead in segment on local channel, the second-time mom-to-be asked what’s the best food must-have Cleveland food specialty. “The pregnant person wants to know,” the veteran journalist joked while decked in a cute purple dress.

WATCH!

Watch Gwen’s performance.

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We’re Not Worthy: Jeremy Scott Designed a Gold-Trimmed $1700 Stroller

Posted on June 19, 2016

Luxury baby goods, which includes a stroller, car seat, and baby carrier, continue to be coveted by the rich and famous.

I continue in my research to catch up on the latest and hottest strollers since I used to publish a preeminent first-of-its kind biennial Most Expensive Stroller blog post series, started in 2007.

I have discovered that designer Jeremy Scott has bedazzled (as Slate magazine put it) a high end stroller made by the luxe brand Cybex. Essentially, Scott added his trademark gold angel wings and polished gold frame not the wheels and that alone jacked up the normally-priced $1,000 stroller to close to $1700!

Wowza!

The type of folks that will fork over that much for a stroller, even as an investment piece, won’t blink twice at that premium price.

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Cybex, which makes strollers, car seats ($369.95) , baby carriers ($129.95) and other baby transportation products, is the choice for the A-List celebs. Cate Blanchet, Keira Knightly, Fergie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gisele Bundchen, Miroslava DUma, Liv Tyler, Gwen Stefani and David Beckham have all been photographed pushing their tops in one these strollers.

But what struck me most was the branding. I mean I felt as though I have to be a great looking svelte Manhattan mom with great skin, great hair and a hot husband to own one of these things.

In the US, a lot of the Giggle stores carry it in the retail stores and online so the line is accessible even if you don’t live near the right zipcode.

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Mama Mia!

h/t Slate

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This is the Pumpkin Patch that Celebrities Take their Kids to Each Year

Posted on October 27, 2015

This is the last week and weekend before Halloween to hit up the pumpkin patch and score yourself a rad pumpkin to carve or set up on your porch. Out in Hollywood, Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in Culver City, California is a favorite spot for celebrities.

Each year several celeb fams head out to the patch and are either photographed by the papps or share their own photos in social media.

Bellyitch Bumpwatch we spotted this year include alums Heidi Klum, Kendra Wilkinson, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Gwen Stefani , Kourtney and Kim Kardashian and Rachel Zoe at the patch with their kids. We also saw first time mom-to-be The Walking Dead star Alanna Masterson, who plays “Tara Chambler” on the hit AMC show posing a patch; and late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel and his daughter Molly.

Fun times!

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Gwen Stefani takes DC for Earth Day & poverty awareness concert

Posted on April 19, 2015

Our Bellyitch alum Gwen Stefani reunited and joined her old bandmates from No Doubt to performs at the Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day to end extreme poverty and solve climate change on National Mall in Washington, DC on April 18, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Also performing at the free concert before hundreds of thousands in the crowd were: Usher, Chris Martin and Coldplay, Will.i.am, Common, the Mayor of DC Muriel Bowser, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

Mary J. Blige

Chris Martin and Coldplay performed as well

Usher and Common

Will.i.am.

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What Celebrity moms are up to on Instagram

Posted on February 4, 2015

What are some of the celebrity mothers we’ve profiled here on Bellyitch are up to these days? A good place to keep track of their ups and downs and projects is by checking in on them in Instagram where they freely share pics and other updates like Eva Marcille above who recently won a battle with her ex Kevin McCall over their 1-year old adorable daughter Marley. Here she is looking effortlessly chic while driving in her ride somewhere.

What else? We ~~stalk~~follow them so you don’t have to!

Gwen Stefani recently visited Qatar

Beyonce too is/was in Asia & took some time off to hit her computer and look stylish while doing so.

The Wests’: Kim Kardashian West, Nori West & Kanye West visited the zoo. Awwww!

Nicole Richie was in a hijab the same week as World Hijab Day while scouting for fabric for her fashion line

Alicia Keys and hubby Swizz Beatz were having their first date after the birth of their second son: Rollerskating! How fun!

Drew Barrymore was playing the part of Baby from Dirty Dancing for pal Jimmy Fallon‘s lip sync battle with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart.

Ciara was showing off her cute cherubic son, Future to her fans and followers whilst barefooted.

Kerry Washington looked absolutely beautiful while promoting a book charity drive for FirstBook.Org.

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Gwen Stefani, Jourdan Dunn & 20 Other Doll-Faced People

Posted on December 29, 2014

I was scrolling through my the feed of one of my favorite Pinner on Pinterest and happened across Vanessa Robinson’s very eclectic and diverse collection of boards. The celebu-Pinner boasts over 29,000 followers and has this very interesting board of human beings who resemble real live dolls. With make up and seemingly perfect and proportional features, Gwen Stefani and model Jourdan Dunn, both past Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums fit squarely within the mold and collection.

Here they are with 20 other people who caught my eye with their doll-like makeup and facial features

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World AIDS Day: Get Jessica, Gwen and Rachel-designed Aden+Anais for Charity

Posted on December 2, 2014

Today is World AIDS Day. All around the world and the United States various foundations, philanthropic organizations, companies, governments and other bodies are raising awareness of the ongoing fight against the deadly disease and HIV.

Three of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch Alums, Jessica Alba, Gwen Stefani and Rachel Zoe have teamed up with aden+anais baby product manufacturer of warm and cozy receiving and swaddling blankets. They’ve designed three Special Edition Organic Swaddle blankets that will be sold on Alba’s Honest Company website and AdenAndAnais.com for $54 as part of the global initiative (PRODUCT)RED.

One hundred percent of the profits which amounts to 25% of the retail price will be donated to the Global Fund to fight HIV and AIDS.

Together with RED, aden + anais is trying to make the dream of an AIDS-free generation in Africa a reality by 2016.

Please Help that cause!

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Celebrity Fall Maternity Styling Tutorial

Posted on October 28, 2014

This fall, if you aspire to look chic, trendy and stylish like some of our past Bellyitch Bumpwatch celebs, here are some tips to help you along.

1. Stick with basic solids. Black, White, Steel Gray, Red, Maroon, Pink, Beige are your go tos

2. Layer, layer, layer. You will be in various stages of feeling warm or cold anyway, so don’t put on too heavy clothes. Rather, start with a maternity tank, add a thin longsleeve jersey top over that, then top it with a sweater or blazer. Tights are good under skirts too.

3. Accessories are your friend. Update or make trendy any basic style palette by adding whimsical scarves in fun patterns like leopard print or pucci to add a spark of color to your look. Malin Akerman above does it well while shopping.

4. Big bag. Will Travel. Carry a tote for several reasons. Not only because they can fit a lot of your junk but also, a tote in a structure style is a great fall look.

5. Oh what a Booty! Go with booties in low heel styles to give you a little lift but help you stay stylish. The ones Kristin Cavallari, Gwen Stefani and Kim Kardashian are wearing in the graphic above are great funky options.

6. It’s a Wrap. Finally, instead of a thick overcoat or jacket, get a warm pashmina or other oversized scarf to drape over your look. It will polish it off perfectly!

Good luck styling ladies!

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