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Weekend Bump Watch Round UP {Links}

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It’s been awhile so it’s time to update you guys with what’s going on in the celebrity baby bumpwatch and kids world with a few links:

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West confirmed they are expecting their fourth child via surrogacy. (People)

Mario Lopez and his wife Courtney are expecting their third child after almost giving up (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Jessica Simpson‘s contribution to the 10 Year Challenge featuring her pregnant swollen feet is hilarious (CelebrityInsider)

Behati Prinsloo shared she suffered Post partum depression after the birth of her first child (US Weekly)

Keisha Knight Pulliam‘s daughter turns 2 (BCK Online)

Chanel Iman‘s daughter Cali Clay is getting big and she’s doing the model baby prop posing thing new moms like the Kardashian/Jenners love to do (Instagram)

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It’s a Bravolebrities BumpWatch Update!

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Now that we know that Bravo TV creator and host Andy Cohen  is expecting his first child, it’s probably a good time to check in on some other “Bravocelebrities” who were expecting last year.

Shahs of Sunset Star Mercedes “MJ” Javid and her new husband Tommy Feight are expecting their first child thanks to the miracles of IVF treatment. The realtor announced the news during her show’s reunion episode and took to twitter later to Twitter  to share her excitement about the baby’s due date “Due on Mother’s Day! So excited to experience motherhood and all that comes with it.”The original story continues below.

In an interview with The Feast earlier this month, MJ, who underwent IVF, said she’s “not feeling pregnant. No morning sickness. No fatigue. Nothing.” In a subsequent interview with Us Weekly, MJ revealed that she is due May 12 — Mother’s Day — and that she and Tommy already have a name picked out for the baby.

“We do happen to have the name,” MJ said. “And the name is actually unisex. We’re holding onto that.”

Real Housewives of Potomac Star Monique Samuels announced the arrival of her and hubby ex NFLer Chris Samuels newborn on November 26.

“It’s… A… BOY!!!! Told yall! I’m 3 for 3 with guessing genders now 😂😂🙌🏾
Chase Omari Samuels born 1 week early (today) at 4:56pm weighing 8lbs 15oz21” long!” she shared on Instagram back in November about the surprise gender reveal because she didnt’ find out the baby’s sex before birth. “Thank God for a safe and fast delivery and one healthy baby boy!!!! Thank you all for the well wishes and prayers 🙏🏽😘 Thank you @people for another amazing exclusive and thanks to my sister @callme_tosh who took all these pics 📸 and didn’t pass out while I pushed the baby out 😂🙌🏾 .”

Three days prior, Real Housewives of Atlanta “friend of the housewives” Shamea Morton and her husband welcomed their firs child, daughter  Shya Nyambura Mwangi also on November 25th! 

She took her daughter out in public for the first time today. Yeah, she’s a real first time moma! I can totally relate to being over protective!

Another Atlanta Star Porsha Wiliams and her fiance Dennis headed south to the Bahamas for a baby moon over the holidays and took a photographer with her to snap some sexy maternity portraits on the beach. 

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Meghan Markle’s Baby Bump has Popped Majorly! See the Photo!

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Meghan Markle has apparently “popped”. During an appearance at “A Christmas Carol” service in London, the Duchess of Sussex wore a dress that revealed a sizeable bump.

See the photo over at US Weekly!

Some websites hypothesized that her bump makes it seem like she is further along than reported.

We veteran parents know that for each pregnancy is different and it is possible that she really just is showing larger.

Markle is expecting her first child with her husband Prince Harry in Spring 2019.

While I am happy that she is best known for being an actress, model and outspoken advocate and philanthropist, I thought it was cute that US Weekly referred to the Duchess as a former lifestyle blogger! 

Like wwwwwweeeee! That makes me like a Princess. (ha!) 

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Kate Hudson Gets Trolled Over Her 9 Month Pregnant Bump

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After several sites posted a photo of the Almost Famous actress in a yellow bikini while vacationing with her half Japanese musician boyfriend Danny Fujikawa in Europe last week and soon after, the trolls came out with hateful things to say about the size of her b

It’s like being a person in the public eye while pregnant invites all sorts of unsolicited criticism. Hudson didn’t reply to the nasty comments and left it to her fans and followers to do the clapping back.

The Fabletics founder just came back from the vacation where she posted lots of photos on her Instagram account.

Tuscany ☀️🍇🌿🇮🇹💛

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The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days actress will welcome a baby girl  this month, a source previously told Us Weekly. While it is the Fujikawa’s first child, Hudson has a 14-year old son named Ryder and a 6-year old son Bingham from previous relationships with Chris Robinson and Matt Bellamy, respectively.  

She and  Fujikawa were friends for 15 years. He is the stepbrother of Hudson’s best friends Erin and Sara Foster.

She’s also been plugging her line while pregnant! Smart

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RHOA’s Shamea Morton Announced Her Baby’s Gender with Fireworks!

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Real Housewives of Atlanta Friend of the Wives Shamea Morton and her husband Gerald Mwangi hosted an over-the-top Gender Reveal party over the weekend. In attendance were RHOA stars Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd, Cynthia Bailey and Porsha Williams.

“We’re waiting to find out what my boo @shameamorton is having! I’m #TeamBoy.” Burruss captioned a photo of her and hubby cradling Morton’s bump on her Instagram. “What do y’all think? Update: It’s a girl! 💕 #ShameaAndGeraldGenderReveal📸: @hauseofglam

Turns out Burruss was wrong. The couple are actually expecting a girl which made Morton happy.

“I hope she’s a mini-me,” Shamea told US Weekly. “I do girls really well,” she added. “I was more terrified of a boy. I’m all for the tutus and bows.”

Gerald was equally excited to learn that he would welcome a girl later this year. “He already calls her his princess,” Shamea revealed. “He’s overjoyed.”

And boy was it quite the reveal!  In a video produced by Freddy O, Morton shares that she had no clue what the baby’s sex was but was excited to learn.

The guests gathered outdoors to watch fireworks launch and eventually, the last set of explosions revealed pink works! It’s a girl!

“We showed our 45–minute wedding video and the entire house was quiet,” the former Atlanta Falcons cheerleader told Us. “There were even a few tears shed when we played our vows.”

Along with the fireworks display, revelers enjoyed a feast that included cupcakes, pulled pork, corn on the cob and rotisserie chicken.

Morton called the entire night was “a dream.”

Watch Freddy O’s video montage of the event below:

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Torrei Hart is Ready to Co-Parent with Eniko and Kevin Hart

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Kevin Hart‘s ex wife Torrei Hart is an ambassador in blended familyhood. The actress and film producer told US Weekly recently that she is prepped and ready to embrace Kevin and his new wife Eniko’s baby as one of her own.

“I have baby fever, but I don’t want any more kids,” said Hart, who also is a screenwriter. “I wanna be able to love on this baby just like they’re loving on the baby. With coparenting, you have to get it right so it’s not a weird thing. I just want peace.”

She and Kevin divorced in 2011 after being married for 8 years and during that time, they welcomed two kids: now 12-year old daughter Heaven and 10-year old son Hendrix.

Kevin and Eniko are expecting a new baby boy, who they’ve decided to name Kenzo.

Torrei is among the many women in America, around the world, celebrity and not who are mature enough to make things work in a blended family! Cheers to her for taking the high road despite all the negativity that swrils around this famous family.

h/t Essence

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Was Mel B’s ‘You Will Never Own Me’ VMA Dress Addressing Ex or Simon Cowell?

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Mel B wore a personally designed dress with a bold message on it to the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday: a sequinned dress with the words “You Will Never Own Me” hand-stitched along the front, according to US Weekly magazine.

“The former Spice Girl arrived at the award show in a sparkly gold body con dress from Discount Universe with spaghetti straps, a V-neckline, and the words “You Will Never Own Me” written in rainbow hues down the front,” Emily Patrick, writing for the site wrote. “She ditched all accessories, letting her statement shift shine, pairing it with bright red pumps, minimal makeup, and her asymmetrical haircut swept over to one side.”

There is speculation as to who that message is addressing.

She is embroiled in a contentious divorce and custody battle with her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte.

A court ordered the America’s Got Talent judge to pay her estranged husband Stephen Belafonte $40,000 per month in temporary spousal support as well as $140,000 in attorney fees and forensic fees on Belafonte’s behalf. The two share a 5-year old daughter Madison. 

But others have speculated that the message was addressed to co-judge on AGT, Simon Cowell, who took a jab at her failed marriage during a broadcast last week.

After an embarrassing technical malfunction on a magician contestant’s performance, Cowell quipped: “I kind of imagine this would be like Mel B’s wedding night. A lot of anticipation, not much promise or delivery.”

Afterwards, Brown jumped out of her seat, poured her glass of water onto Cowell’s lap and stormed off stage during the live taping.  throwing a glass of water at him, Brown stormed out of the studio despite it being a live taping.

At a red carpet event after that taping, Mel B said of the incident, “He should know that if he says something inappropriate,he is going to get stuff thrown at him.”

She was also already emotional from watching another contestant’s touching performance and hearing a personal backstory.

“[Evie Clair] really made me cry because it made me think about my dad, and my dad recently passed away from cancer also, with an almost eight to nine years struggle. So a story like that from such a young girl really touches my heart,” Mel B told E! News  “She just sounded so beautiful and I couldn’t stop crying, so I go from that to Simon saying something so rude and inappropriate.”

Watch ET’s recap and interview:

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How Much Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Paying Their Pregnant Surrogate

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And baby makes 5 (or more) for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West who are expecting again via a surrogate, US Weekly reports.

According  to the magazine, a San Diego mom in her late 20s is three months pregnant with the couple’s baby. She is being paid $45,000 for her services at a rate of $4,500 per month (because pregnamcy is 40 weeks and NOT 9 months as is falsely portrayed in the media).

The surrogar was referred to the Wests by an agency that they paid a deposit of $68, 850 to, TMZ reports.

The baby is due in January 2018 and in the event it turns out to be twins, they’ll pay an additional $5,000 each month for the extra baby.

I am a Beyonce fan but even I am turned off by members of the Bey Hive alleging that Kim is trying to be like Beyonce who recently welcomed twins or keep up with her.

Actuall, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star expressed interest in having another baby before Beyonce even announced her second pregnancy, but was told by her doctors to avoid carrying the baby herself given all her medical proble.

They need to give it a rest with the silly comparisons. Yeah, I said it! LOL!

Other stipulations in the contract focus on the surrogate’s wellness habits, US Weekly adds. Among the fairly standard expectant-mom guidelines are no drinking, smoking or drug use; no hot tubs or saunas; no raw fish; and no handling cat litter.

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Ex Spice Girl Geri Halliwell Names New Son After Late Friend George Michael

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Former Spice Girl Geri Horner (nee Haliwell) welcomed her first son this past Saturday, January 21, US Weekly reports, and the baby is named after the singer’s close friend the Late George Michael, who passed away on Christmas 2016.

This is her first child with her husband, Formula 1 race driver Christian Horner.

“Geri gave birth to a baby boy at weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces,” the rep tells Us, adding that he made his debut at 8:40 a.m. “Both mother and baby are doing well.” According to the rep, the little bundle of joy’s name is Montague George Hector Horner.

A source told the Daily Mirror: “Geri wanted George to be a part of Monty’s life, so she felt it only fitting that her newborn have a middle name after the star.”

The 44-year-old singer shared a tender black-and-white photo of her son’s tiny feet on Instagram with the caption, “Montague George Hector Horner arrived this morning, a beautiful little brother for Bluebell and Olivia #amazing-day #grateful #monty ??.”

Halliwell is already mother of daughter Bluebell Madonna, 10, with her ex, screenwriter Sacha Gervasi. Montague is her first child with husband Christian Horner, whom she married in May 2015. Horner is also father of daughter Olivia, 2.

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‘Atlanta’ Actor/Producer Donald Glover Had his First Child in Spring; Didn’t Tell A Soul

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As actor Donald Glover rose in fame and popularity, he became even more and more private. So private that he deleted all of his social media posts except the trailer for his new FX channel TV show, Atlanta.

So, it comes as no surprise that he and his girlfriend had a baby in May and no-one knew…until now that the media randomly caught wind.

US Weekly reports that people spotted him and his mystery woman at a grocery store in Hawaii  in January this year with her looking about 7 to 8 months pregnant.

In May, she was seen pushing a baby stroller. Doh!

Glover grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness in Stone Mountain, Georgia and is best known for his role at Troy on the hit NBC TV show Community, and as a comedian. He also wrote for the hit NBC TV show 30Rock for several years and has a successful rap career as his alter ego Childish Gambino.

I love his FX show which is about a Princeton University student who drops out, who life as an unemployed drifter with his ex-girlfriend and their baby and tries to become rich by managing his up and coming rapper cousin, Paper Boi.

He’s told multiple press outlets that he didn’t attempt to make a hit show when he pitched and got Atlanta greenlit.

“Atlanta is a Trojan horse,” Glover told Timemagazine in August. “The thesis was: How do we make people feel black? It turned into something more attainable than that, but that was the idea. I was like, ‘Let’s make something that shouldn’t be on the air, something controversial.’ If it’s canceled in 10 episodes, I’ll be happy with those episodes.”

Since becoming a fan of the show which Glover stars in, produces and writes, I’ve gone back to check out his stand up, music and past videos and have become obsessed fan. The boy has serious talent!

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