Another year in the books, another bounty of celebrity babies.
But before the stars are delivered of these tiny humans, the news that their family is expanding must be shared! (Or not, with some celebs choosing to keep the whole process shrouded in secrecy. Which has to be a violation of some unwritten Hollywood rule, but we forgive them such trespasses.)
Anyway, some choose to get super-creative with signs and skits. Some break out the sonograms. Some do it in private but make sure it's documented for the 'gram. Some do it in public and it ends up on everyone's 'gram. Still others let their growing bumps do all the work, work, work, work, work.
And speaking of Rihanna, who set the pregnancy revelation bar pretty high early this year, it turns out she didn't plan to let 100 million people know she was expecting her second child with A$AP Rocky.
"Here's the thing" she told I did what I had to do, right? My jumper couldn't zip up," Rihanna told Access Hollywood earlier this month of her Super Bowl Halftime Show reveal. "No one knew I was pregnant. I just told my stylist, 'Make sure it's stretchy.' So the undergarment was stretchy and this [jacket] was baggy, but you know, the zip. It just stopped right there! So it had to be what it had to be."
What it was, was epic, not to mention a lovely way to kick off 2023.
And as the year draws to a close, we've done the labor so you don't have to. Here's a look back at the year's most memorable pregnancy announcements: