Oliver and I are both big family people, so we’ve always wanted to have our own. Once we’d had the wedding, it just made sense. I was approaching the 28-week mark by the time we celebrated our first anniversary on 6 June, and we just feel very lucky that it’s all working out. We’re not planning on having a gender reveal party, although we do know what we’re having. We were so excited to find out, it’s nice to keep that information just for us. Feeling the little kicks with Oli has been magical and I am hooked on getting the little outfits – we are so excited.
My sister had her first baby in December, and funnily enough my brother is also going to be a dad this November, so the timing is amazing. My mum’s been wanting to be a grandmother forever, and now it’s all happening at once. My mum and dad are both so happy to be grandparents.
My mum has taught me so many things that I want to pass onto my own child. She’s a total go-getter who goes out there and makes stuff happen, but she’s also very family-orientated, that’s how she brought us all up. It’s why we’re all so close. She’s a rock to so many people – a super mumma – and I hope I can be one, too.
I am releasing new music soon, and I have been thinking about balancing this new life with my career, which has been a priority for so long. I know I’m very lucky with family and particularly my mum and dad, they’ll be very hands-on. Ideally I’d love to bring the little bubba with me everywhere I go, and keep working and keep having adventures. When I see someone like Rihanna continuing to perform while pregnant, I find it really inspiring. There are some amazing women out there doing it – it’s definitely possible. Of course, I haven’t entered the newborn stage – they call it the fourth trimester – when you don’t get much sleep. I’m very aware I might feel differently then.
I also love that there are no rules around maternity style now. Again, Rihanna always looks incredible. I didn’t start showing until very recently, and as it’s summer I’ve been living in flowy dresses, but as I get bigger I’m looking forward to having fun with wearing different stuff that shows off the bump. I don’t think being a mother is going to dramatically impact my style. I pretty much go with the flow – I’m always going to want to have fun and experiment with fashion, especially when it comes to shoots and videos for this new chapter of music.
I’ve been lucky enough to feel good throughout my pregnancy so far, I escaped very lightly in terms of sickness, there was just a lot of tiredness in the early stages. The baby is due in September, so now I’m signing myself up for all the fun things: I just had a lymphatic drainage pregnancy massage, and I’m having my first reflexology session this week. I’m taking my supplements. We’re also making sure to do the things we might not be able to when the baby comes. I went to see Pink last night, and we will absolutely be squeezing in a babymoon!
