10 Surprising Celebrity Pregnancy Announcements

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Former Gossip Girl star Blake Lively is working the finer points of expanding her brand/lifestyle website, Preserve, as well as her family. On October 6, she took to her site to celebrate family, and the actress posted a bevy of pics of women with baby bumps—including her own.

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The old school days of sending “We’re expecting” cards are done, as Lively kept in the tradition of expecting mothers to simultaneously use their baby bump as a PR bump.

Here are 10 other examples of the most surprising celebrity pregnancy announcements.

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In true Queen B fashion, Bey casually popped open her blazer at the 2011 “MTV Video Music Awards” to show off a baby bump featuring Blue Ivy Carter.

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Jessica Simpson is two for two on creatively using social media to announce her pregnancies. In 2011, she appeared in a mummy costume as a play on the word “mommy.” Later in 2012, she’d confirm a second pregnancy with a tweet of her firstborn next to the words, “Big Sis” written in sand.

Twitter struck again in March of 2014 as actress, dancer and former wrestler Stacy Keibler dropped a twitpic/pun about having a bun in the oven.

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Sharing is caring. In August, 2011 former American Idol star Fantasia Barrino took to the stage at a concert in Jacksonville, Florida and announced she was pregnant with her second child.

Before Kanye West got really wild with the onstage rants (aka “motivational speeches”), he kept it simple. At a 2011 concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he asked the crowd to give it up for his baby mama, Kim Kardashian.

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Lil’ Kim revealed her pregnancy in the most Lil’ Kim way possible—at Fashion Week. Later, she offered fans the opportunity to buy luxurious gifts for her baby shower.

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In June of 2014, Alicia Keys let her Instagram account do most of the talking. She and Swizz Beatz exchanged anniversary pleasantries and shared with the world they were expecting their second child together.

It’s gotta be the shoes! Weeks after marrying Tim Witherspoon, singer Kelly Rowland hit IG with a picture of Witherspoon’s Air Jordans with a baby pair and the caption, “I’ll be stuntin like my daddy…”

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Daddies can make parenting announcements too…even after the fact. Despite being viewed as a youngin’ most of his life, Bow Wow penned an open letter announcing he and video model Miss Joie had a daughter.