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Britney Spears pregnant with 3rd child at 40

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Neverafrownwithgoldenbrown · 11/04/2022 20:43

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daphnedoo12 · 11/04/2022 21:04

I wish her the best of luck, I feel that she's released this information as soon as she'd had a positive test. She mentions she had perinatal depression in the past, I hope she has appropriate support this time around.

lameasahorse · 11/04/2022 21:05

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MurmuratingStarling · 11/04/2022 21:05

@drpet49

Car crash. This will end in tears and as usual the child will suffer
Well aren't YOU a little ray of sunshine! Hmm
Praxoulla007 · 11/04/2022 21:05

how lovely for her, So happy for her after the suffering she has gone through with her awful family

HedgehogToes · 11/04/2022 21:05

There's a woman on tiktok who reads Britney's IG posts in the same accent and with the intonation. And once you hear it done, her posts make sense. She writes as if she's speaking.

I hope she has healthy and happy pregnancy and manages to surround herself with people who have her best interests at heart.

Thesearmsofmine · 11/04/2022 21:06

I wish her and baby health and happiness. I hope she is now in a place where she is surrounded with good people who do the best for rather than themselves

Dita73 · 11/04/2022 21:08

It’s not going to end well. I hope I’m wrong but she is really very unwell

greenlynx · 11/04/2022 21:08

Happy for her, nothing unusual. 40 y.o. woman financially stable and in relationship decided to have 3d child. What’s wrong with that?

JoyLurking9to5 · 11/04/2022 21:10

I hope she can enjoy this pregnancy and child without custody battles

Giraffesandbottoms · 11/04/2022 21:12

Up to her though isn’t it and her mental health is not really any of our business

It’s up to her, of course. Her mental health isn’t my “business” but she is a celebrity who posts several times a day on the Internet to the public and opens herself up to scrutiny.

I think she has some quite serious mental illnesses and although the conservatorship was abhorrent I think she is going to go off the rails and this will all end extremely poorly. She is not in a fit state, IMO, looking at her absolutely insane posts on Instagram, to mother a child responsibly. People will tell me I’m wrong etc etc but I don’t think it will be a nice life for a child.

Blind gossip posted something very sad a year ago where it said her family think she’s extremely unwell and will 1) get pregnant and 2) end up dead within 3-5 years. I hope they are wrong but her posts are very concerning

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 11/04/2022 21:14

So predictable.

I said to my partner while the conservatorship case was raging in court, that as soon as it was removed, she'd be in a relationship with some guy, get pregnant, married, it would fall apart inside a year or two, and he'd walk away with a pile of what's left of her money.

So far I'm batting 2/2 and it gives me no pleasure to say that.

Neverreturntoathread · 11/04/2022 21:14

Congratulations Britney. Sorry the world took away your right to control your own reproduction so you weren’t able to do it earlier. Wishing you a safe pregnancy and birth.

Idroppedthescrewinthetuna · 11/04/2022 21:15

@HedgehogToes

There's a woman on tiktok who reads Britney's IG posts in the same accent and with the intonation. And once you hear it done, her posts make sense. She writes as if she's speaking.

I hope she has healthy and happy pregnancy and manages to surround herself with people who have her best interests at heart.

I always read her threads fast and scatty. But actually if you slow it down its actually seems to be what is in her heart. It appears manic due to the shortness of sentences, the ellipses and emojis.

My mental health was not great when I was pregnant with my 3rd baby. I concentrated so hard on getting better that by the time she was born I was fine.

Britney Spears has had years of being controlled that now she will appear to be out of control as she is saying everything she has always wanted to say. When I was mentally ill I seemed to be the most in control person ever! Was far from it. Social media is not the place to judge somebodys mental state and neither is the media.

Good luck to her, I hope she enjoys her pregnancy and that this baby will be loved and cherished.

Sparklingbrook · 11/04/2022 21:15

I have seen some of her Instagram stuff and it's a bit weird/worrying to say the least, i'm not sure where she is with regard to mental health etc. But maybe a new baby will be a good thing for her.

No idea where the AIBU comes in though.

lalahotpants · 11/04/2022 21:17

She's clearly very unwell, her Instagram is insane 😥

GeorgesMarvelousCalpol · 11/04/2022 21:17

I read it as she's expecting twins, is that right?
Best of luck to her!

Giraffesandbottoms · 11/04/2022 21:18

It’s not just the written posts on IG - it’s the relentless and repetitive posting of videos of her rocking from side to side and staring at the camera with dead eyes and spinning dancing. It’s not the behaviour of a well
Woman. I wish her well but there is a baby coming into this.

sst1234 · 11/04/2022 21:18

Well the baby daddy got himself a nice little payday there. So predictable. What a car crash.

Midlifemusings · 11/04/2022 21:18

While I am happy for her, it is not a good scenario for the child.
Obviously she has the money to hire help but being the child of a mother with significant mental health issues isn't a great lot in life, no matter who rich you are.

Giraffesandbottoms · 11/04/2022 21:18

@lalahotpants exactly

Sapphirejane · 11/04/2022 21:18

@HedgehogToes - I saw the same woman and had the same reaction. The posts made much more sense in a Louisiana accent and not “crazy” at all.

I am sure I also read that her fiancé said that she hasn’t really grown up with social media like everyone else so when she posts things to Instagram she doesn’t quite grasp however many millions are seeing it etc, she is just having fun with it. Hopefully she has lots of support around her as any woman needs during pregnancy.

Thatswhyimacat · 11/04/2022 21:18

Britney has written strangely her whole life, it's absolutely nothing to do with her alleged mental health struggles.

Idroppedthescrewinthetuna · 11/04/2022 21:18

@GeorgesMarvelousCalpol

I read it as she's expecting twins, is that right? Best of luck to her!
I think it means her tummy is growing fast. You know when you are big and you get those comments 'u got twins in there' I think that.
XDownwiththissortofthingX · 11/04/2022 21:19

@Sparklingbrook

I have seen some of her Instagram stuff and it's a bit weird/worrying to say the least, i'm not sure where she is with regard to mental health etc. But maybe a new baby will be a good thing for her.

No idea where the AIBU comes in though.

If you look at her past relationships and her current behaviours on IG, it's abundantly clear she's unwell and not capable of making appropriate judgements.

It was so predictable that as soon as the conservatorship was ended some random man would appear out of the woodwork and set about helping himself to a portion of her wealth.

I'm 99% certain I know exactly what she's suffering from, and this pattern is absolutely typical of people with this illness.

Midlifemusings · 11/04/2022 21:19

I just read the instagram post - is she saying it is twins?!!