Evening sickness, stopping at baby three, not showing and wanting a boy… Rochelle Humes details the early stages of her pregnancy with fans in Q&A hours after announcement
She announced her pregnancy on Easter Sunday.
And now that Rochelle Humes’ secret is out, she was feeling candid with fans on Monday evening as she hosted a Q&A to answer pregnancy questions.
The Saturdays songstress, 31, who also shares daughters Valentina, six, and Alaia-May, 3, with husband Marvin Humes, divulged details of her third pregnancy – including the fact she was suffering evening sickness and had no baby names yet.
Girl mum: Now that Rochelle Humes’ baby secret is out, she was feeling candid with fans on Monday evening as she hosted a Q&A to answer pregnancy questions.
Rochelle and Marvin delighted both friends and fans on Sunday when they took to Instagram to reveal the happy news. She posted their baby scan, knitted baby clothes and a sign which read: ‘We’re eggspecting baby Humes October 2020.’
The presenter captioned the sweet image: ‘There’s a baby bunny in my oven… ‘ followed by a rabbit emoji and a pregnant woman emoji.
Shortly after, she revealed her eldest daughter had ‘cried happy tears’ when she learnt she was set to be a sister again.
Speaking to fans later on, when asked how she knew she was expecting, Rochelle revealed: ‘I always have a strong feeling that I just know…
Congratulations! Rochelle Humes, 21, confirmed that she and husband Marvin, 35, are expecting their third child together on Instagram on Sunday
‘There’s not mistaking if for me.. this time I knew before the test did…. Oddly I only see it in the evening. Never morning.’
On keeping the pregnancy secret, she candidly wrote: ‘It has definitely been an easy secret to keep this time because I haven’t been in a social situation or seen anybody so hiding away has been lovely’.
When asked if she had baby names, Rochelle penned: ‘Literally no idea…I need suggestions’, before saying on showing: ‘[I don’t have] a proper bump no…It just looks like I’ve really been enjoying lockdown…’
Talk soon turned to whether they would like a boy added to their brood and when they were planning to stop adding to their family.
The songstress wrote: ‘Sounds cliche but right now with everything going on I just feel lucky to be pregnant and want to be blessed with a healthy baby… Marv could probably do with some back up though haha…
‘If my father in law has anything to do with it, [I’d have] a whole football team. 3 seems like the magic number to me… Let me get have 3 first and I’ll let you know’.
After holding a number of lockdown parties, Rochelle revealed she had been grilled over what she had been drinking during the parties.
When she asked what she was drinking, she said: ‘Just a lemonade the funny thing is people kept commenting to say that I was drunk…unfortunately I wasn’t LOL…’
Happy days: Marvin proposed to Rochelle – who was aged 22 at the time – in Antigua on New Year’s Eve in 2011
Marvin proposed to Rochelle – who was aged 22 at the time – in Antigua on New Year’s Eve in 2011.
They announced the news in the loved-up selfie where Rochelle proudly flashed her dazzling engagement ring, an enormous heart-shaped diamond.
She wrote at the time: ‘Its official Marvin proposed 2me 2day,wanted 2 tell u b4 some1 else did! SO excited 2 b Mrs Humes. x’
The happy couple married at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on July 27, 2012. On 20 May 2013, the former Saturdays singer and her JLS star husband welcomed their first child, a daughter named Alaia-May.
Four years later Rochelle gave birth to their second child, daughter Valentina, on 9 March 2017. Marvin and Rochelle initially began dating in early 2010 after meeting a number of times at awards shows, and went public with the romance in March.
Candid: She appeared on This Morning to discuss her baby news