Da Brat is able to share the excellent news! She and spouse Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart expect!
The rapper, whose actual identify is Shawntae Harris-Dupart, chatted with People on Tuesday and revealed she’s pregnant together with her first youngster! At age 48! In the interview, she shared extra about her journey with fertility:
“It’s been quite a journey. There’s a lot of stuff we learned about women over the age of 40.”
Adorably, the couple’s journey to motherhood began as just a little joke in between them. Shortly after they married in February of 2022, they teased a brand new line of merchandise impressed by the Funkdafied rapper’s iconic braids and protecting hairstyles for Judy’s model Kaleidoscope Hair Products by arising with a tagline:
“It started as a joke, we were like, ‘We’re extending our family!’ But then we got a huge response. It was like, ‘Oh my God do we want to actually have kids, and if we do, girl, we better hurry up!’”
Brat’s 41-yr-previous spouse is already a mom of three — and the rapper admitted she by no means noticed herself taking place the parenthood route till she met Judy:
“I never thought I was going to have kids. I just thought it wasn’t in the cards for me. I’ve had a great career, a full life. I felt like, because I didn’t get pregnant earlier on, then it just wasn’t going to happen for me … I started looking at life so differently. I was like, I want a little me with you. Something special from the both of us that we can share and raise and love unconditionally.”
Aww!
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The 48-yr-previous wasn’t eager on carrying the newborn herself, although, particularly since Judy already had skilled childbirth with three kids:
“I was like, ‘nothing’s gonna come out of me!’”
The hair stylist was capable of persuade her in any other case! Judy stated of her spouse:
“We had a little tug-o-war in the beginning…but I felt like she should have the experience. She is so nurturing.”
That determination would come to be for the most effective, as sadly Judy confronted some well being issues after her egg-retrieval process and needed to endure surgical procedure. And after that the couple solely suffered extra heartbreak when Brat miscarried:
“I had never been so excited about something that I didn’t even know I wanted. I fell in love with the idea and then it was all snatched away from me.”
So, so unhappy. But issues circled after they tried once more with an nameless egg donor, and now the Da B Side rapper is eighteen weeks into her being pregnant:
“Luckily we still had quite a few of her eggs left … It’s just a blessing. I’m excited! I don’t have any cravings or nausea, but I’m always sleepy. It’s crazy! Everything makes me cry. If someone wins American Idol, I cry. I’m like, I’m tougher than that!”
The couple additionally selected to embrace Brat’s robust hip-hop persona inside their gangster-impressed bump reveal photoshoot:
“I think people are going to be shocked. I loved it.”
Ch-ch-try these superior pics (beneath)!
Just wonderful! Da Brat and her bride additionally shocked Sherri Shepherd on The Sherri Show by exhibiting some candy ultrasound pics and speaking extra in regards to the being pregnant.
You can watch the total video (beneath):
We’re so glad for Da Brat and Jesseca and need them the most effective all through their journey into parenthood collectively! Reactions, Perezcious readers?
[Image via MEGA/WENN/YouTube/Sherri]
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