Pixabay A DWTS champ says this will be her last pregnancy.
“Dancing With the Stars” champ Shawn Johnson said she and her husband may still add to their family but that she won’t get pregnant again after baby number three, due in early December 2023.
The Olympic gold medalist told husband Andrew East, “Well, I can tell you this, this will be my last pregnancy,” according to E! News. “I’m up for helping babies around the world who need families. I think we can have that conversation later if that’s something we want to talk about. But this will be our last pregnancy.”
“I’ve been so lucky to be able to get pregnant and carry babies. But three C-sections will take a toll. And I want to be able to be that mom that’s chasing my children around for years and years and years,” she added.
Johnson and East are already parents to a daughter named Drew and a son named Jett. They have chosen to wait to find out the sex of their third baby.
Here’s what you need to know:
Shawn Johnson Said That She & Andrew East Have ‘Big Babies’
On the July 12, 2023, episode of their “Couple Things” podcast, Johnson and East talked about their future plans and Johnson made it quite clear that this will be her last pregnancy. She explained that it’s a lot on her body and she doesn’t want to put herself through it a fourth time.
She also told FamilyMade in an interview published the same day that her pregnancy is “a little bit somber because I feel like I know it’s our last. I feel like our family is complete now.”
Meanwhile, on her Instagram Stories two days later, Johnson said she’d been receiving messages from fans asking if she’s expecting twins because her belly is already quite large.
“I wanted to squash this before I read anymore comments. After seeing the pictures of me being pregnant, and the fact that I’m like, barely halfway, people are like, ‘Are you having twins’? No. I’m 4-foot-11, my torso is like, four inches tall, my husband is almost 6-foot-3, and my kids are almost 10 pounds when I have them,” Johnson explained on the podcast.
“I carry big babies. This is my third, I’m showing earlier. Don’t go there.”
Shawn Johnson Shared Her Pregnancy News on Instagram
Johnson was actually pregnant on her family’s summer trip to Greece and decided to have a little fun with her pregnancy announcement this time around.
While visiting the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Johnson posed for a photo cradling her baby bump. She shared the photos on social media weeks later in mid-July.
Johnson revealed that she wanted to wait a little longer to announce this pregnancy after suffering a loss years prior.
“We are thrilled to say that we are expecting another baby! After months of trying, thinking we were pregnant and then being bummed we weren’t, and a couple times getting pregnant and experiencing loss early on, we’re confident this one is here to stay,” Johnson said in an interview with FamilyMade.
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