Jessica Sutta has revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Mikey Marquart.
The 38-year-old Pussycat Dolls star and her boyfriend – who got married in September 2019 – will welcome a boy into the world in May.
Jessica said: ‘It has been an exciting year for me so far. I have some crazy news to share. I am having a child.
Exciting news: Jessica Sutta has revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Mikey Marquart
– I’m due in May. I always wanted to be a mom. I swear, I will be so excited because I will finally be able to say … It has been so exciting and it is a dream come true. ‘
The singer and dancer said she is currently calling the unborn child MJ, but admitted that she could change.
She told Entertainment Tonight, ‘I’m having a little boy named MJ. It was an incredible journey. What a beautiful gift 2020 gave me …
‘He looks like an MJ to me, but he can be a Mikey, a Jesse, a Zion, or maybe he will come up with his own name when he gets older.
Brilliant: the Pussycat Dolls star, 38, and her boyfriend – who got married in September 2019 – will welcome a boy into the world in May
‘Whatever he wants. It’s his life. I’m just going to have the pleasure of being his mother, and I’m going to let him live and be exactly who he wants to be. ‘
And Jessica joked that her active baby will definitely follow in her footsteps.
She laughed: ‘I can already say that he is a drummer like dad … Or he is a dancer like mom because he is kicking too.’
Jessica’s bandmates told the future mom to ‘enjoy’ the ‘beautiful experience’ of being pregnant, although she revealed that she was ‘sick all the time’ in the first trimester.
Lasting love: Jessica married her husband Mikey in September 2019 during a romantic ceremony
She said the rest of the Pussycat Dolls group – including Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar – advised her to ‘have fun’.
She added: ‘You know, it’s a beautiful experience.
‘In the first quarter I was sick. I was sick all the time and ate cookies and pasta. And it was just ugh. But after that, it was just exciting. ‘
Jessica also admitted that feeling a small human growth inside her filled her with an ‘overwhelming feeling of love and protection’.
She added: ‘Feeling something inside you moving, and you just connect, and it’s like an overwhelming feeling of love and protection.
Narrow bow: The Pussycat Dolls LR Carmit Bachar, Kimberly Wyatt, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts
‘You’re like,’ Oh my God, I can’t wait to meet you and hug you and kiss you and just pamper you. ”
The news of Jessica’s pregnancy came after it was reported that the Pussycat Dolls are reportedly close to signing a new management contract.
The female group has impressed music executives with the success of its comeback hit React and is talking to several American companies, reports The Sun.
Despite announcing their release back to the music scene in 2019, the band had to reschedule their reunion tour twice amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It has now been claimed that the girl band has sparked the interest of Madonna and Britney Spears’ management company, Maverick, as well as arguing with other major firms.
A source said: ‘The pandemic has hindered plans for the Pussycat Dolls, but as far as they are concerned, they are all eager to start as soon as it is safe to do so.
“This new team is great news for them and they have a handful of songs that they are planning to release when they can get back together safely.
“With half the group in the UK and the other in the United States, it’s complicated, but they are determined to release a few singles in 2021.”
Exciting: news of Jessica’s pregnancy comes after it was reported that the Pussycat Dolls are reportedly close to signing a new management contract