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NEW YORK, NY (November 28, 2007) - Christina Aguilera has stripped down to bare her pregnant body for the January 2008 issue of Marie Claire magazine.
The pop singer, who waited months before finally confirming her baby news in early November, spoke to the magazine about why she kept her news private for so long.
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"Because I hadn't said anything, people thought I was trying to keep it this big, bad secret, and that's not the case at all," Aguilera told Marie Claire. "I just wasn't commenting. I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl."
Aguilera told the magazine she was planning to try for a baby with husband, record executive Jordan Bratman, after her "Back To Basics" concert trek, but she got pregnant quicker than she expected.
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"We were planning on starting to try after the tour. And so, I had gone off the Pill to prepare my body, because I didn't know how much time it would take. You've heard it takes some time -- except with Power Egg and Super Sperm here," she laughed. "I'm like, 'Oh, my God, can you believe it just happened?'"
The singer reckons she conceived during a stop in Georgetown.
As a result of the intricate contraptions that were part of her stage set up on tour, Aguilera said she had to take extra precautions once she learned she was expecting, including wearing a heart monitor.
"I was paranoid. There are so many things that could go wrong -- somebody could slip, somebody could fall, I could fall. There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show," she said.
Another precaution the singer took? Telling her tour companions she was with child.
"I didn't want to make the audience uncomfortable, like, 'Pregnant lady onstage! Is she going to be OK?' But I had to announce it to my band and my dancers, because I wanted to make sure they had my back," she said.





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