Jessica Sutta has revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Mikey Marquart.
The Pussycat Dolls star, 38, and her beau – who tied the knot in September 2019 – are due to welcome a baby boy into the world in May.
Jessica gushed: ‘It’s been an exciting year for me so far. I got some crazy news to share. I’m having a baby.
Exciting news: Jessica Sutta has revealed that she is expecting her first child with husband Mikey Marquart
‘I’m due in May. I’ve always wanted to be a mommy. I swear, I’m going to get so emotional because I’m finally able to say it … It’s been so exciting and it’s a dream come true.’
The singer-and-dancer said that at the moment she is calling the unborn tot M.J., but admitted that might change.
She told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I’m having a little boy named M.J. It’s just been an incredible journey. What a beautiful gift that 2020 gave me …
‘He feels like an M.J. to me, but he could be a Mikey, a Jesse, a Zion, or maybe he’ll make up his own name when he gets older.
Glowing: The Pussycat Dolls star, 38, and her beau – who tied the knot in September 2019 – are due to welcome a baby 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 quipped that their active baby is definitely going to follow in their footsteps.
She laughed: ‘I can already tell that he’s a drummer like his daddy … Or he’s a dancer like Mommy because he’s kicking, too.’
Jessica’s bandmates have told the mother-to-be to ‘enjoy’ the ‘beautiful experience’ of being pregnant, though she revealed she was ‘sick the whole time’ in the first trimester.
Lasting love: Jessica married her husband Mikey in September 2019 during a romantic ceremony
She said that the rest of The Pussycat Dolls group – including Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar – advised her ‘to enjoy it.’
She added: ‘You know, it’s a beautiful experience.
‘The first trimester I was sick. I was sick the whole time, and I was eating crackers and pasta. And it was just ugh. But after that, it was just exciting.’
Jessica also admitted feeling a little human growing inside of her has filled her with an ‘overwhelming sense of love and protection’.
She added: ‘To feel something inside you moving, and you just connect, and it’s like this overwhelming sense of love and protection.
Close bond: The Pussycat Dolls L-R Carmit Bachar, Kimberly Wyatt, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts
‘You’re just like, ‘Oh my god, I can’t wait to meet you and hold you and kiss you and just spoil you.”
Jessica’s pregnancy news comes after it was reported that The Pussycat Dolls are reportedly close to signing a new management deal.
The girl group impressed music executives with the success of their comeback hit React and are speaking to several American firms, reports The Sun.
Although announcing their launch back onto the music scene in 2019, the band have had to reschedule their reunion tour twice amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It has now been claimed that the girl-band have peaked the interest of Madonna and Britney Spears’ management company, Maverick, as well as being in discussing with other big firms.
A source said: ‘The pandemic has hampered plans for The Pussycat Dolls but as far as they are concerned, they’re all raring to get going as soon as it’s safe to do so.
‘This new team is great news for them and they’ve got a handful of songs which they are plotting to release when they can all safely get together again.
‘With half of the group in the UK and half in the US, it is tricky, but they are determined to release some singles in 2021.’
Exciting: Jessica’s pregnancy news comes after it was reported that The Pussycat Dolls are reportedly close to signing a new management deal