Lauren Alaina and husband Cam Arnold.Photo:Laura Moll
Laura Moll
Lauren Alainais a mom-to-be!
PEOPLE can exclusively confirm the country singer’s happy news after she teased her pregnancy in her new “Those Kind of Women” music video, which premiered on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Alaina — whomarried Arnold in Februaryof last year — says the pregnancy has “bonded” them “even more” than their marriage did. But even before marrying him, Alaina sensed Arnold would make a great father one day.
Cam Arnold (left) and Lauren Alaina announce pregnancy.Laura Moll
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“Now I’m scared because I don’t feel like I passed any sort of test. They don’t make you take a test on being a mom. It’s crazy. People are like, ‘What’s your plan with the birth? And what’s your plan here?” And I’m like, listen, ‘God’s plan. It wasn’t my plan,’ " she says, adding that she’s been asking her own mom and friends with kids for advice.
Lauren Alaina (left) and Cam Arnold.Laura Moll
As for her pregnancy, Alaina feels fortunate that she hasn’t felt “any sickness” yet, but she’s experiencing “a level of tiredness that I did not know existed in this world.” Her cravings have been manageable, too. For her 30th birthday in November, she treated herself to an indulgence she’d been hankering for weeks.
Cam Arnold (left) and Lauren Alaina.Laura Moll
“On my actual birthday, my husband asked me what I wanted to do, and I told him I just wanted to stay home with him and to have dinner. The only thing I have craved this whole pregnancy, he made me for dinner. We had a fire out back, and we had chili cheese dogs,” she says, quipping: “I fought the urge for a while. And finally when I ate a bite of this chili cheese dog, when I tell you I had an emotional response, I almost cried. I literally almost cried over the hot dog.”
Alaina pointed to her pregnancy at the end of the music video for her new single “Those Kind of Women.” She wrote the track before she found out she was pregnant — and it has since taken on a whole new meaning.
“It’s all about the women who raised me… I was really fortunate to be raised around a bunch of very strong women. And when we cut this song, when we recorded this song, I was not pregnant nor thinking about becoming pregnant,” Alaina says.
She adds, “It’s funny how things fell into place. It literally changed the song for me. I already loved it, because it’s about the women who raised me. But, now I am going to be a woman raising a child.”
In the full-circle music video, Alaina debuts her bump for the first time — though it wasn’t actuallyhers.
source: people.com
