Jennifer Lopez was pressurised by her mother to get pregnant.
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Latina star Jennifer – who recently announced she is expecting her first child with husband Marc Anthony – had been trying for a baby since the couple married in 2004, but experienced difficulties conceiving.
The Do It Well singer says she felt under even more pressure to fall pregnant because her mother rang daily to ask if there was any news.
In her first interview since the pregnancy announcement, Jennifer told Cosmopolitan: “I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I want children – this is a special time for us.
“When Marc and I first got married my mother rang me every day to see if there was any news. I come from a big Latino family where it’s all about having children, so there was a huge pressure from the start.”
Jennifer – who has been married twice before – decided not to make an announcement until she was five months into the pregnancy because she wanted to keep the news as private as possible.
She said: “I know people in the past have criticised me for talking openly about my private life and I’m the first to admit it’s taken me a long time to get the balance right – I’ve learnt not to reveal too much.”
The 38-year-old singer now says she is entirely content in her life and couldn’t be any happier.
She added: “I don’t want to sound corny but I honestly never knew I could ever be so happy.”
