Last year, Lily Allen was finally able to carry a pregnancy to term and she and her husband Sam Cooper welcomed a daughter they named Ethel Mary Cooper. Lily became pregnant with Ethel after she had a devastating miscarriage when she was six months the year before. Ethel was also born just five months after Lily wed Sam in a lively country wedding. Which means that Ethel is… about seven and a half months old right now. And that Lily and Sam have been married for a little more than a year. Anyway, British gossips are now saying that Lily is pregnant again. Lily and Sam haven’t confirmed it yet, although they seem to be operating in some sort of weird half-private/half-public hybrid in which any outlet talking about them could be publicly slammed, so God knows:
Thrilled Lily Allen is expecting her second baby – months after giving birth to daughter Ethel Mary. Lily, 25, had her three-month scan this week and was told all was well.
The star and husband Sam Cooper are said to be “over the moon” at having another child on the way. The birth is due in December – a year since she and artist Sam, 34, welcomed Ethel into the world.
A friend said: “Lily has started telling her friends and everybody in her close circle is so excited for her. It was a surprise but Lily and Sam are thrilled. The pair of them have loved every minute of parenthood so far and wanted to expand their brood quickly. So it’s great timing.”
The news comes just two years after the singer – who has had hits with Smile, LDN and The Fear – tragically lost her baby boy when she was six months pregnant.
Lily also had a miscarriage in 2008 when she was dating Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons.
She has told friends she is surprised nobody has guessed she was expecting due to the size of her bump, especially after her appearance with Professor Green in front of thousands of fans at Manchester’s Heaton Park last weekend.
A pal confided: “Lily was sure people were going to cotton on to the fact she had a pregnancy bump but she seemed to get away with it thanks to wearing very baggy clothing. Her bump has popped out very early – far earlier than the last pregnancy. She’s been joking she feels six months pregnant already.”
Lily is carrying on with plans to make a new album of original music – her first since stepping away from the industry two years ago to start a family. She aims to have it ready for release in spring, months after the birth.
Lily recently finished working on the score for the Bridget Jones’s Diary West End musical. She will spend the rest of the summer working on her album, then rest before the birth.
“Lily’s got lots on her plate right now,” her friend said. “She’s been working on a handful of songs already and has lots more ideas of what she wants to do.
“Bridget Jones was an amazing and different project for her but everything that has happened to her over the past two years has been incredibly inspiring. So it’s time for her to start recording and getting the record together.
“But like everything in her life, work comes second to Sam, Ethel and now their bump. She’s just so excited.”
If she’s already three months along right now, that means Lily got pregnant only about four or five months after giving birth. I mean, I understand that she loves being a mom and she wants another baby. But I’m also growing more and more concerned about the state of her poor body. This is the third pregnancy for Lily in two years’ time. After this baby, I hope she takes a break and gives her poor body a rest. I know that sounds concern-troll-y, but I swear it’s genuine concern. My heart broke for her when she miscarried and I do wonder if her system can handle another pregnancy so quickly. I hope for everybody’s sake that everything goes well.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Are those gravestones? Did she marry in a cemetery?
They’re probably walking on church property. Most old churches sit on cemeteries. In fact, many old churches have people interred within their ceilings, walls and floors (because people wanted to be close to god). When the inside of the church filled up, people were buried right outside of the church (or cemetery). I bet they were married in a very old church surrounded by a bunch of dead people 😉
My heart broke as well when she lost her first baby. I think she was also quite along in her pregnancy when it happened, 6 months or so.
That is toughest, because you’ve been feeling your baby move already, and you’ve been talking to it often. Very tough.
Wish her luck. I’m guessing she wants a big family, asap! Should’ve gone for injections and get multiples in one shot! 😉
She probably got married in a church that is attached to the cemetery, those really old style ones have cemeteries in the grounds of the church.
My own two children are 19 months apart, such a busy time, they are now 4 and a half and 6 years old and it is certainly getting easier as they get older. I wouldn’t want to do it again like that though.
I hope her pregnancy goes smoothly for her, she has suffered enough heartbreak with her previous losses.
Reading your comment… And terrified. My husband and I are expecting our third. Surprise! We have a 3.5 yr old and a 14 month old special needs child. The youngest are going to be 21 months apart. I am absolutely freaking out.
I know it can be done, but… Gah! Lord help us!
Hoping all goes well for Lily and her husband. She deserves all the best!
I had 3 children in exactly 4 years. (My oldest and youngest have birthdays 1 week apart.). In some respects, it is easier than spacing them because you are still in the ‘baby mode’, changing diapers, not sleeping, etc. I could never understand a friend who spaced her 3 children 4 years apart. Just when things started to get easy and life becomes more manageable, another baby came along.
Best of luck to you. You will do fine.
Nessa: Congrats! It can be done. Our neighbors (who have since moved) had three children under 3 when she had her (last!!!) baby. She was a SAHM, and had some help right at first, but she did it!
I think she plans on taking a nap when the youngest is out of diapers.
^this made me LMAO!!!
So what, the poor woman would have been awake for about 7 years total? My uterus is cringing in despair!
Nessa, love, I would have preferred my “SUPRISE!” to put in an appearance earlier – my oldest is 22 next month; daughter 18; and Toddles (aka “SURPRISE!”) just turned three at the end of May.
You will be fine! 🙂 And congrats!
Maguita: Well, she was trying to sleep at night (when the new one would let her)!!
^yyyeaaah, @bluhare, my uterus is still cringing, and would have to be coaxed and tickled for a long time to get out of that state 😀 …
Where is Tom Hardy when you need him?!
OMG @ Bellaluna…my son is 16 and if I got pregnant now I think I would just start arbitrarily punching people in the face!
My brother and I are 16 months apart and it is great. We’re 23 and 24 now and still best friends. I’m sure it was a bit hard for my mom, but I love how close we are.
My two girls are 16 months apart (just turned 11 and almost 10). I didn’t plan it that way but it was the best thing ever. They are best friends and love each other dearly. It was rough when they were little but now I hardly see them because they are off playing together.
I am from a big family (8 of us) all a year apart. My brother and sister are special needs too but we all help out and are rediculously close. It will be ok. Just trust yourself.
As long as she’s healthy and they’re able to take care of the babies (no Octomom II please) I don’t see the problem.
Congrats to her, if it’s true.
Brave girl. I wouldn’t have the energy to have 2 back to back babies.
This is her 4th pregnacy not her 3rd, her 1st was with her ex-fiance she had a miscarriage and they split. The 2nd one was with her now husband and lost the baby around 6 months, so that would mean that this would be her 4th pregnancy in two years.
I Hope things go well with this one.
Her first pregnancy was more than 2 years ago.
Yeah.. it was with that guy from that band.. can’t think of the name and I am to lazy to look it up..
Anyways, thought it was heartbreaking that she lost her baby so far along and was so happy to hear that her girl was born healthy 🙂
Wish her the best and I hope she can at least enjoy her pregnancy, because of her experiences..
Go Lily 🙂
Chemical Brothers
I forget that she was so young. Anyway congrats to her.
I wish all her the best. I don’t see a problem with her being pregnant again. I guess you can never really tell how your body is going to react and she miscarried a baby in her first pregnancy, so you will never have a guarantee. I like her as a mom/wife and I like how she changed from a drunk partygirl/popstar to a “familyperson”.
First picture, my pet peeve. Shoes three sizes too big with stockings?
How do they walk? If I can fit a hand between your heel and the back of your shoe you are doing something wrong.
Was she pregnant then, in that picture? Her feet might be swollen and finds it more comfortable in looser shoes, maybe?
My feet swelled huge in the later stages of pregnancy. You normally do not swell in your first trimester.
Also that shoe has the typical celeb 1 1/2 inch gap in back. Looks horrible and seen on runways everywhere.
My friend has already miscarried 3 times this year and is still trying to get pregnant. . . Is that even healthy?
No. Not physically nor mentally. When I lost mine (at 5 months along) my doc said “I don’t want you getting pregnant again for at least 6 months” so I didn’t.
He likened it to attempting to “replace” the baby I’d lost, and advised against it.
So sorry to hear that Bellaluna. 🙁
Losing a pregnancy at six months= stillbirth, not miscarriage.
I was just about to write this… thank you!
Conceiving less than a year after birth can increase the odds of miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth (conceiving after an early miscarriage does not). That said, the odds are still greatly in her favor and women have been having babies that close together since the beginning of time. My brother and I are 14 months apart. I don’t envy my mom dealing with that! Mine are 20 months apart and that was too close for me!
Don’t know who she is but she is really a pretty woman…..
Loosing a baby at 6 mos is a still birth…anytime after about 5 1/2 mos when there is a change for the baby to survive on its on is consisted a stillborn now a miscarriage…….
My second daugher was born 12 mos and one day after my first daughter…..lol…..after that I learned to be a bit more cautiou
Expecting my second in november – first will be 18 months. I planned (ha!) to wait but then got nervous because I’m 38 that I might not be able to get/stay pregnant. You guys are scaring me! I’m sure Lily, with her support and no money worries, will be fine.
You’ll be fine! Mine are 19 months apart and I planned it that way. Get it all over with at one time. They are very close and always have been. 🙂
Looking at her & her husband, I suspect that their children will look very…British. Joking, kind of. I think Lily is very cute, but her husband looks like one of those people with strong genes. Anyway, congrats to them. Hope all goes well.
I’m assuming you meant that as a compliment.
That certainly doesn’t sound like a compliment. It’s hardly any better than saying they would look ‘very asian’ or ‘very black.’ I know those are different ethnicities/an entire race and not just people of a specific country. But still. That’s rude.
I’m happy for her. One of the few celebs who actually meant it when she said she was taking time off to start a family and get away from the spotlight.
It’s her FOURTH pregnancy in as many years. Remember she miscarried before she lost the baby boy with her current husband. Until you’ve lost a baby late in pregnancy, you cannot judge. She is young and her body will be fine. All my best wishes to Lily and I do hope everything works out.
How old is her husband? He looks like the father of the bride in the photo.
According to The Sun, Sam Cooper is just a couple of years older than she is, but according to The Age, he was 33 when they were married, and she was 26.
Love her…so happy for her and wishing for a healthy delivery!
Her husband looks very “British”. And like a bit of a toff which makes their pairing even more strange. I also am curious to know what it is that he does because every report says something different. First he was a builder, then a decorator and now he’s an artist?
As for Lily’s new pregnancy, didn’t she say she was retiring from music? Putting out an album, a West End show, and having two kids under 1 year old doesn’t sound like “retiring to Glouchester”.
According to Wikipedia, he is the owner of a building company. Building, decorating, and art go hand-in-hand, so he very well could do all of those things.
Well, Lily’s quite ‘posh.’ She went to a bunch of expensive private schools.
I hope her body and her baby are healthy enough to withstand this. I wish her well.
Thanks Moptop! Was having a mild panic attack over here…
AWWWW I hope she carries it through and is alright
I’m so happy for her! Looking forward to a new album.
I have two babies that are 11 months apart, its so fun!
i wish her good luck. the same sort of thing happened to my cousin. her baby died a week after birth, then she went on to have 5 kids in 4 years. she was almost constantly pregnant.
I wish her luck, but with her history of miscarriages, I’d have given my body a bit of a rest before trying again. Three out of four pregnancies resulting in miscarriages/a stillbirth is quite unusual. I’d want to make sure that I gave the pregnancy the very best opportunity of getting to term and getting pregnant at four or five months post-delivery really isn’t doing that.
I agree – I don’t think it was the brightest decision. There is a higher chance of premature birth with babies spaced that closely, and with her history of miscarriage and stillbirth, I really wonder what she was thinking. She’s young – she has time! Hope everything turns out well for her, though.
I love her! Wish her the best!
I was so elated for her when she had Ethel. Even though I don’t know her too well to be much of a fan, my heart was broken for her with those two previous miscarriages. Wishing her the best on this new baby.
A good friend of mine had 3 boys in 2.5 years & the 3rd has some very serious developmental issues. I don’t know how she manages, but she does a damn good job
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I’m very happy for her and I am so excited to hear that she’s making a new album!
My kids are 13 months apart. They are now 11 and 12. It almost killed me when they were little (I was 24 and 25, like Lily) AND I did tandem feeding but its soooooo worth it. And I lost ALL the baby weight in a few weeks with the second one ; )
Imagine having a sibling the same age? Way cool.