Article: Oh, baby!!!???; Celebs keep pregnancies under wraps

A new trend on the celebrity baby beat became more and more apparent in 2007: the tendency not to confirm a pregnancy until the baby is about to pop out! The best example of this was Christina Aguilera, who ignored questions thrown at her about her obvious pregnancy until she was about seven months along.

The same went for Jennifer Lopez, even as photos were published of her joint concerts with husband Marc Anthony, with J. Lo's noticable "baby bump" of twins bulging through her diaphanous gowns.

Ditto for Nicole Richie, though her delay in announcing the pending birth of her child with rock star Joel Madden was not as long.

Veteran Hollywood publicists tell me this trend will continue.

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