Mariah Carey: Expecting again?

Mariah Carey has announced that she is expecting again - and has spoken for the first time of her desolation over her first pregnancy, which ended in miscarriage.

The 41-year-old singer told of the “dark and difficult” time she had endured on the way to her second attempt to have a child. 

Miss Carey and her 30-year-old husband Nick Cannon, host of America’s Got Talent, went on US TV to talk about their joy at having another chance to start a family.

After confirming she was expecting next spring, the singer said she tried to keep it secret for as long as possible because of the agony of her miscarriage two years ago. 

She said: “It was really sad. We had to absorb this and take it in.

“It kind of shook us both and took us to a place that was really dark and difficult.

“When that happened, I wasn’t able to even talk to anybody about it. That was not easy.”

Her husband told how the star had been “crying herself to sleep” at that time. 

Speculation that Miss Carey was pregnant the first time started soon after her marriage to rapper and comedian Mr Cannon in April 2008.

At first they laughed it off, but then began to suspect the gossips might be right and took a pregnancy test, which came out positive. But a month later, the singer said, she suffered a miscarriage.

Mr Cannon said of the second pregnancy: “It’s absolutely emotional, but for so many reasons.”

After revealing that she became pregnant naturally, Miss Carey, one of the biggest-selling singers ever with a record 18 US No.1 singles, added: “It’s been a long journey but it’s been tough because I’ve been trying to hold on to a shred of privacy and that was not easy. 

“It’s still early. We’re expecting in the spring, let’s say that. I don’t want to give too much of specific outlines.”

She said she had tried to keep the pregnancy private despite the growing speculation over her swelling waistline, but added: “At this point, there is no choice. I either talk or I hibernate.”

The couple plan to wait until the birth to find out the baby’s sex.

“We’ve had names picked out from the first day we met and we want to stay true to that,” said Mr Cannon, who said the singer was going to be an “amazing mother” as she was “such a nurturing spirit”. - Daily Mail