Can you imagine being in the spotlight and keeping something super-personal under wraps? Well, out of respect for the stars, there are some things you probably wouldn’t want leaked. This is one of them.

Then again, when you have big news to share and want to do it on your own terms (and not a tabloid’s), it’s time to shout it to the rooftops! Celine Dion is pregnant and due next May! Here’s the scoop: the 41-year-old Canadian singer is very early in her pregnancy thanks to an embryo that was frozen in liquid nitrogen for the past eight years. Eight years! (Is there an echo in here? Ha!)

You may recall Celine has a son, Rene-Charles, who was born in January 2001. While trying to conceive R-C (we’ll call him that for short, ‘k?), she had her embryos frozen. Fast forward: her mega-watt performances in Vegas ended in 2007 and at that time she consulted her doctor about conceiving again. It was time to have the embryos transferred back and, well, the rest is history. Or herstory. After all, the sex of the baby right now is still unknown!

Do you think it’s wise to share information with the world at this point or should she perhaps wait a little longer to not jinx anything (that is, for those of us who are superstitious)?

{Photo: CNS}