Rihanna shares glimpse of baby bump in new photo after announcing A$AP Rocky pregnancy

Rihanna is happily bumping along (Picture: @badgalriri, Instagram/ Getty)

Rihanna has finally given fans the Instagram photo of her baby bump they were waiting for. 

The We Found Love singer announced she was expecting her first child with A$AP Rocky this week with a pre-arranged professional photo shoot taken in New York. 

It was a surprise to the Navy who expected the singer to share the news on social media but last night, she gave the people what they wanted with a new glimpse of her baby bump. 

In the photo, Rihanna, 33, is seen pulling up a football jersey and looking down at her stomach to reveal her sizable bump. 

‘How the gang pulled up to black history month,’ Rihanna captioned the image – the US celebrates Black History Month in February. 

She also included the original pregnancy photo shoot that featured dad-to-be A$AP. In that shoot, the Umbrella singer is seen hitting the streets of New York in a bubblegum pink vintage Chanel puffer jacket and jeans, with her stomach on show and adorned with necklaces.

Rihanna was seen sweetly admiring her baby bump (Picture: @badgalriri, Instagram)

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are preparing to welcome their first child (Picture: AFP via Getty Images Source: AFP

Her rapper beau, also 33, could be seen protectively placing his hands over hers at some points, as they stopped to share a sweet kiss.

This will be the first child for both Rihanna and A$AP – real name Rakim Athelaston Mayers – with the pair first linked at the beginning of 2020. 

They have known each other for years and worked together on a remix of her track, Cockiness, together, before growing closer over the last few years – keeping their relationship mainly behind closed doors ever since.

Since then, Rihanna’s father Ronald Fenty has spoken out about the impending addition to his family, and told Page Six: ‘I’m so happy that I jumped for joy. I’m still so excited.’ 

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Predicting what motherhood will be like for the singer, Ronald said: ‘Rihanna always said that she wanted children, she loves kids. She always takes care of her cousins’ kids…she’s going to be a good mum.’ 

He added that A$AP is a ‘very cool guy’ and gave the rapper his seal of approval, stating: ‘I like him.’

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