Important Claire news.......

[Water Goblinglitter]

Claire has just told my friend Robert that she's 5 months pregnant. need I say more other than.............................................. ......WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:p

[Stepstar90]

Seriously????

[Water Goblinglitter]

Yes very seriously. Lol I wouldnt joke about it. I really couldnt be more happy :)

[smelleykins]

Im glad for her. She deserves to be happy and im sure a lil baby would make anyone over the moon. So she's due April time. Good for her x

[lisaholic]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy, congratulations claire!!!

[Truestepper]

:D well happy for her!

[Stepstar90]

I'm sure she'll be a great mum. I hope she's happy!

[Claire4eva]

yeah same here she'll make a great mum i am happy for her too :)

[clairebear]

Awww thats fab, she'll be a fantastic mum!!

[Ejump-17]

im feel really stupid to ask this question.. :p who is the father? is she back with his ex husband? or she got a new partner? i dont have any idea bout that

[SeanieB]

the turkey baster :p


or most probably REECE

[Ejump-17]

Lol.. Thanks SeanieB :)

[Water Goblinglitter]

Lol yes its Reece :)

[shirley chong]

who's Reece? oh, and congrats Claire!

[Shaggy]

Congratulations Clara!!!! In a selfish way I'm kind a gutted because you probably won't sing ever again, well publically anyway, but I'm glad for you. Life changing experience on the way, enjoy it! Xxx;)

[Water Goblinglitter]

reece reece REEEEEEEEEEECE! Lol He was Claires Bf b4 Mark!

[crazy vampire]

okay guys thanks for the info congrats claire and i was going to ask a few questions my self (e.g. whose the father and who is reece - but i didnt cos i did read the posts thats why i said i was gonna ask)

[clairebear]

i guess that means she's never gonna release any solo material, at least not for a while anyway!!!
Oh well maybe her baby will become a singer lol

[SeanieB]

To be honest I accepted a long time ago that she was never going to go solo, even back in april when she said she'd been in the studio, i still wasnt convinced...

I always thought the only way we'd get her back was if steps reformed... and thats as likely as it ever was... just might be a year or two later than perhaps it would have originally been now... lol

[Mixmaster]

Claire has just told my friend Robert that she's 5 months pregnant. need I say more other than.............................................. ......WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!:p

Who's your friend exactly? I highly doubt she just walked up to him and said "Hey! I'm pregnant!". How would/does he know Claire? Just out of curiosity?

Oh and PS
She would make a good mother. She can sing the baby to sleep easily!

[Skittles]

She would make a good mother. She can sing the baby to sleep easily!

I imagine she would foghorn the baby's ears with her powerful voice and make the poor child upset. :lol2:

Tremendous news for Claire though. Our first STEPS baby!

[SeanieB]

Who's your friend exactly? I highly doubt she just walked up to him and said "Hey! I'm pregnant!". How would/does he know Claire? Just out of curiosity?

Oh and PS
She would make a good mother. She can sing the baby to sleep easily!

Roberts known steps since like 1998

[Water Goblinglitter]

Lol how rude. I love it when you choose to share happy news with people and all they can do is question you.
Robert has always got on very well with Claire. She chose to tell him coz she wanted the fans to know and knew he could do it for her.

[clairebear]

I imagine she would foghorn the baby's ears with her powerful voice and make the poor child upset. :lol2:

Tremendous news for Claire though. Our first STEPS baby!


:lol2: lol yeah, she'll have to learn to sing quietly and not use her lungsof steel or she could burst the babies ear drums lol

[~*Kirsty*~]

That's fantastic news, I'm so happy for her!!! Aww the first little stepper! lol

[steps kake]

Congratulations to Claire!

The child is going to be so incredibly good lookin, especially if its a girl! hehe:D

Its good to hear that things are goin better with Reece than it did for Mark.

[margie8mate]

That's a good news!

[warmembrace]

Congratulations!
The baby will have a strong voice as her mom !!

[StepsUS1Fan]

Uf...I'd still like Faye to do some sort of solo recording at some point...

[SeanieB]

i doubt she will... she seems happy in musicals... but i guess theres still some hope there...

[Ejump-17]

Congratulations!
The baby will have a strong voice as her mom !!

Or like his father :p LOL

[stepsfreak2002]

who is reece?

[Ejump-17]

any one got his picture?

[Mixmaster]

If she's five months pregnant then we can expect little Clarabel in April!!! Ooooh! Can't wait!!!! What dya reckon Claire will call him/her? Ii'd be funny if she named the baby after one of the other Steps mambers eh? As a memoir?!

[SeanieB]

she wont... shes not that... erm stupid...


jake/dylan for a boy i rekon

[smelleykins]

i think if its a girl, it be a cute girly name. Something along the lines of Chloe or something like that. It be very girly and very Claire.

And namin the poor thing after any steppers is just wrong.. middle name possibly but not a first name.

[SeanieB]

I reckon claires more likely to use a relatives name for the middle name... like her mum or dad or grandparents...

btw i've told claire about the messages, so its possible she'll stop by to read them soon...

http://community.claire-richards.com/index.php?gettopic=194

[smelleykins]

aye yeah my mum did that as did my aunts. I dunno where she got mine from cos no-one in my family has the name Kimberley lol x

[PhllyBeef]

I betcha Claire will be a fabulous mum! She'll be one of the few popstar mums without:

-A drug problem
-An alcohol problem
-A tendancy to show her "lady-bits" in public

And she seems fairly sensible and grounded.

[Water Goblinglitter]

i think if its a girl, it be a cute girly name. Something along the lines of Chloe or something like that. It be very girly and very Claire.

Yeah I said that. Or Annabelle or something.


Ive changed my mind, I do still really want it to be a girl but I think shes having a boy!

[Mixmaster]

Perhaps she'll give the baby a simple name, like John or Laura, you know, one that isn't a "celebrity" name if you like. But I suppose she could always give it a name that "stands out", like Sapphire or something, you know, a memorable name. But then again this is me innit? my opinion don't count!

[SeanieB]

Yeah I said that. Or Annabelle or something.


Ive changed my mind, I do still really want it to be a girl but I think shes having a boy!

welcome to the darkside! :p


she suits a baby boy... i dont know why she just does!

claires probably the kind of person who'd be lucky enough to have one of each, and they'll be perfectly good looking and talented in whatever they do

[Truestepper]

She did choose Baby Boy in the SMTV strip search thing yeaaaaaaaaaars ago...not that that has any bearing on this tho.

[♫-Tinkle-♫]

Will Claire be the natural mother to the forthcoming baby, or a steps-mother.
:roll:

[Claire4eva]

welcome to the darkside! :p


she suits a baby boy... i dont know why she just does!

claires probably the kind of person who'd be lucky enough to have one of each, and they'll be perfectly good looking and talented in whatever they do


yeah i think she would suit a boy, but i think she may have a boy. But we will have to wait and see ;)

[Truestepper]

God this argument aint gonna be settled til April....great lol!

[dreaminsimi]

Wow! Congratulations Claire! I think she may be having a girl and she would give her traditional girly sorta name like Amy or Jessica.

[Stepstar90]

I reckon it's a girl.

[Claire4eva]

God this argument aint gonna be settled til April....great lol!

well in that case i am keeping my mouth shut!

[SeanieB]

well none of us really know really....

tho im sticking with a boy... i dunno why i expect it'll be a fairly big baby aswell...

[Truestepper]

Lol, well if we're guessing weights - 7lb 10oz.

[Claire4eva]

i reckon about 8lbs 7oz

[smelleykins]

uh im useless with baby weights. But i think she will carry big. Ain't boys usually bigger than girls?? [im not the expert at this as ive grown up with only gals soo....]

[SeanieB]

8lbs 12 oz

god knows if we'll ever know the weight

[Stepstar90]

How about how much hair it will have?

[Water Goblinglitter]

Im calling 7lb 10oz !

[Claire4eva]

lol....also i think the baby will have loads of hair! You wanna see my brother! His hair is like amazing lookies....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Jolly_Jess2004/Phonepictures001.jpg

hes only 3 weeks old and the hair man is amazing!

[Mixmaster]

Imagine Twins!!! There'd be no end!!! She'll have her hands full!!! Which, sadly, means no solo material for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong while. *sniff*

Good luck Claire!

[smelleykins]

lol i don't think we'll get any solo material from Claire. She's happy doing what she's doing now. And with a baby on the way thers no chance full stop. x

[Stepstar90]

I think Claire's return to music is very distant now, if at all.

[Water Goblinglitter]

It always was. I dont think she was ever planning to go solo.

[Stepstar90]

I mean in terms of the Steps reunion, rather than a solo project.

[SeanieB]

I think thats still as likely to happen as it was before Claire got pregnant...
in the past year I kinda accepted that the only way we'd get Claire back was through a steps reunion... and thats still the case.

I dunno what her position is on the runion, but I'd imagine she'd say the same as the rest of them already have!

"never say never"
"maybe one day"

etc...

I guess Claire aggreeing depends on what happens when the baby arrives, and how being a mother treats her...

[Truestepper]

Im calling 7lb 10oz !

Oi bitch thats my guess *look up the topic a lil bit*

[clairebear]

sometimes you can tell what the baby is going to be, if her bump is low down it'll be a boy, if she has a nice round tum it'll be a girl, thats how i knew my mum was having a girl and my cousin was having a boy lolz

ill say the baby willbe 6lb 2oz!!

[Mixmaster]

But is still could be twins!

[SeanieB]

But is still could be twins!
no... she'd know by now shes 5 months gone

[Truestepper]

Sean, thats not always the case. My old best friend (bitch) from school is a twin and her mum had no idea she was expecting twins til the second one (the bitch) popped out. Alot of women don't know they're having a multiple birth til they all start shooting out.

[SeanieB]

Sean, thats not always the case. My old best friend (bitch) from school is a twin and her mum had no idea she was expecting twins til the second one (the bitch) popped out. Alot of women don't know they're having a multiple birth til they all start shooting out.

Please melanie, they've got things such as scans these days, back in your day you had to rely on puttin your ear to a pregnant womans stomach to make sure it wasnt just wind

[Truestepper]

Sean you know NOTHING. Of course it's possible for a woman to be carrying more than one baby and not know about it. FFS some women don't even KNOW they're pregnant until they go into labour. Stop being such a f***ing smart arse! And of course there was ultrasound back when I was born.

[Skittles]

in your day you had to rely on puttin your ear to a pregnant womans stomach to make sure it wasnt just wind

That did make me chuckle.

I think Claire should "do a Geri" and give it a ridiculous, headline-grabbing name to give her some coverage in the tabloids.

Richard Richards for a boy, and Richardola Richards for a girl.

Maybe we'll have a Karen Richards, after Karen Carpenter.
Or a Scott Lee Richards for a boy, after her out of STEPS. :lol2:

[Truestepper]

Chris, it'll likely have Reeces surname you know - Hill. Hence why I want Harry! She won't have some wacky name tho and she won't want tabloid coverage. If she wanted that, she'd have annonced this to the press and not asked Robert to tell everyone.

[SeanieB]

Melanie, scans are done in 3d these days, its almost impossible not to know if its twins!

[Truestepper]

omg Sean, I'm not even talking about Claire specifically here, I'm talking in general. Cos not everyone is rich and can afford 3D & 4D scans. In fact not every hospital offers the service. And I don't care if she'll be using some posh hospital either.

[Lizi]

Mel...ignore him, he's a BLOKE! What would he know! :lol:

[Water Goblinglitter]

Those 3d scans are freaky!

[SeanieB]

please people its nothing to do with my male supirority!

is VERY rare for ANYONE millionaire or not, to not know if they're having twins

[Mixmaster]

Both of you just shut up and quit arguing!!! For God's sake it's supposed to be a joyous time! First Steps baby an' all! Come on people! Stop it! If you're arguing now then what are you gonna be like when the baby's born? At each other gloating about who was right?!?! It's no way to behave at this time! Sort it out!

[smelleykins]

lol they wasn't arguing about Claire. Just in general scans and what not. And im do agree with Mel. People go through 9months and still dont' realise they are preggers etc... untill the wee one pops out. Im not sure bout twins as i only have one set in my family but yeah wasn't around to know when they was borned x

[! lee lover !]

im so excited da 1st steps baby yay !! lets hope it not the last ! lee is way great glad to here him and claire r gd again !

[! lee lover !]

claire rockz and i hope she is way happy !!!! congrats 2 her hope she is has a great step lovin baby !!!!!!!!

[Truestepper]

Those 3d scans are freaky!

Lol, thats exactly what I think. Its like looking at some wierd alien thing. And its no good for someone who doesn't wanna know ther sex of their baby - cos of the detail of the scan, the chances are they'd deffo see it...or not lol!

[! lee lover !]

lol yer that what me think i hope it a lil girl i think she would really love dat :)

[dreaminsimi]

Mixmaster really wants Claire to have twins lol!

[clairebear]

Those 3d scans are freaky!


i think they are nice:)

[smelleykins]

i need someone to have a baby cos i have no idea about those 3d scans...

[Truestepper]

just google it. theres pics on the net.

[SeanieB]

Mel's having my child one day... we'll get a 3d scan and show u

[Lizi]

just google it. theres pics on the net.
*Just googled as was also interested* They are hidiously freaky!! :twitch:

[Poprox]

I wish her the best of luck.

[smelleykins]

uh its scary. im gonna stick to the regular scan... uh why would anyone want to see what there bubba looks like before it pops out? lol

[Poprox]

My niece just had a baby.

I got to hold her after she was born.

^_^

The strangest feeling that is.

[Truestepper]

this post is about Claire and her baby.

*goes all gooey*

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[Lizi]

http://images14.fotki.com/v371/photos/3/34522/4378622/babypop-vi.gif
That one's just freaky...

[SeanieB]

That one's just freaky...
yea bet claire will be wishing its that easy!

[Truestepper]

I'm sure her sister has filled her in on all the gorey details already lol!

[smelleykins]

lol Mel were you bored by any chance? :lol:

[alexdg]

Congratulations, Claire!!!
That's a great news: I wish her and her baby every happiness. :)

[Mixmaster]

I think this is the biggest amount of replies any post has ever gotten! For as long as I can remember!

But I don't mean it as a bad thing!

[lisaholic]

Its because this is brill news!

[stepsnut]

congrats Claire & Mel!

[Truestepper]

congrats Claire & Mel!

Errr NOT me, I'm just the one playing with smilies cos I was bored *again*

[Stepstar90]

Errr NOT me, I'm just the one playing with smilies cos I was bored *again*

I hope your very happy together :rofl:

[Rian]

oh wow
congrats clare

[Truestepper]

I hope your very happy together :rofl:

I didn't even know I could DO that...or even HAVE that. Wow...tho I think Sean is really to blame

[warmembrace]

yeh , that is. i do wish se will be a happy mum too !

[josey]

this is great news and i,m really pleased for her, hope every thing goes well for her and as for it being a boy /girl the main thing is the babys fit and healthy

[ClaireFan1984]

Awwww congratulations claire. I'm really pleased for her :)

[Claire4eva]

Claire is actually in the Ok magazine today :) its going on about singers who have been with dancers...or are still and lisas in there tooo.

[SeanieB]

is it a big thing?

[Claire4eva]

nah its only half of page and has a little article about her and mark and that she is back with an old flame and having his baby.

[SeanieB]

worth buying?

[ClaireFan1984]

Oh might but that sometime today then

[Claire4eva]

worth buying?

nah but i can scan it in for you all ;)

[josey]

that would be great if you could jess thanks.

[Ejump-17]

That's great! Thanks :)

[Stepstar90]

The baby is due sometime in April, right?

[smelleykins]

yesh, i think its within the next week or so.. probably two max.

[Lizi]

To be a Taurean it'll have to be born within the last third of the month...however, it could of course be early...and end up being Aries :lol:

[smelleykins]

Ah yeah lol im useless with star signs!!:lol:

[Water Goblinglitter]

Lol I realised that straight away. Robert had it first and said there was no indication when its its due, then i read it and was like " Oi dumbarse(coz i do speak to my best mates like that) She says it'll be a Taurus....which means its due sometime between the 21st April and 20th May". meh could be early, tho first babies are normally later if anything.
Im just happy its a Taurus :p

[SeanieB]

lol why are you happy carrie! :p

[Water Goblinglitter]

Coz its the best starsign :D

[Lizi]

meh could be early, tho first babies are normally later if anything.

My Godson was a first born, and he was 7 weeks early...bloody impatient sod! :D

[Truestepper]

Lol you just know Claire will have the baby two days before it goes in to 'Taurus' just to secretly piss you off :p

[Water Goblinglitter]

Ha yeah! It'll be in her best intertest to wait tho coz Aries children are spose to be the worst!

[Tourniquet]

I agree with that! lol. My birthday's on April 20th, so I'm just an aries :p

[SeanieB]

Ha yeah! It'll be in her best intertest to wait tho coz Aries children are spose to be the worst!

What balls... lol the whole starsign stuff doesnt matter, they're all the same traits worded differently

[Water Goblinglitter]

Only in those stupid myspace things.

[SeanieB]

horiscopes existed before myspace!

[Water Goblinglitter]

Yes, and they existed b4 you!!!!!!!!!!
Im not saying I totally 100% believe in it but a lot of people do and I have to say I have known a lot of people who are very typical of their starsign.
My comment about Aries being the most difficult kids was mostly meant in jest. Im not actually sure what starsign is supposed to be. Lol you do seem to have taken a lot of offence to it Sean.

[SeanieB]

i was just shocked you wanted it to be like you :p:p

[♫-Tinkle-♫]

In the recent Ok! Magazine article Claire said "But I really want to try giving birth in a birthing pool", so to my way of thinking, the starsign of the ickle one to be should be Pisces the Fish.:crazy:

[dreaminsimi]

lol but we've missed the Pisces! I have a feeling the baby is going to be a taurean, then again Claire is a leo isnt she? so maybe a aries?!
Ok my post is kinda pointless sorry!

[SeanieB]

I asked Claire today, and she said its due in exactly 4 weeks. and that shes been told she'll probably be late...

[pcole]

so the baby is due at the end of april then. cool do they if it is a boy or girl yet.

[SeanieB]

No but Im guessing it'll be a boy

[♫-Tinkle-♫]

No but Im guessing it'll be a boy

Wise choice, statistics show that on average 51.2% of births are to male babies, mainly because of the male Y chromosome bearing sperm are lighter, and swim faster.

[Davidtatts123]

Talk about fancy. Male Y chromosone, eh?

I hope it'll be a girl for Claire as that way when the girl gets older they'll be another lovely voice to listen too.

[smelleykins]

Talk about fancy. Male Y chromosone, eh?
.

Not really fancy - you do learn that sort of stuff in science classes lol x

[Truestepper]

Tho a boy would even things up - one of each is always nice.

[stepsnut]

has Claire had the baby yet? Post when she has the baby!

[smelleykins]

Um... if you look on the previous page, sean has already said that claire is not due till another four weeks and will probably be late... so yeah no she's not had it.

[Truestepper]

Lol, how funny would it be if she gave birth on May 7th!

[smelleykins]

How late would that be though?!

[Truestepper]

8 days. Women tend to be allowed to go up to 2 weeks over before anything is done.

[SeanieB]

Hopefully she'll give birth on STEPS' birthday that'd be more funny... 10 years since Steps were born... and we get a STEPS jnr!

[Truestepper]

Hopefully she'll give birth on STEPS' birthday that'd be more funny... 10 years since Steps were born... and we get a STEPS jnr!

Err May 7th is Steps' birthday!

[SeanieB]

I got confused with the H's

[Truestepper]

H's would be a Tragedy lol!

[Water Goblinglitter]

I was due in April and was born on the 10th May!

Im with Mel, 7th May would be so funny its perfect!

[Lizi]

8 days. Women tend to be allowed to go up to 2 weeks over before anything is done.

My brother was 2 weeks late *nods*

Not got a clue about me though...parents have never said...

[stepsnut]

has Claire had the baby yet?

[laydeeluck kate]

Nope not yet

[stepsnut]

ok, let us know when she has the baby

[SeanieB]

as soon as any of us know we'll post, people should stop asking, its annoying... when we know we'll tell u

[laydeeluck kate]

its gunna be announced on every one of the official sites im sure lol so no1 will miss the news unless they dont have internet access or a phone...

[Ejump-17]

MAY!! It's great!

[X-XDebbiiX-X]

lol bless her hope everything goes ok anyway and im sure it will x the baby will be beautiful x