Just a few days shy of her 50th birthday, Janet Jackson has revealed via ET (the publication not the alien, fyi) that she is pregnant with her first child.

Congratulations!

Defying the odds at an age when many women will find it incredibly difficult to conceive, a source close to the Jackson sister has confirmed her wonderful news. This comes just one month after Janet Jackson decided to put the remainder of her current tour on hold so that she could start her family with husband Wissam Al Mana. The hit-maker spoke directly to her fans in a video, filmed in those first few weeks of pregnancy when you have to try very hard to keep your news under wraps: "We’re in the second leg of the tour and there actually has been a sudden change." she said via Twitter, April 6th. "I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family, so I’m going to have to delay the tour."

She continued, "Please, if you could try and understand that it's important that I do this now... I have to rest up; doctor's orders. But I have not forgotten about you. I will continue the tour as soon as I possibly can."

Jackson and Al Mana, 41, were secretly wed in 2012 however they chose not to confirm the news until early 2013. This is the singer's third marriage, but her first child. Squee!

We wish her the best of luck with the months ahead. And then we'll begin the baby name speculation, obviously. Move over North, Saint, Blue, Apple, Oranges (surely there's one called Oranges); there's about to be a new celebrity baby on the block.