Ciara ended up leaving her fans believing that she was pregnant on Tuesday when the Level Up singer shared a photo of herself with a blossoming baby bump.
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The mom-of-three was marking Black History Month when she sharing the photo, which also showed her with an unbelievable afro hairstyle. She looked so stylish in a gorgeous barely-there crop top and a stunning array of golden necklaces. "1st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth," she wrote. "Takes me back to memories like this. I feel the energy of Joy, love, being proud, and grateful. It's a celebration."
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She finished her caption with a black heart emoji. She also shared an adorable clip of son Future, seven, and daughter Sienna, four, playing together and singing a small nursery rhyme.
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Ciara is also a mom to son Win, one. She shares Sienna and Win with husband Russell Wilson, while she shares Future with her ex-fiancé, who is also named Future.
After her first shot, fans were quick to believe that she was confirming her fourth pregnancy before realising their error.
"Omg ci ci, I thought you were announcing your 4th pregnancy," one revealed, while a second agreed: "Sis I was excited, don't do this to me."
Fans ended up thinking the star was revealing another pregnancy
A third added: "I thought you were pregnant again! Thank goodness I quickly went down to the caption. Beautiful!" and a fourth said: "You can't be scaring me like that Ciara I was about to scream."
Many others enjoyed the sentiments that the singer was sharing, and responded in turn with a series of heart and heart-eye face emojis.
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On her Instagram Stories, she shared some links to charities and businesses that were supporting the cause, like WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, which pledged to award $15,000 in grants to organizations working to improve the health of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) women.
Health is a priority for Ciara, who is also an ambassador for WW, and earlier this month she praised the brand.
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She wrote: ""2022 is in full swing! And as I set my intentions and goals for the year my health continues to be a huge priority. I have been loving the just launched PersonalPoints program from @WW.
"I have always said WW makes it easy and fun and the program was key to helping me in my post baby #3 journey!
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"The brand new PersonalPoints is no different. For the first time ever, they've created a plan JUST. FOR. YOU.
"Every one of us is different and has different needs, different likes and different goals and the program takes that all into account and creates a plan unique to you! I am loving my new customized program!!"
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