It is common among the rich and famous to give birth by elective C-section approximately four weeks before the baby is due. The procedure is carried out for cosmetic reasons, as the stomach skin most commonly stretches the most in the last month, so having the baby delivered early limits the possibility of unsightly stretch marks.
 
The couple have already chosen a name for their baby which is believed to be a girl.  Britney is combining her mother and father’s names, Jamie and Lynne to create Jailynn.
It was reported last month the pop superstar had ordered nursery accessories off the internet, including a cot, which were pink and suitable for a girl.

Second pregnancy was an accident - Aug 18, 2020
Britney Spears has revealed her second pregnancy was an accident. However, the ’Toxic’ singer - who already has one son, 11-month-old Sean Preston, with husband Kevin Federline - insists she is looking forward to being a mum again.

She confessed to People magazine: "It just kind of happened. I’m going to wait a while for the next one! "I feel like I’ve been pregnant for ten years!" Britney - who is rumoured to have put on around 40 pounds during her pregnancy - also revealed how having back-to-back babies has been an exhausting experience. The 24-year-old star explained: "It is now starting to get a little tiring, holding Sean Preston, but throughout the whole pregnancy I’ve done it a lot because he’s very attached. "It makes me feel needed and wanted so I like it too."

Britney has also confessed her favourite pregnancy treat - a melted chocolate bar.
She confessed: "I’ll get up in the middle of the night and I’ll get a Hershey’s bar, the real big ones, and I’ll put it in the microwave and melt it and eat it. "It sounds disgusting, but it’s so satisfying."

Britney’s harrowing pregnancy scare - July 27, 2020
Britney Spears was left terrified after a harrowing pregnancy scare. The ’Toxic’ singer, who is seven months pregnant, went into false labour on July 15 and was rushed to hospital. A friend told America’s In Touch Weekly magazine: "Britney started cramping. She had a real scare." She has now been let out of hospital but has been warned by doctors that she may have to spend the last month of the pregnancy in bed and has been told to improve her diet.

Since conceiving a second time, the 24-year-old singer - who already has a baby son, Sean Preston, from her marriage to Kevin Federlne - has been craving junk food, including fattening Cheetos crisps. But after indulging in unhealthy snacks during her first two trimesters, she has now hired a nutritionist. The friend added: "She wasn’t eating enough vegetables. "But Britney is now determined to enjoy the rest of her pregnancy and stay healthy after she gives birth."

It is not the first time Britney and Kevin have been faced with a pregnancy scare. When the pop star was pregnant with Sean Preston she feared she had suffered a miscarriage after four months

Britney and Kevin are to renew their wedding vows - July 19, 2020
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are to renew their wedding vows, it has been claimed. The couple - who are expecting their second child together - are said to be so fed up with the negative rumours surrounding their personal life they are planning to head down the altar again to stop the speculation. Britney and Kevin - who have a nine-month-old son, Sean Preston, together - have reportedly planned an intimate ceremony on the Hawaiian beach of Maui next month.