Christina Aguilera poses for Marie Claire, talks pregnancy

Click below for the photo and interview highlights. Worker bees -- please be aware that while tasteful, Christina is nude in the photos.

On getting pregnant during a tour stop in Washington, DC in early April:

We were planning on starting to try after the tour [ended in August]. And so, I had gone off the Pill to prepare my body, because I didn't know how much time it would take. You've heard it takes some time –- except with Power Egg and Super Sperm here. I'm like, Oh, my God, can you believe it just happened?

On finishing the last months of her tour while in her first trimester:

I was paranoid. There are so many things that could go wrong –- somebody could slip, somebody could fall, I could fall. There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show. [I wore a heart monitor.] I didn't want to make the audience uncomfortable, like, 'Pregnant lady onstage! Is she going to be okay?' But I had to announce it to my band and my dancers, because I wanted to make sure they had my back.

On staying mum about the pregnancy while everyone else discussed it:

Because I hadn't said anything, people thought I was trying to keep it this big, bad secret, and that's not the case at all. I just wasn't commenting. I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.

On her public persona and different looks throughout her career:

We're so labeled. If you're too sexual, you're ty. If you're not sexual enough, you're a prude. I like to put it out there as a topic of conversation. Why does it bother you? What's your problem with it? Am I really hurting you? Let's get to the root of it.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing. Sometimes I want to be aggressive, sometimes I want to feel empowered in my sexuality and my vulnerability. I want to put all that out there.

Source: Marie Claire via People

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