Current:Home > InvestPregnant Shawn Johnson Is Open to Having More Kids—With One Caveat -Secure Horizon Growth
Pregnant Shawn Johnson Is Open to Having More Kids—With One Caveat
View
Date:2025-04-17 03:44:19
If retired NFL pro Andrew East was drawing up the game plan, he and pregnant Shawn Johnson East would have a whole football team's worth of kids.
But since it's his 4-foot-9 retired Olympic gymnast wife who's birthing what she's called "very large babies that take a large toll on my body", the 6-foot-2 former long snapper punted the decision her way.
And after welcoming 8-pound, 8-ounce daughter Drew, 3, and 9-pound, 13-ounce son Jett, 2, "I feel like at the moment, our family is complete with three," Shawn explained in an exclusive interview with E! News.
Though to appease Andrew, one of five siblings, "I said, 'Well, I can tell you this, this will be my last pregnancy,'" she said. "I'm up for helping babies around the world who need families. I think we can have that conversation later if that's something we want to talk about. But this will be our last pregnancy."
This not being her first trip around the uneven parallel bars so to speak, the 31-year-old is well aware "the damage C-sections can do," she noted. "And I've been so lucky to be able to get pregnant and carry babies. But three C-sections will take a toll. And I want to be able to be that mom that's chasing my children around for years and years and years."
And perhaps doing a bit of showing off as well?
While son Jett is already displaying an aptitude for making melodies ("He's a really musical kid, he just loves music"), her daughter enjoys dance and "anything girly" says Shawn. (Plus the boxing mitts and helmet she and Andrew, 31, recently gifted to Jett.)
Then there's her other hobby.
"She does a gymnastics camp that she loves," says Shawn, noting it's more "padded playground" than Olympic training center.
And though, theoretically, the toddler could have a leg up on her fellow campers, she basically DGAF.
"She still asks Daddy to teach her gymnastic stuff instead of me, which kills me," revealed Shawn, who collected a gold medal and three silvers competing in Beijing in 2008. "I think it's the funniest thing in the entire world. Like she wanted to learn a handstand and I was like, 'Let me show you.' And she's like, 'No, no, Mama. Daddy.' And I was like, all righty."
Because don't get it [insert fancy gymnastics term here] twisted: Shawn is handling her final pregnancy like a champ.
Despite battling some nausea (perhaps helped by a July 27 trip to Dairy Queen for Miracle Treat Day, the franchise donating proceeds from each Blizzard sold to local children's hospitals through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals), "I feel good," said Shawn of living that second trimester life. "I forget I'm pregnant except for the fatigue and the aches and pains. And then I'm like, 'Why can't I get my shoes on? Oh, yeah. There's a baby in there.'"
veryGood! (766)
Related
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Devers hits 2 more homers vs. Yankees, Red Sox win 3-0 for New York’s 15th loss in 20 games
- As ecotourism grows in Maine, so does the desire to maintain Downeast’s wild character
- Vacationing with friends, but you have different budgets? Here's what to do.
- Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
- Kevin Durant sidelined by calf strain at Team USA Olympics basketball camp
- Florida teen bitten by a shark during a lifeguard training camp
- Department of Education and Brown University reach agreement on antidiscrimination efforts
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time as travel surges
Ranking
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- Rhode Island man killed in police chase after being accused of killing his wife
- Motorcyclist dies in Death Valley from extreme heat, 5 others treated
- Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Entertainment giant Paramount agrees to a merger with Skydance
- Minnie Driver Says Marrying Ex-Fiancé Josh Brolin Would’ve Been the “Biggest Mistake” of Her Life
- Hugs, peace signs and a lot of 'Love': Inside the finale of The Beatles' Cirque show
Recommendation
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
Moulin Rouge's iconic windmill sails restored after collapse just in time for the Olympics
More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time as travel surges
'Bluey' and beyond: TV shows for little kids parents love (and some we hate)
Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
13 hikers reported missing in Royal Fire zone found, rescue underway near Tahoe
South Dakota Gov. Noem’s official social media accounts seem to disappear without explanation
Moderate Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election