Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's 16-Year-Old Sister, Announces Pregnancy

More updates and OK! excerpts throughout

Britney Spears' younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears has announced in OK! Magazine that she is pregnant. Meanwhile her mom Lynne Spears' book on Christian parenting, due in Spring 2008, has been indefinitely delayed. Us Weekly reports Jamie Lynn's father - Lynne's ex-husband Jamie - is "furious" that mother and daughter sold their story to OK! and "devastated" at the news that his youngest child is pregnant. Jamie Lynn supposedly got a $1 million back-end deal for the interview and a planned photo shoot after the baby is born.

Jamie Lynn, who is the star of Nickelodeon's hit show Zoey 101, on which she plays a schoolgirl, turned 16 on April 4 and is a high school junior. She tells OK! Magazine, on newsstands in New York and LA Wednesday and nationwide Friday, that she and (possibly ex) boyfriend Casey Aldridge are expecting a child, that she is 12 weeks along, and that she is keeping it.

She was adamant that she and Casey do not currently live together and each live with their own parents.

Meanwhile, TMZ claims she may be much further than 12 weeks, and that it could be a spring baby. She says she has overcome morning sickness, has yet to experience weird cravings and does not show. "I definitely had sickness, but it's getting better. It was at its worst a few weeks ago... I haven't really got much of an appetite right now. I mean, I eat, but I'm not going crazy or anything."

According to People, Jamie Lynn's family "adore" Casey, who "took amazing care" of her over the years. But, another glossy reports the pair are on the rocks after breaking up "numerous times". Jamie Lynn says Casey, "has always been good with babies. He's like a big teddy bear, especially around babies, so I know he'll make a good dad." (See Casey's high school yearbook photo here.)

"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she tells OK!. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

"As soon as I found out for sure from the doctor, I took two weeks to myself where I didn't tell anybody," she says. "Only one of my friends knew because I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision. Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."

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Spears also says, "I'm looking forward to being the best mom I can be."

She also plans to find out the sex. "I want to find out as soon as I can because I'm impatient. I just want a healthy, happy baby, so the whether it's a boy or a girl really doesn't matter."

As for Lynne Spears, Jamie Lynn and Britney's mom, she was shocked. "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."

And don't ask ask if Jamie Lynn and Casey should get married. "We're not going there. We're focusing on the baby. We've got so much to focus on right now."

She found out Jamie Lynn was pregnant when she got handed a note at Thanksgiving: "She came to me and said: 'Mom, I have to tell you something. Here, it's in a note.' I was taken aback. I read the note, which of course said that she was pregnant, and ran into the living room. I said: 'I don't believe this. This is not funny!' I looked at Casey, and he was staring straight ahead. She said: 'Yes, Momma, it's true.'"

Lynne says she loves grandchildren (two grandsons from Britney), and doesn't care boy or girl: "My grandsons are so adorable! Of course, another little boy would be precious, but a little girl would be precious too. It doesn't matter so long as it's healthy -- that's what's important."

Jamie Lynn plans to raise the baby in her home state of Louisiana "so it can have a normal family life."

"I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," Jamie Lynn says. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."

It is rumored she and Aldridge met in church and Lynn Spears says they've been dating for years. One report says the relationship started when Jamie Lynn was 13. Casey's father works in a paper mill in Tennessee. But, it is unclear if they are still together. A message on what appears to be Casey's MySpace page, updated Tuesday, lists his mood as "blah" and has the message, "ME AND JAMIE ARE OVER..... :("

Here is a picture of the couple a year and a half ago, when they were already serious. Aldridge is supposedly in college in Mississippi. In July of this year, the National Enquirer claimed the couple was pregnant, while other sites had the couple moving in together.

According to TMZ, Britney, mother of two kids herself, did not know her sister is expecting and is now frantic.

Update: A rep for Britney Spears tells E! News exclusively that the pop star has heard the news and "wishes her sister nothing but the best and asks for privacy during this time."

Nickelodeon released a statement to Extra saying:

"We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being."

Update: Nickelodeon is now considering a Linda Ellerbee-hosted special on teen sex and love following the news of its "Zoey" star's pregnancy.

Here is Jamie Lynn in September at a Teen Vogue event:

And here are Jamie Lynn and Britney at a 2002 awards show:

Comments

[TwilightZoneResident]

My question: is Casey going to be charged in Louisiana with statutory rape? Or is it only poor blacks who have consensual sex with white girls who get 10 years? If it is not Casey, then is whomever responsible for this underage teenage girl's pregnancy going to be held responsible? If she didn't get pregnant in Lousisiana, is the AG there going to insist that the AG in whatever state she was impregnated take action to punish the father?

TZR

[TyroneTanic]

Whore.

[Observer1]

This is America at its stinking best.

[badgirlinchicago]

I, too was a teenage mother but it was not due to peer pressure; it was due to ignorance. I should have told my mother that I was sexually active and she would have taken me to get on some birth control but because I was so afraid of her reaction, I did nothing.

When I found out I was pregnant, I was so scared I kept it to myself, not knowing that my mother immediately knew what was up because she noticed the extra clean bed sheets and no requests for sanitary napkins. I wore big clothes to hide my enlarging figure and cursed the creature that was growing inside of me. My mother eventually confronted me about the pregnancy and I broke down and cried and admitted that I was pregnant and guess what: the world did not end and my mother stood by my side.

On April 24, 1987, Noelle Dominique Henry came into my world and my life has not been the same since. Because I did not receive prenatal care until it was almost time for me to go in, I had complications due to the fact Noelle passed bowel movements while still inside me, which caused her heartbeat to go down every time I had a contraction. The doctors gave me a c-section and she came into the world weighing 6 pounds and 11 onces.

Because she and I were both sick, I did not see her for two days but when I did, the fear and hatred of the creature who had invaded my life faded away. She was awake and she looked directly at me with an expression that said “Are you my mommy?” I fell in love with her sweet little face and all my maternal instincts kicked in. She has been a total blessing to me and I had the pleasure of seeing my baby girl walk across the stage in June 2005 to receive her high school diploma and as a member of the National Honors Society with a 4.0 grade point average.

[jrsycyb]

It's truly amazing what makes the news these days, isn't it? Now it's 'the Spears Girls' - plural. Well, if you really want a look at Jamie's first interview, here is a link to the video...

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/celebs/jamie-lynn-1st-interview.html

[goobleman]

It was posted by someone earlier that white trash is as white trash does and money doesn't matter; untrue. The money makes all the difference in the world. The money makes sure that this little girl never really has to face up to the responsibilities of parenthood. The money means everything.
I know from white trash. I grew up in a trailer park in Arkansas and my older sister got pregnant at 13 and gave birth at 14. She kept her daughter and the family spiraled further into poverty. At least my sister got some attention, which is what I truly think is going on here.
They have millions. No one truly suffers except the parents of the fans.

[djfreehugs]

I would still like to be able to read Lynn Spears Christian Parenting book just to know what I should not do, if I ever decide to raise children. She has obviously made mistakes in the raising of her children, and I view that we can all learn from each others mistakes. I do feel sorry for Brittany and Jamie Lynn Spears, no child should have the burden of international fame at such a young age.

I don't think it is fair that the paparazzi refuses to give the Spears girls a break. Oh well hopefully Brittany and Jamie Lynn will be better mothers than what they had.

[thedudeabides]

thereby swelling the ranks of white trash...lo­vely parenting to not encourage her to use birth control, or to abstain, or to get an abortion..­.

[txpoboy]

well are we truely suprised.
i guess the only true saving grace is that wasn't a family member that got her pg.
the standard joke is.
what does the louisiana girl say the first time she has sex.
daddy get off me... you're crushing my marlboro pack.

[hootie1fan]

However, Casey's uncle, Odus Jackson, told People: "They may or may not (get married)," he said. "You just never know."

"But if they're not in love and it was just a fantasy, they don't need to make the same mistake twice."

[ilovedessert]

CAUTION WHITE TRASH BREEDS....­...

[insanityfollows]

White trash is as white trash does. Money doesn't make a difference. You either have some class or you have none. Grow up Spears girls, and for the rest of us-who cares? We have bigger problems in the world.

[askmeificare]

how dare they create an unviable tissue mass that will one day be a human that will contribute to global warming.

[Crapola]

When will the media STOP reporting on all these Hollywood sluts, glorifying their spoiled and stupid lives every minute of everyday? Our daughters and granddaughters deserve better than this bullshit to listen to and read about. Give it a rest. So they haven't been taught about birth control, can't keep their legs together and love to do drugs, that's not newsworthy - it's sad.

[JSDKoeln]

White trash is as white trash does. The whole clan should do us a favor an just fall into oblivian. I could give a shit.