Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Expecting a Boy and a Girl

By Sarah Crow Posted Feb 1st 2011 04:45PM

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are already looking forward to double duty with the upcoming birth of their twins, but the couple are now happily revealing that they're getting the best of both worlds and expecting both a boy and a girl.

The pair, who married in 2008, announced Carey's pregnancy in October 2010, although it wasn't until December that news that the pair were expecting twins was made public.

Now Carey tells Life & Style, "There were fan contests on Twitter about what gender they are and rumors about them being two boys or two girls -- but nobody guessed this!"

Carey expressed excitement about expecting children of both sexes, but the Hello Kitty fan says she won't be imposing any of her girly-girl aesthetic on her kids. "Even before we announced it was twins, I was trying to keep everything gender-neutral because I didn't want to impose an identity on them too soon," she says.

During an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' Carey said of her design choices, "I'm not going to impose pink on a girl. You think I'm really going to go that hard with it?" to which Ellen responded, "When that baby comes out, you're going to have high heels on it immediately."

The singer, who initially kept mum about her pregnancy despite her growing belly, first broke the news of her "double treat" to another power couple: Barack and Michelle Obama.

Following her performance at TNT's 'Christmas in Washington' special, the singer ran into the Obamas backstage and told them the news. Cannon said of the event, "Because of the excitement, because of the emotion, she was overwhelmed [and] she shared with the President and First Lady that we are having twins."

Watch Mariah discuss her baby news with Ellen.

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Tuesday 01 February

By B

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Congratulations to Mariah & Nick! God Bless you and your soon-to-be family of four. :-)

By ButterfliesRfree

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Expecting? Are they being delivered by UPS or Fed express.
Mariah looks like shes carring suptuplets.

By fiona

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Another celebrity In-Vitro all for show and publicity. Guess what Marish...twins aren't a novelty anymore.

By dottiegirl

Ugh for real! All these stars get in-vitro!! Surprisingly they all seem to have twins hmmm

By jennifer

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Why can't anyone just be happy for the two? Too much jealousy STILL in this world

By rudewaitress

Uhhh, not seeing the jealousy here sweetie. When people get fed up with all the publicity stunts you see in show biz, and having twins is one of them, they express their feelings. People like u interpret this as jealousy and, worse yet, hate. If that's what floats your boat, so be it.

By saannie25

congradulations to them, I hope everything goes well for them on the birth of their twins. I'm sure they are so exicited about having a girl and boy. Can't wait for them to be born and see the beautiful babies pic.

By webster

How hard is it to spell congratulations? Geez...

By Steve

She has turned into a breeder sow. If she gets any bigger they'll have to use a crane to take her to the hospital. Half breeds at that.

By aerofanz

I like her and think Nick is so sweet.....but now that she's going to be a mom do you think she'll stop her obsession with her fake boobs??

By ll

HAPPY! HAPPY! MAY GOD TRUELY, BLESS THIS FAMILY. MUCH SUCCESS AND WE CAN HOPE THAT THIS FAMILY WILL NOT DIVORCE, AND BREAK-UP THE FAMILY NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. WE NEED FAMILIES THAT ARE STRONG SO NICK MORE POWER TO YOU, BE THE BEST MAN IN MARIAH AND YOUR KIDS LIFE. PRAISE GOD................... WE NEED MORE GOOD-MAN IN THIS WORLD.

By Grow up

There is no such thing as half breeds, as long as you both are human beings that can find love and happiness with each other, that's all that matters. Congratulations, be happy and enjoy the moment, camaras can't replace the real thing.

By Congrats!

I'm so happy for them, they seem to really like each other as well as love. May your life be filled with joy with the arrival of your healthy and beautiful babies.

Wednesday 02 February

By Nina

If you can't see how happy and blessed these two lovebirds are then you are blind or living in darkness and I pray for you to open your eyes.
This is a wonderful and blessed event and these are two talented, sensitive, funny and kind individuals who were super blessed to find each other. Those with strong faith in God will be blessed again and again. I know Mariah had this man and these children in her heart for years as deep desires, I believe Nick had the same and God brought them together.
I am so happy and thrilled for them both! What a beautiful family they will be. Both Mariah and Nick are dear and precious people in this world!
Much love and prayers for them - may God continue to bless them and protect them.

By Maryjane212

OMG, CONGRATS AND ENJOY!!!

By BevHillsChick

That's great news! At her age, I'm glad she's getting one of each.

By george

WHO CARES

By courtney

if you don't care don't reply. she didn't want to have children too young like her sister did or in an unhealthy relationship. all that matters is that her and the babies are healthy and they are otherwise it wouldn't be confirmed. personally I'm even more ecstatic for them because they get to experience both at once. and for the previous poster that called those precious babies porch monkeys before their even born that is heartless Racist and Moronic didn't your parents ever teach you if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all. all children are a blessing particularly after a struggle to have them

um at her age having twins isn't a publicity stunt and she wasn't an IVF case. I was expressing my feelings too so lay off of me. let's agree to disagree and just be happy for them they struggled a long time to acheive this dream. I've loved Mariah since she first came out 21 years ago and will always. her and Nick are both big kids at heart and will so love adore and cherish their son and daughter after all the struggle it took to have them

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