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Is Delta Goodrem planning for a baby? As she scales back on work, the singer is finally ready for the next chapter in her life

''She has babies on the brain.''
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For the past few years, Delta Goodrem has spoken openly about wanting to be a mum, telling friends and the public alike that it will happen when the timing is just right.

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In the meantime, she has been getting plenty of practice playing โ€œAuntie Deeโ€ to her brother Trentโ€™s kids, Emmy, two, and Nate, four.

Now, it seems, the 36-year-old Innocent Eyes singer and her partner Matthew Copley have decided itโ€™s finally Deltaโ€™s turn to become a mother.

โ€œShe has often spoken about timing and her schedule,โ€ says a source.

โ€œShe wants to be there 24/7 for her child and at times her work-life balance didnโ€™t allow for that. She spent her teens, 20s and into her 30s focused purely on her music, acting and, of course, beating her Hodgkinโ€™s lymphoma diagnosis. Sheโ€™s seen and done a lot for her age, and now her mind has turned to the next chapter in her life. She has babies on the brain.โ€

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The insider says Delta has been โ€œlaying low for a few months nowโ€, sparking fevered speculation among her close friends that sheโ€™s pregnant with her much longed-for first child.

โ€œSheโ€™s been turning down invitations to bigger social gatherings and is sticking with a tiny bubble of trusted people,โ€ says the source.

โ€œShe was never a big drinker but sheโ€™s even been turning down just a glass of white wine, which is her favourite tipple. So sheโ€™s either on more of a health kick than usual, or sheโ€™s already pregnant.โ€

Are babies on the mind for Delta?

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Fantastic father

In 2016, Delta revealed her baby plans to TV Week, saying, โ€œIโ€™d love to have a family. If itโ€™s meant to be, then one day, it will.โ€

And given the current state of things in Australia and around the world, it couldnโ€™t be more meant to be.

โ€œDelta was already scaling back her commitments with a baby โ€“ and her age โ€“ in mind when she decided to end her tenure as a judge on The Voice, and now the pandemic has stifled any plans to tour, or head back to her home in Los Angeles and work on new music,โ€ says a source.

โ€œAs horrible as the past year has been on everyone, she has enjoyed the forced slowdown and spending more quality time at home with Matthew.

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โ€œThey are more in love than ever and she thinks he would make a fantastic father.โ€

Despite a few rocky patches in their early days of dating, friends say Matthew โ€“ who is a member of Deltaโ€™s band and a musician in his own right โ€“ โ€œis all in with Delta. He considers himself the luckiest man in the world.โ€

Delta and Matthew have never been more in love.

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Itโ€™s even rumoured the pair married in secret last year.

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โ€œHe was a bit of a wild one in his youth on the music scene but he is fully committed and settled in this relationship,โ€ says the source.

โ€œThey are as ready as theyโ€™ll ever be to start a family.โ€

And Delta and Matthew have been getting used to the kids bubble by spending time with her young niece and nephew.

โ€œI cried my eyes out when I found out they [Trent and his wife] were having a baby,โ€ she says.

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โ€œHe gave me a surprise card with a cute message. I burst into tears when I read it. A lot of my best friends have children. Iโ€™m Auntie Dee to all their kids.โ€

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