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.
In the meantime, she has been getting plenty of practice playing โAuntie Deeโ to her brother Trentโs kids, Emmy, two, and Nate, four.
Now, it seems, the 36-year-old Innocent Eyes singer and her partner Matthew Copley have decided itโs finally Deltaโs turn to become a mother.
โShe has often spoken about timing and her schedule,โ says a source.
โShe wants to be there 24/7 for her child and at times her work-life balance didnโt allow for that. She spent her teens, 20s and into her 30s focused purely on her music, acting and, of course, beating her Hodgkinโs lymphoma diagnosis. Sheโs 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
The insider says Delta has been โlaying low for a few months nowโ, sparking fevered speculation among her close friends that sheโs pregnant with her much longed-for first child.
โSheโs been turning down invitations to bigger social gatherings and is sticking with a tiny bubble of trusted people,โ says the source.
โShe was never a big drinker but sheโs even been turning down just a glass of white wine, which is her favourite tipple. So sheโs either on more of a health kick than usual, or sheโs already pregnant.โ

Are babies on the mind for Delta?
(Instagram)Fantastic father
In 2016, Delta revealed her baby plans to TV Week, saying, โIโd love to have a family. If itโs meant to be, then one day, it will.โ
And given the current state of things in Australia and around the world, it couldnโt be more meant to be.
โDelta 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.
โAs horrible as the past year has been on everyone, she has enjoyed the forced slowdown and spending more quality time at home with Matthew.
โThey 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 Deltaโs band and a musician in his own right โ โis all in with Delta. He considers himself the luckiest man in the world.โ

Delta and Matthew have never been more in love.
(Instagram)Itโs even rumoured the pair married in secret last year.
โHe 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.
โThey are as ready as theyโll 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.
โI cried my eyes out when I found out they [Trent and his wife] were having a baby,โ she says.
โHe 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. Iโm Auntie Dee to all their kids.โ