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Happier than ever As Sharna BurgessShe is excited to welcome her first child together Brian Austin Green, she’s reflecting on her difficult past that led her to this moment.
“37. And it keeps gettin better,” the Dancing With the Stars The 37-year-old pro dancer wrote via Instagram on Tuesday June 21 to celebrate her birthday with a nude pregnancy shoot. “I reflected on my last 5 years today. From emotional rock bottom to the beginning of my journey of seeing myself, knowing myself, loving myself and knowing exactly what I want and need. To today… having everything I’ve ever dreamed and more.”
She continued in her post: “Life, this life I’m living, who it’s with and the life growing inside me was always there waiting for me, waiting for me to be ready for it. Trust the divine timing of your life. Everything happens the way it is supposed to. Every choice, every loss and every victory. Every heartache and every blessing.”
The native of Australia announced her pregnancy in February and revealed that she is expecting her first child. Beverly Hills, 90210 After nearly two years of dating, alum, 48.
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“Even though we feel like we’ve spent lifetimes with each other, it’s still a quicker timeline than we were thinking,” Burgess exclusively told Us Weekly in March about learning the couple — who were first linked in late 2020 — are set to welcome a baby boy. “We were probably a year ahead of what we were talking about, but he was so excited knowing how much I’ve wanted this.”
She added at the time: “There’s been discussions over the time that we’ve been together of stuff we like and that we would want, and we are endgame. So, [marriage] is definitely on the cards at some point, but we weren’t that kind of relationship [in the first place] that was like, ‘So we’ll get married here and then we’ll schedule in a baby for here, but if you book a gig, we can push that a little bit.’ … It’s like, let life be life, right? Let’s just enjoy each other and trust that things will happen when they’re meant to.”
While Burgess is anticipating the birth of her first child, Green is already a proud dad to son Kassius, 20, whom he shares with ex-fiancée Vanessa Marcil He coparents with his ex-wife sons Noah, 9, Bodhi (8, and Journey (5), Megan Fox.
“Something I respect so much about Brian and Megan is that these kids are the No. 1 priority at all times,” the ballroom dancer — who competed with her beau on season 30 of DWTS Last year— Telled Nick Viall during an appearance on his “Viall Files” podcast earlier this month. “It’s really, really beautiful to see and it’s a huge credit to them. I never felt like he had a past on me. We’ve always been very honest with each other. We were always open with one another. … The idea of comparing yourself to anyone sets you up for failure.”
Sharna Burgess, Brian Austin Green ABC/Christopher Willard
While Burgess has dealt with past heartbreak and pain ahead of her birthday this week, she’s still grateful that everything happened as it did.
“I wouldn’t change a single thing about my 37 years on this planet. The good bad and ugly all lead me right here, To true wholehearted joy and unconditional love,” she concluded her social media upload, referring to Green and her unborn son. “I have everything I need, and yet I know there is so much more to come.”
