Just when you thought we'd reached peak pregnancy hysteria surrounding Lara Bingle, two Australian magazines have now landed "exclusive" photographic evidence.
OK! has snared "world exclusive" photos of the Bingle-Worthington bump, featured on the cover of this week's issue, which hit newsstands on Thursday morning, while Bauer Media stablemate, Woman's Day has also published "exclusive" (and heavily watermarked) images of the soon-to-be mum on its website.
In its two-page spread OK! also provided readers with a due date of the genetically blessed baby.
The notoriously private couple (they are now anyway) have not sold their conception story, another "friend close to the couple" has spilled the beans and "confirmed" the 27-year-old model and skincare entrepreneur "is already around six months along" and her feet are swollen.
That means, Bingle and the Duchess of Cambridge are both expected to give birth in April.
We will learn of Prince William and Catherine's baby joy when an official notice is posted at Buckingham Palace. Baby Bingle-Worthington's arrival will be marked with cryptic social media posts and a broken internet.
These new photos show a casually dressed Bingle strolling in Palm Springs with her mother, Sharon, over the weekend, wearing dark sunglasses, black fisherman pants and a loose fitting white T-shirt which is decidedly more fitted around her swollen torso.
Woman's Day have also purchased the images, which are being sold in Australia by photographic agency Matrix. Calls made by Fairfax Media on Thursday to enquire about the ballpark figure of the highly sought after frames went unanswered.
"Lara Bingle pregnant! See her HUGE baby bump in our exclusive pictures here!" the headline screamed. According to the glossy that broke the news the couple were expecting in July last year, "friends and family say the couple, who've been dating since September 2012, couldn't look more in love."
The release of Bingle's bump photos follows a blurry photo posted to her Instagram account on Wednesday which, according to commentators, shows off a more "buxom" figure.
Fairfax Media attempted to verify, clarify and confirm the images and rumours to no avail.
"Thanks for checking in. I don't have any comment to offer," Bingle's spokesperson said.
The couple removed any trace of their relationship from social media in September and are reportedly married, after Bingle changed her Instagram handle to "Lara Bingle Worthington" in December.
