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Soca songstress Destra Garcia has announced her pregnancy, and is expecting her first child in January 2010. The father is her boyfriend, manager, producer Brian Morris. Destra know for her megahits, Tremble It, Sassiness, Bonnie and Clyde, I Dare You, Obsessive Winers and Carnival, said she had some “mixed emotions at first”.

“I’ve always had a bit of an irregular cycle, so I was not sure it was that, but my gynaecologist recently confirmed for me that yes, I am very pregnant. I hope my fans are very happy for me.”

The soca star, who is the face of Digicel in Trinidad and Tobago, said the news took her by surprise because there had been no morning sickness. Her stomach has only just started to show, she said. Contacted for a comment, Sponsorship and Public Relations manager for Digicel Marita Laurent extended congratulations to Garcia and Morris on the pregnancy.

Showering praises on Morris, who is also the band’s sound engineer, Destra said, “Marriage and kids is something we always planned to do, but each year we’ve said next year. Brian is very quiet, he always stays in the background, but he is a wonderful person and he is going to be a great father.”

Morris described himself as excited and sees their marriage plans as coming forward in the “not too distant future”. Asked who she will be getting her pregnancy tips from, Destra said she expects a lot of support from her mom and her sisters in soca, Denyse Belfon and Alison Hinds.

Now Destra agrees the pace will have to be slower, but not before she fulfills her commitment to Miami Carnival in October. A lot of it will depend on her doctor’s orders, but Destra is already working on material for Carnival 2010.