--- title: Beyoncé Expecting Twins with Jay Z, Instagram PHOTO description: Beyoncé announced that she is expecting her second child with husband Jay Z on Wednesday via her Instagram account. canonical: https://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-01T18:52:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:41.364Z og:title: Beyonce Expecting Twins With Jay Z og:description: Blue Ivy is about to be a big sister og:url: https://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4ba562a1bdfc15/6988b7ee8e06019a0646900f/beyonce-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2471 og:image:height: 1390 og:image:alt: Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyonce Expecting Twins With Jay Z twitter:description: Blue Ivy is about to be a big sister twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4ba562a1bdfc15/6988b7ee8e06019a0646900f/beyonce-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Is Expecting Twins With Husband Jay Z > Sponsored content. 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Patrick Smith—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 1, 2017 6:52 PM UTC [Beyoncé](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-beyonce-runner-up/?xid=homepage) announced that she is expecting twins with husband Jay Z on Wednesday. The singer took to [Instagram](http://time.com/4599168/beyonce-mariah-carey-family-photo/) to deliver the good news, posting a photo of her growing belly, along with the caption “We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes.” [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4306316/beyonce-lemonade-black-woman-magic/) and Jay Z welcomed their first child, Blue Ivy Carter, on January 7, 2012. 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