--- title: Beyoncé Shares Photos and Videos of Baby Shower With Jay Z description: Beyoncé showed off a large henna tattoo on her very pregnant baby bump during the "Carter Push Party" for her soon-to-be-arriving twins. canonical: https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-22T17:39:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:50.941Z og:title: Beyoncé's Elaborate Baby Shower Was Predictably Star-Studded og:description: Everything you need to know about the 'Carter Push Party' og:url: https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d1c5bcc05b203b9/6988ce4abc6cfcac8b3e1752/beyonce-baby-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé's Elaborate Baby Shower Was Predictably Star-Studded twitter:description: Everything you need to know about the 'Carter Push Party' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d1c5bcc05b203b9/6988ce4abc6cfcac8b3e1752/beyonce-baby-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé's Elaborate Baby Shower Was Predictably Star Studded > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer-songwriter Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS) Lester Cohen—Getty Images for NARAS  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 22, 2017 5:39 PM UTC Lest you forget that [Beyoncé](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-beyonce-runner-up/) is the queen of everything and high, high above the rest of us mere mortals, [the star who is pregnant with twins](http://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/), celebrated the growing Knowles-Carter family at a baby shower more grandiose than most people’s weddings, appropriately named the “Carter Push Party.” True to form, the expectant mother wore a bikini top and matching, sweeping skirt, all the better to show off the intricate henna tattoo art she had on her bare pregnant belly. Queen Bey also opted for simple, but powerful accessories: a pair of mirrored sunglasses, a head wrap, while [husband Jay Z](http://time.com/4370269/beyonce-lemonade-love-drought-jay-z/), wore all white and danced with the woman of the hour. The guest list was also one for the books, bringing together everyone from [Destiny’s Child’s co-members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams](http://time.com/2894240/destinys-child-reunited-for-michelle-williams-new-music-video/) to high-profile pals like La La Anthony, Vanessa Bryant, and [Serena Williams, who is also currently expecting her first child](http://motto.time.com/4746545/serena-williams-announces-pregnancy-snapchat/). Thankfully for us, Beyoncé’s mom and Instagram user extraordinaire Ms. Tina Lawson was of course in attendance, giving us a look into the party’s festivities and high-profile guest list. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/"},"headline":"Beyoncé's Elaborate Baby Shower Was Predictably Star Studded","datePublished":"2017-05-22T17:39:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:50.941Z","description":"Everything you need to know about the 'Carter Push Party'","url":"https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d1c5bcc05b203b9/6988ce4abc6cfcac8b3e1752/beyonce-baby-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d1c5bcc05b203b9/6988ce4abc6cfcac8b3e1752/beyonce-baby-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Lester Cohen—Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4788074/beyonce-baby-shower-photos/","name":"Beyoncé's Elaborate Baby Shower Was Predictably Star Studded"}}]}] ```