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Singer Janet Jackson, 50, is carrying her own baby Vittorio Zunino Celotto/ Getty Images

Janet Jackson is not having her baby with the help of a surrogate, her brother Tito has confirmed. In April, the 50-year-old singer revealed she is pregnant with her first child with husband Wissam Al Mana.

In an interview with SiriusXM the 62-year-old revealed his sister is carrying the baby herself. "She's doing very well. She's taking it easy," he said. "As you know, she is off tour, protecting her health."

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He added that the couple don't know the sex of the baby and are just "hoping for a healthy baby," Mail Online reports.

Janet postponed her Unbreakable World tour as she announced that she and husband Wissam Al Mana were planning to start a family. It's thought the singer, became pregnant after undergoing fertility treatment.

In a video message to her fans she said: "We're in the second leg of the tour and there actually has been a sudden change,' she told her fans via a video posted to Twitter on April 6. I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family, so I'm going to have to delay the tour.

"Please, if you could try and understand that it's important that I do this now,' Jackson asked of her fans. I have to rest up, doctor's orders. But I have not forgotten about you. I will continue the tour as soon as I possibly can."

Soon after, her elder brother Jermaine confirmed that his sister is pregnant. In an interview with People, Jermaine, who is eleven years older than Janet, said: "My sister Janet is my baby. She is fine but she's having a baby. A baby having a baby. We look at her like our little baby and now she's grown and having a baby. I'm proud to be an uncle and I can't wait to see how this baby is going to look."

He added that Janet will be "a great mother."

News of her pregnancy garnered a mixed reaction on social media, with fans of the star celebrating her happy news, while critics questioned her decision to have a child at 50. Jackson, wed the Qatari business magnate in a private ceremony in 2012.