Delta Goodrem is having a baby with or WITHOUT a man

Earlier in the month there were wild claims Delta Goodrem and Hugh Sheridan were ‘secretly planning to have a baby’ together.

And on Monday, a new report alleged the 32-year-old songstress is planning to have a child in 2018, regardless whether or not she has a man.

According to a New Idea ‘source close to the star’, Delta has already started looking into all her options to ensure her baby ‘dreams come true’ next year.

Delta’s baby joy! Reports singer Goodrem ‘is going to have a child’ after rumours she was secretly ‘planning to conceive with actor Hugh Sheridan’ 

‘She’s a strong independent, successful woman who doesn’t need a man to make her dreams come true,’ said a source close to the star.

‘She’s inspired by so many strong role models around her and sees now that she doesn’t need a ring on her finger in order to decide that the time is right to have a baby.’  

Doing it on her own? According to a New Idea 'source close to the star', Delta has already started looking into all her options to ensure her baby 'dreams come true' next year

Doing it on her own? According to a New Idea ‘source close to the star’, Delta has already started looking into all her options to ensure her baby ‘dreams come true’ next year

Wild reports: Earlier in the month there were claims Delta Goodrem and Hugh Sheridan were 'secretly planning to have a baby' together

Wild reports: Earlier in the month there were claims Delta Goodrem and Hugh Sheridan were ‘secretly planning to have a baby’ together

And it’s no surprise Delta is a lover of children, regularly taking to Instagram to gush over one-year-old nephew Nate, who’s birth she called: ‘one of the best days of my life’. 

With a close friendship to Australian actor Hugh Sheridan, the last few weeks have seen speculation that the pair are an item.

Denying the rumours earlier in the month, friends of the pair said the romance claims were laughable.  

Not an item: Denying the rumours earlier in the month, friends of the pair said the romance claims were laughable 

Not an item: Denying the rumours earlier in the month, friends of the pair said the romance claims were laughable 

‘It’s pretty ridiculous,’ revealed one source to Confidential. 

‘There is nothing romantic between them. They are purely friends.’ 

But there may be the slightest glimpse of hope for the pair with Hugh telling The Morning Show’s Larry and Kylie: ‘never say never’.

More than friends? But there may be the slightest glimpse of hope for the pair with Hugh telling The Morning Show 's Larry and Kylie: 'never say never'

More than friends? But there may be the slightest glimpse of hope for the pair with Hugh telling The Morning Show ‘s Larry and Kylie: ‘never say never’

 

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