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Beyoncé on Wednesday announced that she is pregnant with twins. The news came through an Instagram post featuring the Lemonade singer gently holding her belly in front of an elaborate flower arrangement.

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"We would like to share our love and happiness," the caption read. "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. - The Carters."

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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. - The Carters

A post shared by BeyonceÌ (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

No other information has been released, but "blessed two times over" and "our family will be growing by two" implies that she and Jay Z are expecting twins. This will make three children for the Carters. Their first, daughter Blue Ivy, was born in 2012.

The internet, it goes without saying, is excited.

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Maybe 2017 isn't looking so bad, after all.

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