4:15 PM EDT 8/29/2012
Looks like Holly Madison, 33, won't need to adopt a child after all. Month ago, the former Playboy bombshell expressed to In Touch magazine her interest in adopting a baby from either Africa or South Korea, and even took action by working with adoption firm "Hold My Hand."
She has since decided to go about things the conventional way. The former "Girls Next Door" star announced she's expecting her first child in March with her party promoter boyfriend, Pasquale Rotella.
"Holly and I are so excited to announce that we are going to be parents," Rotella told People magazine. "We're in love and counting down the days until we meet our beautiful baby. I can hardly believe how lucky I am."
I've been lucky! No morning sickness, but I do get a little nauseous," the star of the Las Vegas burlesque revue "Peepshow" said. "It happens before my show, so I keep ginger ale backstage."
Madison has been very vocal about becoming a mom in the past,"I've wanted kids and that's something I'm definitely doing as soon as possible," she said back in June."I'm not pregnant right now, but if that happened tomorrow I'd be fine with it."
"Definitely being with the right guy has a lot to do with it," she gushed about Rotella. "My relationship is awesome. I'm happier than I've ever been in my personal life."