Danielle Brooks Shares Throwback Video of Herself Dancing in the 'Middle of Contractions'

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Danielle Brooksis showing off her mommy moves!

At one point, the then-mom-to-be even uses the stair railing as amakeshift prop to dance up on, breaking down the beat for a while before pausing and leaning on the stairs for a breather.

“#tbtLiterally me just hours from giving birth,” the actress captioned her post. “Was in the middle of contractions and had to stop for a little moment of fun.#mommylife“

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The name announcement came four weeks after Brooksgot engaged to her boyfriend, whose identity she has kept largely private — thoughmultipleoutletshave identified him as Dennis Gelin.

“I never thought one of the best days of my year would happen the last week of the year,” she captionedan Instagram picturethat showed off her engagement ring. “I get to marry my best friend. We’re ENGAGED!! So excited to become your wife. D&D until the end. ❤️?”

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The Tony-nominated star announced that shewas expecting her first childlast July, when she was about 20 weeks along in her pregnancy.

“So elated to finally share this news with you all. I’m happily pregnant!” shecaptioned a smiley photographof herself holding up a positiveClearblue digital pregnancy test.

“When one chapter ends, another begins,” she wrote on her Instagram Story alongside the same image, seemingly referring toOITNB’sseventh and final season, which dropped later that same month on Netflix.

source: people.com