While Carla Bruni has refused to confirm her pregnancy in public but the French first lady showed off her baby bump at the G8 summit. According to a friend of President Nicholas Sarkozy, the 43-year old former model is expecting a baby boy. This will be Bruni's second son - she has a 10-year-old from a previous relationship - and Sarkozy's fourth.
As the French first lady takes steps into her second motherhood, we trace Carla Bruni's journey from a model to a mother.