Jill Scott becomes a mum for the first time

JILL SCOTT has given birth to a baby boy, her manager confirmed today.

The R&B singer and actress and her fiancé, drummer Lil John Roberts, welcomed Jett Hamilton Roberts into the world on Monday (20.04.09). He weighed in at 7 lbs, 8 oz.

Scott, 37, discovered she was pregnant shortly before leaving for Botswana to film The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

She said: "At one point I was trying to gain weight for the role, and I noticed I had put on 7 lbs. in 7 days. And I thought, my god! What's going on here.

"I thought something was wrong with me, and I found out I was pregnant the day I was supposed to leave for Africa."

Scott, a a three-time Grammy Award winner, added: "The first trimester I spent in Botswana.

"That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. First trimester! You're sick every morning. It was seven hours time difference, the heat, the bugs, the 14 hour days."

But Scott continued filming through her pregnancy: "My doctors gave me a clean bill of health and said you can do this, so I did it."

Scott and Roberts, who reportedly began dating in 2007, announced their engagement at a concert in New York City on June 20.

And Scott explained how she was worried she'd never become a mother.

She said: "I definitely had issues over the course of my life, reproduction issues. I was married for five years and could never conceive a child. Until now ... It's the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me."