wow, didn't see that coming.

Oh, my. I don't know what to think. I mean, she looks stunning, but wow. This just seems a bit desperate, and calculating. Am I being harsh?

Why did she go so dark? Her hair when she got married was a beautiful chestnut brown. Is she working under George Costanza's "Opposite" Theory? CAn she make a good decision, ever?

Wow, that's a complete 180 from the Dateline interview! Goes to show what a little professional hair and makeup can do...

And I must say that I find myself very bitter towards people that have no stretchmarks from pregnancy. Grrrr!!

JustSomeChick: No worries; you'd take great pictures with stretch marks Photoshopped out, too. Believe me; I worked at a major magazine in NYC with a quite famous "Swimsuit Issue" you may have heard of. A little doctoring can make even supermodels look better than they do naturally.

Guess she's over the whole wanting to be left alone thing.

Does that kid every smile!?!

She looks...great. Did I just say that about Britney again? Thought I'd stopped saying that as soon as K'Fed was in the picture. Photoshop or no photoshop, it's good.

oh my gosh, well as we all know we knew something was coming..I hate to say it but she does look good in some of these photos. I like the one with her and sean very cute dress...but hmm I can only dislike her because she complains about the media this and that can't get away from the media...but yet she goes and does this...she's doing it to herself!

Guess we know why she was in New York that second time.

Why Harper's bazaar? I don't see the appeal in a nude pregnant woman holding her breasts sorry

Agreed, RustyAngel. She looks so good, it's inspirational.

WOWZA..............she looks so awesome! Gorgeous Gorgeous!!
Im just a bit shocked cos i was not expecting her to do something like this.
I love how comfortable she is with herself and she always has her head held high. Never lets others get her down.
LOVE YA BRIT!

I also think the black hair looks fab! very classy.

wow she looks beautiful for the first time in a very long time...well played, brit.

And this is why I'm not renewing my subscription. Vapid celebs on magazines covers. So tired of it. I respected Marie Claire pre-Ashlee cover.

i'm absolutely speechless.

Wow. Never thought I would ever say this, but these photos are beautiful. I'm telling you, dark hair is where it's at...

ok for sure she doesnt look like that, this pic was fixed up! ( MAJORLLY!! )now i've seen it all! and the nude pregnant look... ehhh NOT SOO GOOD. kinda gross acctually

Skye, I am with you ... I am not sure what to say, but she does look good ... It's a repeat of the Demi Moore cover many moons ago ... I just love that baby of hers, he's so squeezable and cute ... Not sure if I like the dark hair or not, I think she may look better as a blonde. Am I the only one that thinks that ??

WOW she looks great photoshopping or not we already knew brit kept her flawless tummy from all her bikini shots. This is kinda weird to see her do so much press while taking a break but maybe this means album release in the fall after all. I like it yep yep If I had it Id flaunt it to preggers or not and brit def still has it she just keeps it hidden

hey, we're always on the girl for not presenting herself like a well-groomed 24 year old woman....and I have to say, the girl cleans up well. There are some people who will bash Britney no matter what she does, so I'm just glad she's doing her own thing and looking quite happy while she does it.

I think she looks way better as a brunette, just not THIS dark.

Here's Britney trying to have her cake and eat it too."Leave me alone"..."Look at me naked". You know what? She looks beautiful here--all pregnant women do--but that doesn't make me forget how incredibly dull she is as a person.
Bare foot in public bathrooms
Gum cracking
air quotes
Sean on her lap driving down the road.
Federline ( need I say more)

Ain't no pictures in the world that can change what Britney really is.

Um, whoa. She looks pretty good (although Jenna is right, the chestnut was much better) and I love Britney, but I'm kind of surprised Harper's would want her on their cover. Did they make that deal before the Dateline interview? Also, I'm just wondering... when you have access to professionals who can make you look like that ^, why the eff would you ever want to do anything without them?!

OH MY GOD! She looks hot! It looks so airbrushed but whatever. It's cool

Well I love Britney and all, pictures are ok, she looks good, but I don't think this one was a good decision. Just think in other celebrities they are pregnant and they keep it low profile so they can have their privacy, they don't get close to the media and they avoid all the trouble and the gossiping. Britney loves the spotlight, and it's ok if that makes her happy but she can't complain with the final results, don't you think?

popstar, i agree about the airbrushing. kodak should do this when you have photos developed.

funny that a woman who essentially had 2 pregnancies back to back is 100% free of stretch marks.

Why couldn't Angie have done this? Daaaaayum she'd have looked soooooooo good! Brit looks good! Great actually. Thank God Kfunk stayed out of the pics! She seriously needs to just be .....honest with herself...they always look like they are "forcing it" when pictured together anymore. Come On Brit...I WILL SURVIVE! Sing it with us! First I was afraid....I was ...what? PETRIFIED!

I was thinking the same thing about the airbrushing, her thighs look so perfect, is that possible ?????

Hey, do you guys ever wonder why we never hear about "Child abuse" in Hollywood ... Do you think it's out there and just not reported ??

Um, I'm sorry...those are NOT her legs. The britney we know has cankles...

OMG OMG OMG SHE LOOKS AMAZINGGG!!! omggg sooo beautiful!!! and sean p, hes soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!! LOVE IT!!!!! LOVE BRITNEY!!!!!!!

she is definitely airbrushed but i think they removed spots and dimples and stuff like that.. everything is hers. her ankels everything. i compared.. im a britney freak... sad but soo true YAY BRITNEY I LOVE UUUUUU AND SEAN P

Is getting nekkid and airbrushed one of the '487 Best New Ideas'? Because I'm failing to see the relevance to the magazine in general and, well, it ain't exactly a new idea, either...maybe it's 'Get perfect skin' through Cheetos, neglect, and airbrushing? Oooooooh, I get it. 'Nothing to Wear?'

justwatch brings up an important point. britney does have cankles and her thighs do NOT look like that. i think they spent many hours airbrushing this.

kimmiann, after Demi did it, it's kinda unoriginal. For all the nude scenes she's been in, AJ dresses very conservatively as of late. perhaps it's the st. john's deal or the image she needs to be taken seriously as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. No one takes you seriously when you're in cut offs with cleavage just running over.

wow, i guess i'm the only one who doesn't think she's cute... i think she looks kinda... well, trashy... i don't get it...

maliby stacey (love the name by the way, Simpsons fan), it is definitely a bit trashy and incredibly desperate. the thing is that those photos show a FAR more attractive britney than the real deal.

She's so sexy. This is totally Toxic-era Britney. I'm glad she finally pulled it together.

Ethiopian princess, you are so on the money w/all your comments, I completely and totally agree 100 percent.

She is SO airbrushed, it's not even funny...now every guy out there will go hmm why doesn't my wife look that good preggo, when in reality, she looks NOTHING like that. I'd betcha top dollar on that one...

can u pls explain to me how this is trashy?? its the best she is looking FOR A LOOOONG WHILE!! its ART!! and im not being psycho britney fan. give her a break.. it seems everything she does seems "trashy" to everytone.wen she chews gum and give an interview, shes trashy. wen she walks barefoot, shes trashy. wen she this and than shes trashy...this pics are unoriginal but verrrrrrrrrrrrrry very untrashy.. i dont think trashy is the word to use here.. mayb cheesy, unoriginal, self pimping, hypocritical..etc.. NOT TRASHY

She looks absolutely gorgeous!!! GOOO BRITNEY!!!! the one of her and sean looks adorable!!!!!!!!

The pictures are fantastic looking. But I just don't know. I want to think the girl is heading in the right direction. I'm just not buying it.

sorry, hunnybunny, i gotta go with trashy on this one...

What's the point in her doing these pics?? She's just giving off a classy image...we all know she's not classy at all. I'm just not buying it...she's just trying to make up for her very unclassy look and interview w/NBC. Just a PR stunt...that's all.

good lord! there are just no words.

Posing nude on the cover of a magazine is exactly what I do when I want to be left alone.

No sh*t, Twinkle, I was thinking the same thing...for someone who just wants to be left alone by the media and paparazzi, she sure has a funny way of showing it.

Agreed, Twinkle.

And sorry, I don't see the appeal. It seems like she forced it since everyone's saying that she's losing it. Gotta love Photoshop.

God, did not see this coming. I'm sorry, but I still think she can do whatever the hell she wants, her career is still over. Don't get me wrong, she looks great here, but I mean..every time I look at her face I picture her, no make-up on with unbrushed hair whining about the paparazzi to Matt Laur. And she's unbelievably stupid, complaining about the paparazzi and then doing everything in her power to stay in the spotlight.

I had 3 kids in 3 years and have no streach marks, but didn't she have a c-section? Where's the scar from that? Her skin has no marks what so ever, THAT's a little hard to believe. But you know, that's the Britney that we love, the airbrushed, smiling, pretty, kevin free, silent Britney. This is a print girl, audio interviews; not so much.

Oh Twinkle, soooo on the money.

It's trashy because it's like a smutty Maxim shoot, except she's pregnant. It's not the nudity that's trashy. I think the poses are more of what I'd see on a men's magazine than a women's magazine with the exception of the face shot with the net and the one with her son. Demi's was artistic. This says "look what a hot pregnant chick/milf I am." There are women who are nude, all the goods showing at times, in some women's magazines and it's not at all sexual or suggestive. Look at W. They almost always have a photo with a model who's topless and just standing there. Men may just say "great! boobs!" but when women look at it, they can generally tell whether the picture is sexual or suggestive in nature.