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Congratulations are in order for Sophie B. Hawkins.

The Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover singer, 50, is expecting her second child this July, PEOPLE reports.

The singer — who is already mom to 6-year-old son Dashiell — is pregnant with a baby girl after being implanted with her own frozen embryo. The sperm was provided by a donor.

“I found Dashiell really needs a sibling,” Hawkins said of her decision to have another child. “My son has one parent who’s 50. I want him to have a family of young people too!”

Before making the decision, the singer faced fears because of her age and newly single status.

“I went through waking up crying and saying, ‘Am I too old? Will I suddenly at 51 have my knees give out?’” she said. “Now I don’t have any of those fears because I feel healthy and strong. I’m also setting up a good net of support, and that’s the key to anybody having a child.”

As it turns out, age was not a concern for doctors since she froze her embryos at the age of 31, was in good physical health and had a healthy first child.

“For me, the main decision was emotional,” she said. “I’ve been wanting to have a child since Dashiell was 1, but I was working too much and there was a lot going on in my relationship.”

Hawkins, who identifies as omnisexual, is feeling confident about being a single mom-of-two.

“I interviewed a lot of divorced women and they said, ‘It’s so much easier to do it alone. You don’t have the pressure or the criticism or judgment of someone else.’ Of course then you ask, ‘Will I miss the emotional support?’ Well, to tell you the truth, I’m getting that more from my friends than I ever got in a relationship,” she shared.

As for her pregnancy, she’s feeling well.

“I’m in the glorious second trimester so I forget I’m pregnant, and it’s really nice,” she says. “I still exercise the same, work the same, do everything the same.”