IS THERE A TEST FOR FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME AT THREE MONTHS IN UTERO? Sources tell the New York Post that perpetual party girl is preggers but keeping the news under wraps so she can sell it to a tabloid. Check out What To Expect When Snooki's Expecting: The Fallout On Jersey Shore 
 
 Jersey Shore's breakout star -- and by that we don't mean herpes -- is currently filming her spinoff series with Jenni "JWoww" Farley in Jersey City. 
 
 
 
 Star reported several weeks ago that Snookums was pregnant, but the diminutive star with the loud persona denied those claims on GMA on Feb. 2. 
 
 
 
 Snooki's obviously ambivalent boyfriend, Jionni LaValle, is speculated to be the father. Snooki has been practically whining during the last few months that she wants to be married, telling Ryan Seacrest in January that LaValle is "the one" and "Oh my god, I can’t wait to have guido babies.” 
 
 
 
 God help that devil spawn. ||||| Snooki Talks Drinking on 'Ellen': 'Why Did I Wake Up in a Garbage Can?' 
 
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 The reality star-turned-author, whose book, 'A Shore Thing,' hit shelves yesterday, Nicole " Snooki " Polizzi has a well-documented history of having a darn good time, and in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the 'Jersey Shore's' littlest lush admits that she may occasionally overdo it.Polizzi, who was fined $500 for disorderly conduct in September following an alcohol-fueled beach outing, confesses that episodes of over-imbibing used to happen as often as once a month.The reality star-turned-author, whose book, 'A Shore Thing,' hit shelves yesterday, told DeGeneres , "I want to remember my night and sometimes I just don't." She went on to admit, "I don't want to be a role model." 
 
 While her hard-partying ways have been the source of great amusement for 'Jersey Shore' viewers, Snooki says that living with reckless abandon is not always as fun as it may seem."It sucks," she says. "You're like, 'What did I do? Why did I wake up in a garbage can?'" ||||| According to the New York Post and People.com, Nicole “Snooki” Pollizzi, is, despite her protestations, pregnant with her first child. 
 
 “The Jersey Shore star is roughly three months pregnant, and the baby’s father is her boyfriend, Jionni LaValle, according to the paper, which also notes that as recently as Feb. 2, the diminutive reality star went on ABC’s Good Morning America and shot down stories about her being in a family way.” 
 
 But Snooki isn’t an outlier in her baby mama drama. Pollizi, who recently began filming a reality spin-off of the Jersey Shore with costar and friend Jenni Farley in my hometown of Jersey City, NJ, is experiencing what millions of single American women will go through this year: the weighty iron wrench that a bambino throws into even the best-laid plans for life, career, relationships, you name it. 
 
 According to recent reporting in the NYTimes, the fastest-growing group of new moms are young, single women. “More than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage,” Sabrina Tavernise writes, “It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal.” 
 
 Only in Snooki’s case, we get to watch it play out in the tabloids. And in terms of her career, it’s a much bigger, heavier and potentially more destructive wrench. See, the 4’9” star has built her name upon her Jersey Shore antics—skipping work, flashing her panties, getting arrested—most often with the lubrication of liquor. She’s lined her pockets with endorsement deals for energy drinks and diet pills—definite no-no’s for a mommy-to-be. 
 
 It would be easy to say that Snooki’s troubles—should this baby turn out to be true—are worlds away from those of your run-of-the-mill (read: non reality star) pregnant 24-year-old. But the truth is that her issues are just heightened versions of the same. Will she be able to provide for her child? Likely, although it depends on whether she’s hired a real-deal wealth manager or if she’s squandering her $100K an episode on leopard print and spray tans. Will her career plans survive this unexpected baby-bump in the road? If she can convince producers that her labor should be televised, then maybe. And in the end, will Snooki be a good mother? 
 
 While the premise of the new series, rumored to be titled “Snooki and JWoww v. The World,” is still unknown, it’s easy to imagine producers thought it would follow suit: on the pair’s first weekend in Jersey City they celebrated Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s 26th birthday at O’Connell’s Bar by renting out a full floor for partying. For her part, Polizzi’s told the press that it won’t be all vodka and club-hopping this season. “We want it to be different than ‘Jersey Shore,’ so it’s not always going to the club, drinking and partying,” she told US Weekly. “It’s the first time I’m going to be on my own for real. You’ve only seen the party side of us.” 
 
 On her own, or drinking for two? Reps for both Polizzi and 495 Productions, which produces the show in addition to Jersey Shore, did not respond to phonecalls, but given the delayed production schedule, it’s worth speculating that it was Snooki’s big news that slowed things down, not the conflicts over locations that were fed to the press. Were production assistant scrambling for set pieces to hide the bump as it grows over the six weeks of filming? 
 
 According to the unnamed sources in Wednesday’s Post, Snooki is one step ahead of everyone, plotting to parlay the wrench of an unexpected pregnancy into (yet another) media moment: she’s allegedly brokered a deal to announce her pregnancy on the cover of US Weekly. We’ll just have to wait and see if 495 Productions and their cameras are in on the fun. 
 
 What do you think? If Snooki told 495 bigwig Sally Ann Salsano that she was in a family way, did Salsano see red—or only dollar signs? ||||| Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) 
 
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 The universe’s collective IQ should prepare to drop a few points. 
 
 Though she has publicly denied she’s expecting, sources say trashy “Jersey Shore” guidette Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is indeed pregnant and has plans to bankroll her mommy-to-be status into becoming “the next Kourtney Kardashian.” 
 
 We’re told Polizzi, 24, is carrying her first child by boyfriend Jionni LaValle, and is roughly three months along. 
 
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 Sources said the reality star, who denied being preggers earlier this month, has already brokered a deal to announce the news on the cover of Us Weekly after she shopped the story to several celebrity magazines. 
 
 But sources tell Page Six that MTV is worried about how to manage the news, given that Polizzi’s hard-partying, booze-swilling ways have just been turned into a “Jersey Shore” spinoff with Jenni “JWoww” Farley, which has begun shooting in New Jersey. 
 
 “MTV went into crisis mode after they found out,” said a source. “They’re trying to hide it because it would greatly affect the creative direction of the show. ” The untitled new show has just begun taping and focuses on the ladies’ relationship as friends and roommates — and whatever adventures come their way. 
 
 Star magazine reported a few weeks ago that Snooki was pregnant but had told “only her close friends and family.” But Polizzi went on “GMA” on Feb. 2 to tell Lara Spencer, “I definitely do want kids, but I’m not pregnant . . . Being pregnant should be a real thing and a happy thing, and I’m not.” 
 
 Since then, Polizzi, who last year lost 20 pounds off of her 4-foot-9 frame by working out, eating healthy and taking a weight-loss supplement, has started filming her new show in Jersey City. Photos taken on the set shown her carrying large bags to hide her belly. 
 
 A rep for MTV said the network “doesn’t comment on series in production.” Polizzi’s rep declined to comment.
– Let's hope Snooki sorta planned that baby she's reportedly carrying (stop giggling). Because if she didn't, that fetus has to be nearly swimming in booze by now. While Forbes is concerned about what's to become of the diminutive reality star's "brand," others are worried about the drinking habits of the pregnant 24-year-old, who seems to spend very few minutes sober on Jersey Shore. "Is there a test for fetal alcohol syndrome at three months in utero?" wonders crabbygolightly.com. "Quick, word association test," demands studybreaks.com, "because all that comes to mind" for the pregnant "diva of debauchery" is "fetal alcohol syndrome"—a leading cause of mental retardation. The reported pregnancy poses problems for Snooki and JWoww's spin-off, and for Jersey Shore, where the cast spends "approximately 97.2% of their time being absolutely trashed," notes studybreaks. Snooki has some qualms about her hard-partying ways, once telling Ellen DeGeneres: "I want to remember my night, and sometimes I just don't. It sucks. You're like, 'What did I do? Why did I wake up in a garbage can?'"