"It's twins!," says Beyonce

NEWS on R&B megastar, Beyonce’s pregnancy has created buzz and was met with shock on the social media fraternity.

So it is understandable the topic "BEYONCE IS HAVING TWINS" (in all caps) -- trended on Twitter.

Beyonce, fondly known as Bae, oannounced that she is pregnant with twins in a flower-filled, belly-revealing portrait posted to Instagram Wednesday.

"We have been blessed two times over," the caption reads. "We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes."

Interestingly, the good news came when Americans are preparing to usher in the Black History Month.

We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. - The Carters

A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on
Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

On Twitter, her pregnancy recorded a milestone as 17,000 tweets are posted with the hashtag #beytwice.

If Beyonce is going to be having her second and third children respectively, should we be calling her Beytwice or Beythrice
— Rob Trench (@robtrench) February 1, 2017

She's having twins which means her name changes from Beyoncé to.... Beytwicé pic.twitter.com/NBgr2uElB9
— Maya (@Mfmkzi) February 1, 2017

Beyoncé pregnant with twins. Would that make her Beytwice now?
— Tara Roberts (@taraworf) February 2, 2017

Funnily, her pregnancy came as the light at the end of the tunnel given the sombre political scenario in the U.S.

Some observers claimed that when the world is furious about U.S.President Donald Trump's administration, Beyonce's pregnancy news had shed some light on their sorrow.

Into each generation a slayer is born. They alone will face the vampires, the demons, and Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/IGWufZPig6
— Ira Madison III (@ira) February 1, 2017

The world is burning and Beyonce's response is: MAKE TWO MORE BEYONCES
— KOBE BUFFALOMEAT (@edsbs) February 1, 2017

i'd like to think that the day after election day Beyoncé was like "jay we gotta do this"
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) February 1, 2017

Me: I just don't know if NOW is the right time to bring a child into the world! Beyoncé: Ugh, move over, I'll bring two pic.twitter.com/UH6uClB9WI
— Caro (@socarolinesays) February 1, 2017

Beyonce and her rapper-husband, Jay-Z are arguably Tinseltown's power couple with fat pay cheques.

They tied the knot on April 4, 2008 and has a daughter Blue Ivy, 5.