Kim Kardashian in bikini for first pregnancy photo shoot

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Just a day after expectant duchess Kate Middleton debuted her baby bump in a demure Max Mara wrap dress, America's own tabloid royalty shared photos of her very first pregnancy shoot.

Mom-to-be Kim Kardashian posted photos of the shoot to her Instagram account, taken by Bruce Weber for DuJour magazine's Spring 2013 issue.

"I just feel so blessed and excited and ready for the next phase," the 32-year-old Kardiashian said in her interview with the lifestyle magazine, after admitting that her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries made 2012 a difficult year.

"My boyfriend has taught me a lot about privacy," Kardashian said of Kanye West, her child's father. "I’m ready to be a little less open about some things, like my relationships. I’m realizing everyone doesn’t need to know everything. I’m shifting my priorities."

DuJour co-editor Keith Pollack told Fashionista that Kardashian "really played ball" for the intimate shoot.

(Instagram/Bruce Weber for DuJour)

(DuJour/Bruce Weber)