Jennifer Lopez wants to be a mother

Jennifer Lopez has announced that she wants to be a mother - after devoting enough time to her career.

The singer wants to spend time away from the limelight and raise a family with husband Marc Anthony.

"I want to be a mother more than anything," the Daily Star quotes Jennifer as saying. "That's the important stuff of life. I'm realising that much of my life has gone. I have made sacrifices for my career."

She added, "I so want to be pregnant. I am ready. It would be the best thing in the world for me. You know when you're ready."