Expectant moms often have a glow about them, but that certainly wasn’t the case with Jamie Lynn Spears on Feb. 2. When the 16-year-old went shopping with the father of her child, Casey Aldridge, at Wal-Mart near her hometown of Kentwood, La., “she looked depressed and stressed out,” store employee Sarah Lampton tells Life & Style. “She was wearing a big sweatshirt, blue jeans and dirty white shoes. She didn’t seem happy. It looked like she had a lot on her mind.”

That shouldn’t come as a surprise. A week earlier, her mother, Lynne Spears, had jetted off to LA to join Jamie Lynn’s father, Jamie, in the ongoing battle to save their older daughter, Britney Spears, 26. While the young actress understands that her sister is deeply troubled and needs care, “Jamie Lynn really wants to be near her mom,” says an insider close to the Spears family. “She pretends to be a self-sufficient young girl, but she really needs her mama right now.”

Luckily, Jamie Lynn, who’s due this spring, has been able to lean on Casey, 19. In recent days, the two have been spotted out and about, holding hands in Kentwood.

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After it had been revealed that Jamie Lynn Spears was partying it up over Superbowl weekend at Serenity, Lynne Spears hopped on a plane out of L.A. to get control over that situation.

Their kids have them pulled in all different directions lately.

Lynne Spears was spotted leaving her troubled daughter, Britney Spears’ home in Los Angeles shortly after midnight on Thursday — and turned up at her mansion, Serenity, in Kentwood, La. some 12 hours later. “She drove out of Serenity and went to the Sonic Burger,” an eyewitness in Kentwood said.

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While mom and pop are away, the kids will play!

Lynne and Jamie Spears are in Los Angeles to look after their eldest daughter, Britney, but Jamie Lynn made other plans in their absence. According to sources, she took the opportunity to throw a party for friends in their Kentwood home, Serenity, for the Superbowl.

At least five college aged students with Delta Delta Delta and Ole Miss decals on their Jeep turned up to join in the festivities. “They were all laughing. They looked really happy and excited to be at the house, like they hadn’t seen Jamie Lynn in a while,” said one witness.

Earlier in the day, Jamie Lynn drove Casey Aldridge to a Walmart in McComb, Mississippi, bypassing a closer on in Amite, Louisiana. Why? The one in McComb sells alcohol on Sundays!

Jamie Lynn Spears and her mother Lynne are at odds with each other. So much, that the younger Spears has got her sights set on moving in with her father, Jamie Spears, in Los Angeles.

Apparently, mother and daughter aren’t sticking together anymore during her unplanned pregnancy. According to sources, Jamie Lynn is going to leave their home in Kentwood, Louisiana. Lynne has reportedly said that Jamie Lynn’s boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, is off limits.

Of course she says that the other reason she wants to move out west is because she wants to be closer to film projects that she’d like to start after the birth of her baby.

But Casey is the main reason.

“Jamie Lynn loves Casey and wants to marry him, but her mom is dead set against it,” an Enquirer source said. “Jamie Lynn knows that once she’s out from under her mom’s thumb in Kentwood, she and Casey will be together.”

Lynne also worries that once her little girl’s in Los Angeles, she’ll fall under another negative influence — Britney!! “Jamie Lynn knows Britney smoked and drank during her pregnancy — and because Britney’s boys turned out fine, Jamie Lynn thinks her baby will be fine too,” the source confided.

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Jamie Lynn Spears might be eager to get out from under the grasp and control of her mother, Lynne. It’s being reported now that she plans to marry Casey Aldridge just to escape her troubled family.

Inside sources say that she has already booked her wedding day and they insist that her main motivation is escaping Lynne’s control over her as they live in Kentwood, Louisiana.

Beforehand, she plans to live with father, Jamie, in Los Angeles and is already reaching out to show business people seeking work. She wants to be able to film projects after she gives birth.

It’s being rumored that the wedding date has been set and will be shortly after she turns seventeen, which is April 4th.

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Allison Janney has a movie recommendation for the Spears family: her new comedy Juno.

“I think Mrs. Spears should take both her daughters to see it. I think they’d both love that movie,” Janney said recently.

In the Oscar-nominated Juno, Janney plays mom to a pregnant 16-year-old played by Ellen Page.

Some have drawn comparisons between the comedy and Jamie Lynn Spears’ life since the Zoey 101 star announced last December that she is expecting at 16.

“Juno has a great dialogue for parents and kids because it really doesn’t politicize the issue,” Janney adds. “It’s not pro-life, it’s not pro-choice; it’s pro-individual… It’s [about] having a supportive family who listens.”

Since announcing her pregnancy, Jamie Lynn — who has been spotted with a GED book — has been “on hiatus,” her publicist told the Associated Press on Monday, even as the fourth season of her hit Nickelodeon show Zoey 101 begins.

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Jamie Lynn Spears is calling out In Touch Weekly for an article they did on her stating that she was rushed to the hospital and was suffering a miscarriage:

“Contrary to rumors, Jamie Lynn Spears has not been rushed to the hospital nor has she suffered a miscarriage,” the the rep tells OK! magazine. “She is healthy and at home with her mother.”

Jamie Lynn’s rep previously was on the attack after the publication said that her and Casey Aldridge broke up and he wanted a paternity test.