Gisele Bündchen takes a break from modeling to focus on pregnancy

Gisele Bundchen taking it easy until her bundle of joy arrives… the supermodel has put work on hold until after she gives birth to her baby with Joaquim ValenteTMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Gisele shot a number of projects through early October … but has since taken a step back from work to focus on her pregnancy.

There’s no clear timeline for when Gisele plans to return to modeling… but we’re told she plans to wait until she’s 100% ready to get back in front of the camera.

The Brazilian beauty retired from walking the runway in 2015… but she’s kept busy doing print work for fashion campaigns and magazine covers.

After GB – a former popular Victoria’s Secret Angel – was absent from the USA runway show in early October, sources told TMZ the model declined an invitation to participate… and it’s now clear that her pregnancy likely played a role in that decision.

This career update comes days after it was revealed Gisele was expecting her first child with her boyfriend – it’s her third child after previously welcoming a son Benjamin and daughter Vivian with ex-husband Tom Brady.

She was also previously a stepmother to the retired NFL star’s firstborn, Jac …which Tom shares with his ex, Bridget Moynahan.

As TMZ previously reported, this concerns the 44-year-old model 5 to 6 monthsbut the couple waits until birth to find out if they are having a boy or a girl.

Sources told us Gisele signaled her ex-husband before the baby news broke.