The 35-year-old actress is “thrilled” to be expecting her second child with Brian Hallisay, her husband and father of her 13-month-old daughter
As Jennifer and Brian got married in secret less than a week before she gave birth to their first child, the road has not been easy, yet they tackle it with humour.
Jennifer praises Brian for his support in the delivery room and joked that he should start doing it for a living.
She said: “He should be a male doula. I was really worried that I was going to get that face, ‘Mmm, what’s happening here?’ – and I’m not good at the faces so I would’ve been like, ‘What does that mean? What does that mean!’
“But he was just like, ‘This is great. I am so proud of you right now. This is awesome, you look beautiful.’ I was really proud of him.”
She also says that she had to avoid people for the majority of her first pregnancy, saying, “People are mean to you! You’re like, ‘I’m a pregnant lady. You can’t be mean to me,’ and they’re like, ‘Well, then tell us what your baby is!’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t know.’
“And then they guess, which is insulting for the woman because they’re like, ‘Oh, well, you’re really carrying in the backside.’ I’m like, ‘I have been carrying in the backside since I was 15. This is not pregnancy – it’s just who I am!’
“Or they’re like, ‘It’s really in your boobs!’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, it’s been there, too, since I was 15.’ They say the dumbest things …I just avoided people most of my pregnancy and after. And I was happy!”
