Sara McGinnis
posted in CelebritiesJennifer Love Hewitt is sporting her very first crop top at age 36, while very pregnant!
The actress, who is mom to 17-month-old daughter Autumn with husband Brian Hallisay, recently spoke with BabyCenter about her second pregnancy, stretch marks, and her go-to belly moisturizers from Palmer's.
Sharing she's "feeling good" leading up to her June due date, the former The Client List star told us this pregnancy is "definitely" different than her first.
"I think that's because it's a different person," she explained. "People, once we grow up, we're all really different, we need and want different things and move around differently, so I think it's to be expected that it would happen. And also chasing around a 17-month-old while you're pregnant is very different!"
Opening up about her love of Palmer's range of pregnancy products she shared, "I try to use it in the morning and the night. I like to use the stretch mark cocoa butter and the skin therapy oil together. The oil gives you that nice glow. I also feel like the two paired together really lasts a long time during the day, which is nice.
"It's been a great thing for me during both pregnancies, and even in between pregnancies. It really brought my skin back to life after labor, when you're going through all the hormone changes and everything. I could consistently count on it through both pregnancies."
When asked about stretch marks Jennifer Love Hewitt told BabyCenter with a laugh, "I missed out on those, and I'm very grateful."
She continued, "I know that that won't be the truth for everyone, there's no magical solution, but there is a proactiveness I think to going 'OK, I'm pregnant. This is a possibility, how do I try to combat this from happening?' Both times that I found out I was pregnant -- literally the day I found out -- I was like, 'OK, Palmers does not leave me. We stick together,' and it's worked beautifully both times."
Jennifer added she finds it "very empowering" to see photos other moms out there have taken of their stretch-marked postpartum bodies.
"I wish social media was used more for really positive things like that than some of the other things it's used for," she elaborated. "I think it's really empowering for people to celebrate all things that the body goes through in life. It's all really beautiful because it's all a part of your journey."
Naturally we were curious what baring her belly for the cameras was like, and while Jennifer said the experience was "great" she also admitted to feeling "vulnerable."
"There was a moment that kind of hit me what I was doing," she told BabyCenter. "I showed my stomach for the first time in my whole life on The Client List billboard and that was a big deal for me, and it struck me during the shoot that the first time I'm wearing a half-top is with a gigantic pregnant belly. What is happening here?!
"But it was so nice. Everybody was really complimentary and it felt good. It felt good to embrace it and own it and show. I've worked really hard on this bump -- I've earned it and it won't be there for much longer so it was nice to celebrate it in that way. And doing the photos to for a product I actually really believe made it that much better."
Jennifer and Brian are once again choosing to wait for a delivery room surprise rather than finding out baby's sex ahead of time.
She explained, "It's kind of fun to drive people crazy, because your relatives and friends are constantly like, 'What is this one?' and you're like 'I don't know!' And not knowing is bliss sometimes. It's like one of life's last great surprises, isn't it? It's kind of special that way. It's fun and feels a little old-school."
The star, who we're proud to call one of our many BabyCenter fans, is looking forward to having two children under age 2 even if it's a little "crazy."
"I think it'll have it's crazy moments but also it's pluses," she shared. "I'm glad that they're going to be really close, and because of Autumn's age she won't ever really remember a time when she didn't have a sibling. So that'll be sweet and nice and it'll be really fun to see them together. Brian and I feel really lucky to be building our family and having such fun with it."
What has your experience with stretch marks been like?
Photos: Jennifer Love Hewitt for Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Stretch Mark by Casey Rodgers/Invision for Palmer's/AP Images
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