Emily Blunt: Your first pregnancy is "the most self-indulgent thing"

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Sara McGinnis

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Emily Blunt may be pregnant with baby two, but the world just plain refuses to slow down. The actress, who is on her way to welcoming a second child with husband John Krasinski, has opened up about mixing work and motherhood in the latest issue of C magazine.

Take a look at a few highlights from the 33-year-old star, who has both The Huntsman: Winter's War and The Girl on the Train coming out this year...

Emily Blunt on filming The Girl on the Train while pregnant: "It was actually more physical than I realized, which worried me a little, but I wasn’t telling anyone until a little later on. I told a couple of people like [co-star] Justin Theroux pretty early because he and I were doing some of the physical stuff together. He’s my friend, and I think he knew anyway – you know how friends just have a feeling."

On her role in The Huntsman: "You’d be surprised by how much I enjoyed [playing an evil queen] and how easy it was to be this person, which is worrying. She’s not just this rampaging villain. She’s actually someone who, as delusional as she is, is thinking she’s doing the right thing – and that was exciting to me. [It was] a huge dream of mine to have a massive queen-off with her [Charlize Theron]."

Experiencing working-mom guilt: "It’s quite a juggle with children, especially young children who are now able to vocalize, ‘please don’t go.’ I don’t want to feel torn."

On her second pregnancy: "The first pregnancy is the most self-indulgent thing in the world because you get massages and prenatal yoga and hypnotherapy CDs. During this one I forget that I’m even pregnant. I’m hoisting a 2-year-old around!"

Where can I sign up for Emily Blunt's first pregnancy experience? Suddenly I'm feeling like I missed out!

I'm kidding, kind of. I really didn't get massages or to go to yoga classes, but I can get on board with her sentiment about first and second pregnancies being different. Being pregnant was constantly on my mind as a first-time mom-to-be. Running errands? Pregnant. At the library? Pregnant! Pregnant, pregnant all of the time.

I can't go so far as to say I ever forgot I was expecting baby two, but it certainly wasn't on my mind like it had been the first go-round. By then I was already a mom, so the shock of going through that life transition wasn't nearly as commanding of my attention.

How would you say your first and subsequent pregnancy experiences have differed?

Tell us!

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