Sara McGinnis
posted in CelebritiesIt's no accident you didn't hear about Laura Linney's later-in-life pregnancy until her baby was born, because she was hoping to keep a low profile.
When the actress, who is now 52 and the proud mother of 2 1/2-year-old son Bennett, stopped by Live With Kelly on Friday morning the host remarked, "You were on our show and pregnant, and we didn’t even know!"
"Well, I was an older mother-to-be, and it had taken me a very long time to have a child," Laura explained. "I wanted to make sure that my child actually arrived, and was safe and healthy."
"I just was very quiet about it -- I didn’t hide it intentionally, I just didn’t advertise it," the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star went on to clarify. "So it was the right thing for me and my family."
Despite not announcing her pregnancy publicly, Laura Linney did quietly go about her life.
"I was going to the theater when I was eight months pregnant, no one said a thing," the wife of Marc Schauer added. "Then when I actually had the baby, this big deal was made about, 'She was secret, secret, secret!' I just didn’t [hold up] a sign that said, 'Hi, I'm pregnant now.'"
It must be interesting to be a celebrity and want to have a quiet pregnancy. Makes sense that you just wouldn't announce it on social media, but what about telling family and friends? You'd hope you would be able to share the joy with them, but sometimes it's impossible to know who to trust.
I kept news of my first pregnancy under wraps for a handful of weeks because I wanted to be able to tell our parents their first grandchild was on the way in person. At the time I was quite naive about how often miscarriages and other complications occur, so it didn't really cross my mind to wait longer. Now though, I do have a better understanding of why some people prefer to wait longer -- and even why some don't wait at all.
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