The actress announced Tuesday that she is pregnant and expecting her third child with husband Brian Hallisay.
The couple are already parents to a son, Atticus, 5, and a daughter, Autumn, 7.
“Oh baby! We have another one on the way,” the actress wrote to her followers while holding up a positive pregnancy test. “So excited to finally share this news with all of you. Thank you @clearblue for being part of our journey and giving us a platform to share this news!”
Hewitt told the weekly she was “proud” of keeping her pregnancy a secret for so long, even while her character she plays on the Fox series “9-1-1” had her own pregnancy arc on the show recently.
The Day I Shot Cupid author gushed about motherhood in a June 2020 Instagram post, captioning a throwback photo of her baby bump: “I have always wanted children. A family that I could make with my special someone. And I pinch myself everyday that it actually happened. I can’t believe I have two healthy, happy and loving kids. … Feeling so blessed. Mom is the best job in the world and my heart feels so full.”
Hewitt said her costar Kenneth Choi even joked to her, “‘See? Playing pregnant got you pregnant!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I guess so.’ The craziest, most surreal moment was having to give birth while being pregnant. That was very interesting.”
And she has nothing but positive words for Hallisay, whom she’s been married to since 2013.
“During labor, he’s like a rock, solid … The only thing about him and labor that really makes me laugh is that he eats a lot of snacks. Usually in my hospital bag it is like an outfit for me and outfit for the baby, and then snacks for Brian!”
Hewitt doesn’t see herself getting pregnant again, however: “I don’t think I could do another one. I think five is a great number.”
