Elisabeth Hasselbeck No Longer a Pregnant Goddess

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For soon-to-be mom-of-three Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a leisurely pregnancy spent indulging her every whim is a thing of the past.

“The first time around, you’re a pregnant goddess and you’re like, ‘This is my child,’ and everyone is running around giving you water,” she noted during the launch of Lilly Pulitzer’s ‘A Colorful Cause’ collection in New York City on April 30th.

“By the third time around, you’re just lucky to have a prenatal pill by the end of the day.”

While Elisabeth jokes that she’s “not paying attention” to her pregnancy, it appears as though she’s not alone! Grace Elisabeth, 4, and Taylor Thomas, 17 ½-months are so busy having fun with each other, they barely have time to notice anything else.

“I’m just really celebrating them together and having them talk to one another and letting them really enjoy this time as brother and sister. Then I’ll throw in the word baby once in awhile to remind them.”

Baby-on-the-way — due in August — will be a delivery surprise, as were Grace and Taylor. “I don’t want to find out,” Elisabeth explains. “I like the surprise. It’ll get me through the delivery.”

A Colorful Cause features garments designed by celebrity moms like Elisabeth, who created a pink and white cotton Elisabeth Caftan ($268) for moms and a Little Elisabeth tunic dress ($98) for daughters. “I just wanted it to be fun,” the 31-year-old The View co-host explained. “Something my daughter and I would wear together.”

A Colorful Cause generates funds and awareness for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare inherited skin disease which affects young children.

Grace and Taylor are Elisabeth’s children with husband Tim Hasselbeck.

Source: PEOPLE with quotes for use on CBB

– Missy with reporting by Christina Tapper

Comments

Well yea it’s her 3rd pregnancy in 4yrs, of course she is not gonna get as much attention as the first pregnancy lol. She seems to always want attention on the show, always trying to pat her belly or bring it up in any subject, and the ladies on the view don’t care so much lol. I saw a recent picture of taylor, he looks just like tim and grace, I think next baby will be another hasselbeck mini me and a boy.

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

Cute top. I waited to find out the sexes of my babies for the same reason.

- April on May 4th, 2009

Great cause! I am not a fan of Caftans or of matching mommy and me outfits though.

- txgal on May 4th, 2009

I don’t care for her but wish her the best of luck with baby number three.

- Lisa on May 4th, 2009

I really like Elisabeth…she seems like a genuinely nice person. And I know just what she means about not thinking so much about being pregnant the 3rd time around…you’re just too busy chasing after two other children for it to be on the forefront of you mind. Although I must say my third gets a TON of attention now from not only my husband and me, but from her older brother and sister!

- UggaMugga.com on May 4th, 2009

gianna…how is she different from any other pregnant woman? i haven’t been around any that don’t pat their stomach or talk about the baby.

- Liese on May 4th, 2009

I watch the show everyday liese, she comes out of nowhere bringing up her pregnancy. I’m a woman, we have all been pregnant and talking about it once in awhile is fine, but people don’t really care lol.She will turn any subject into her pregnancy, the other ladies don’t really care, so probably why she says nobody pays attention this time around lol.

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

I’m not a big fan of her but she does look absolutely radiant in this photo.

- Thrifty Sisters Coupon Clippers on May 4th, 2009

Wow! Catty! It all goes to show that how we react depends on how much we like the star. Some can do no wrong, others can do no right, even if they are doing the same thing!

- Me on May 4th, 2009

I’ve been pregnant six times and have 3 living children, even with my last pregnancy and two others running around I didn’t have the luxury of “not paying attention” to my pregnancy as I was on bedrest with my cervix stitched shut. I wish her the best, but not every pregnancy sails so smoothly, she’s carrying a miracle, lest we forget.

- Monique on May 4th, 2009

Me it’s not catty, it’s a matter of opinion, plain and simple

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

I don’t see why people find it necessary to always make comments like “I don’t like her but I hope she has a good pregnancy”. If you don’t like her then don’t make rude comments like that. I really notice a lot of hate on here for Elisabeth which I think is totally insane. This isn’t a site to bash her we’re just talking about her pregnancy and her children. I think it is SO annoying. There are lots of people that get talked about on here that I’m not a fan of but I don’t make those backhanded comments because they are really unnecessary and because I know that nobody cares if I like someone or not.
Elisabeth looks great, her kids are beautiful and I hope that she enjoys the rest of her pregnancy.
Was that so hard???

- Elle on May 4th, 2009

Hear hear to that, Elle.

- fuzibuni on May 4th, 2009

Elle love what you said your so right. I love Elisabeth and alot of people don’t like her because she stood up for what she believed in the entire time she has been on The View and I commend her for that. That being said I wish her all the luck in the world with her third pregnancy and i’m sure he or she will be just as beautiful as Grace and Taylor.

- Randi on May 4th, 2009

Gianna, saying LOL after each catty comment doesn’t make it funny or distract from the cattiness. I’m with Elle. If you don’t like a celebrity, skip the post about them and read one that doesn’t annoy you. I do it for Gwynth and Reece. So you won’t be offended, I’ll end this will a LOL.

- Gloria on May 4th, 2009

Gloria good for you for skipping threads on people you don’t like. I choose not too, because not everything on this board has to be all sweet and nice, and it’s funny she mentioned people not paying attention to her pregnancy because on view boards people often mention how much attention she seems to always want and how joy and whoopi could careless, so yea I find it very funny LOL. She’s always saying now that i’m knocked up, it sounds so stupid and immature. And gloria i’m not offended by what you think, I don’t know you, so I could careless about your opinions.

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

“If you don’t like a celebrity, skip the post about them and read one that doesn’t annoy you.”

Gianna has every right to express her opinion. Just because her opinion does not match yours does not make her opinion any less valid. And unless you’re the moderator on this site now you don’t get to decide whether or not someone is allowed to post in here.

- Jane on May 4th, 2009

I love her. She looks beautiful.. Not only do I love her for being a mom but I love her political views as well. Huge fan

- Cat on May 4th, 2009

Thank you jane, I notice people are always trying to tell people what to post and not post. This is the wrong site for anybody to do that, because if comments are too harsh, than the people in CBB will not post them. But obviously it’s impossible in ever thread to be, oh how nice and exciting, what kind of site would that be. If that’s the type of blog people want, they should start their own and be in charge of the comments posted there. Until than, don’t tell people what to post or not post, because I for one and many others could careless and won’t listen to people who are just posting on CBB and not even in charge.

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

I can totally relate. With my first I had everyone fawning and now with my third, I am so busy I take my prenatal vitamins @ night just so I remember!

- Mary-Helen on May 4th, 2009

Wow Elle and Randi, ITA with what you both said. I think so many people hate her because of her views and that she speaks her mind, but the show is called the VIEW and there are supposed to be different viewpoints and people sharing them. I also HATE when people are like “oh I can’t stand her…” there are TONS of celebrities who I really hate, and I just don’t comment on their pictures, I don’t say “oh I don’t agree with her….” or anything, just ignore it, I don’t think she did anything wrong. I also watch the view as often as I can, I watched it just today and didn’t see any irrelevant mention of her pregnancy? But that’s besides the point. I happen to like Elisabeth, I think her kids are so cute and I can’t wait to see the new one. Good Luck to her!!

- Erika on May 4th, 2009

Sorry, but I stick with my original word… catty. And yes, I do have that right. See… that’s the thing about expressing your opinion. You have the right to express it, but others have the right to disagree and express that. I think some people take great pleasure in being mean. It’s like they can’t stand the thought that someone likes a celebrity that they don’t like. You can tell those people by how hateful their comments are.

- Me on May 4th, 2009

Hmm well I too am not much of an Elisabeth fan …but that’s just me. And when someone above said she uses every moment she can to bring up the pregnancy or even better her breast full of milk *smh* she does!! I don’t really want to hear about her constant supply of breast milk, her stories of her peeing in her daughters diaper, her son pooping at the white house. Don’t get me wrong I love a cute kid story but her’s are far from it! But on a side positive note she seems to fly through her pregnancy with ease. I find her to be very cute pregnant and her kids are also very cute too.

- JMO on May 4th, 2009

Yup JMO only view fans would know what I mean about her stories, it’s very weird and strange. She is always grabbing her boobs too, she’s a strange character to put it mildy.

- gianna on May 4th, 2009

Ok so I have to post again I very rarely do this but alot of woman would probably do the same thing if you were in her position. Wouldn’t you be telling your girlfriends the same stories she does except she talks to her gf’s on live tv that’s the only difference. You know she could be the complete opposite and push her children aside and ignore them. Whoopi asked her today what she did all weekend Elisabeth didn’t bring it up until she was asked. She’s a great mom and that’s all that matters I am all for freedom of speech but it comes to a point. Like your mother said if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all. How would you like it if you went on a blog and read how much people despise you. And obviously she is doing something right because she has been on the View for almost 7 years.

- Randi on May 4th, 2009

Let’s skip to the real issue, $370 for a matching mother daughter tunic set? I understand it’s for charity, but how much of that money is Elisabeth pocketing too?

- Rebecca on May 5th, 2009

JMO- What’s wrong with the breastmilk story? There is NOTHING bad or gross about breast milk!

- CelebBabyLover on May 5th, 2009

Elisabeth rocks!! I love her conservative mind and she is just gorgeous – both pregnant and not pregnant.

- kate on May 5th, 2009

I thought I read somewhere that Elisabeth does know the gender of her babies, but just says it’s a surprise because she dosen’t want the public to know. Has anyone else heard this?? Not that it matter what she does in her private life, but I am just wondering if it’s a rumor or there is truth to it.

- Crumbs22 on May 5th, 2009

Celebrity baby lover of course there is nothing wrong with breast milk or breastfeeding but if you watch the view she constantly talks about it in an odd way! Like for instance when they talked about Salma Hayek nursing that little child she made a really odd comment about well I have enough supply to feed the entire country and grabbed both her breast… and she’ll practically look for any opportuntity to talk about her supply and demand! I am sure it doesn’t bother a lot of people but what about some of us who really don’t care to know or see her play with her breast on tv? I’m not a prude or anything but there comes a point where it just gets to be too much.

I am or should say was an avid View watcher. I stopped watching when Rosie started with her antics (and I once was a Rosie fan) and once she left I started to tune back in…well up until last week. I sort of stopped watching because all of them weres starting to irritate me. And you know what I realized? I actually gained back some brain cells by not sitting there for an hour listening to them bicker like children over every little topic!!!!

- JMO on May 5th, 2009

I’m not from the US, so I’ve never seen ‘The view’, but from everything I hear, it doesn’t sound like I could stand to watch it anyway. That said, I’m with Gianna. None of her comments were offensive to me. What’s the big deal?

- kai on May 7th, 2009

gianna i have seen the view. i watch everyday and i know she talks about being pregnant a lot but i still don’t see how that’s different from any other pregnant women. maybe as someone who’s had kids already you don’t see how much even non famous women talk about it but as a woman who’s never been pregnant let me tell you they talk about it A LOT. i think the reason you don’t like it is because you just don’t like the woman. if it were someone you liked you probably wouldn’t care at all.

- Liese on May 7th, 2009

Lisese talking about pregnancy is fine, all pregnant women do it, but to refer to yourself as knocked when your 31yrs and married, and grabbing your breast, it’s very weird to me, I would think that about anybody, not just elisabeth. Even the comments she makes about her kids are strange. She was on rachel ray yesterday and said her son taylor is like a dog, he bites and licks everything. Whatever it’s my opinion that she makes very off comments, but on other boards I read people have mentioned it too.

- gianna on May 7th, 2009

gianna- Well, when you think about it, “knocked up” is just a saying meaning that you’re pregnant. I’m guessing she’s probably trying to be funny, but you don’t share her sense of humor (which is fine! Everyone is different, after all)! I, personally, think the dog comment is funny. Dogs, especially puppies (and especially my very energetic puppy!) DO chew and lick just about everything, and so do a lot of toddlers!

It’s just like, for example, how someone might say their child reminds them of a bunny because s/he is always twitching their nose. As for the other stories (Taylor’s diaper emergancy at the white house, being a milk machine, etc.), I’m not a parent myself, but I know several people who ARE parents, and I’ve noticed that parents of babies and toddlers seem to love talking about their kid’s poop and, if they’re breastfeeding, about their life as a nursing mom.

- CelebBabyLover on May 8th, 2009

I can’t understand why someone wouldn’t want to know the sex of their child. We found out my last child was to be a boy. We named him James. My husband always talked to my belly, saying, “Hi, James.” After James was born and heard my husband’s voice, he looked straight at him. Not to mention, being able to buy all “blue’ and boy’s clothes was wonderful!!

- Joy on July 2nd, 2009

I think with the whole breastmilk thing, some of the annoyance may be from moms who might feel guilty that they don’t have that big a supply of breastmilk. I think when you are a first-time mom, there can be a feeling of guilt when you are forced to supplement with formula. I know I felt guilt and cried over having to give my child formula. It was as if I wasn’t good enough at doing something women have done for generations. At that time, if I heard someone talking often about how they were like a “cow” or a “milk machine” or whatever, it was like, “Ok, I get it, You are an amazing mom for being able to feed your kid only your milk. Now please be quiet!”
I definitely felt inadequate. Of course, I have matured since then, and know formula is not poison. And if I had a second child, I would not hesitate with supplementing with formula if I had to. I just think pregnancy and childbirth can bring about a lot of insecurities and feelings of self-worth out in the open, especially when other moms seem to be bragging about something or another.
Anyway, that’s my two cents. Hope no one takes anything I said the wrong way. If so, I apologize in advance.

- Anon on July 2nd, 2009