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Comedienne Teresa Strasser Searches For Suitable Pregnancy Phrases

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When comedienne Teresa Strasser found out she was expecting her baby boy on October 2nd, she paid little attention to the date. However, curiosity soon had Teresa doing some digging. Her discovery? That baby boy — if he arrives on the anticipated day — will be sharing his birthday with none other than Gandhi and Groucho Marx! “I guess this means he’ll either be staging vaudeville acts, or acts of civil disobedience,” she notes.

At four months, Teresa laughs that her son is “almost halfway cooked,” but despite plenty of time to contemplate her growing belly, she has yet to find a suitable word — apart from ‘preggers’ — for the pregnancy.

“‘Expecting’ is overly wholesome and formal, whereas ‘knocked up’ is now too Seth Rogen for me. ‘I have a bun in the oven’ or ‘I’m with child’ aren’t even worth considering. And somehow, ‘carrying a developing fetus’ is just clunky. If anyone has solved this problem, please let me know.”

Using her pregnancy as inspiration for her new blog — Exploiting My Baby — Teresa jokes that there is little sense in having a child “if I can’t exploit the experience for some content.” Joking aside, the expectant mama defends her decision to tackle the journey as a writer, saying that, these days, the pregnancy has pushed all else far from her mind. “Pregnancy is like nine months of acquired situational narcissism, it’s all about us and we want to make sure we’re normal,” she tells LAist.

With “every little cramp or worry or symptom” leading Teresa to the internet, she hopes her new site “will be a place to do what I’ve always tried to do as a writer: tell the truth, even when it makes me look like an a–hole.”

Baby-on-the-way will be the first for Teresa and her husband, Daniel Wachinski.

– Anya

Source: LAist

Thanks to CBB reader Caleb.

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Heidi Klum on Her Crafty Family: 'They're the Cutest!'

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With Mother’s Day being celebrated today, Heidi Klum is stocking up on the tissue boxes! While she’s spending the day with her brood — Leni, 5, Henry, 3 ½, and Johan, 2 — the supermodel laughs to Ocean Drive magazine that her day is never complete without shedding a few tears, albeit happy ones! “Usually they make something for me, and I have to cry because they’re the cutest,” the expectant mama reveals.

“I’m a tough woman, but when it comes to my kids, forget about it; I’m always in tears.”

Homemade gifts aren’t unusual in the Klum-Samuel household, with the threesome decorating small planter pots for last year’s Mother’s Day celebration. “That’s how we are; we’re a very arts-and-craftsy family,” Heidi shares. Fortunately for the children, with dad Seal‘s schedule often filled with days spent on the road, they’re provided the prime opportunity to break out the markers! “We include the kids in all the holidays and when Papa comes back from a concert we make signs that say welcome home,” she reveals.

“He’s always coming and going, and the kids understand it and know that when he comes back it will be something special.”

Heidi and Seal expect their next child, a daughter, in October.

Source: Ocean Drive

– Anya

Ana Ortiz Shines in Satin

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Attending at Ugly Betty event on April 29th, Ana Ortiz went short and satiny while posing on the red carpet at the Paley Center in New York City.

Expecting a daughter in late July, the actress recently celebrated her baby shower — checked out all the details and photos here!

What are Ana and husband Noah Lebenzon going to name their baby girl? Not sure yet, Ana, 38, explains.“We have a short list I’m going to walk into the hospital with. And then I figure when I see her, [we’ll know],” she says. “I have my favorite. My husband has his favorite. He gets the last name so I get the first name. I feel like that’s fair.”

Who else is due to deliver in July? Find out in our Who’s Due Next gallery!