Ashley Jensen Enjoys Her 'Husband Blocker'
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Never far away from a TV show, Ashley Jensen is surviving pregnancy with some help from her famous friends.
“I have all these girlfriends who just had babies,” the actress told Celebrity Baby Blog at The Invention of Lying premiere in Hollywood.
“Rebecca [Romijn] sends me a body pillow that I can lie in. We have to have specific pillows to hold ourselves in place when you’re sleeping. Jerry O’Connell called it the husband blocker. It’s like seven feet long and curls around. It’s the husband blocker.”
Ashley, who is currently starring on CBS’s Accidentally on Purpose and was a regular on Ugly Betty, says of costar Jenna Elfman, “It’s been great having Jenna on the set, who is herself pregnant and has a child. I’m like, ‘Jenna, Jenna, what do I do?’”
Ashley, 40, is due in October with her first child with husband Terence Beesley. They have purposely not found out the baby’s sex, she shares.
“We thought there are so few surprises left in the world,” she explains. “We wanted to be surprised. So, we don’t have the room painted pink or blue. In fact, we don’t have much of a room. We have to build a room.”
Ashley adds of impending motherhood, “I’m more excited at the moment. I’m sure a little bit of fear. But I’m kind of strangely looking forward to it. It’s been great so far.”
Click below to see how Accidentally is hiding her pregnancy, and for details on what Ashley wore to the premiere!
Despite being very pregnant, Ashley is busy working.
“The situation comedy schedule is a really nice schedule to have in my condition,” she says. “I do get quite tired. I have to … lie down or sit down, whenever I can. They are making me carry large purses and bunches of flowers in front of me and cake stands to hide my weight.”
Post-delivery, she says she will take a “little bit” of time off work, but is anticipating storylines on her TV show with reduced physicality: “I think I will lay around.”
What to wear to a red carpet premiere at eight months pregnant?
“Thank goodness they have maternity stores now,” says Ashley, who wore a dress from A Pea in the Pod. “It’s a little but more painful than it normally is. And you can’t find your hips to put your hands on your hips. Your feet get a little sorer. Your back gets a little bit sorer. I’m kind of like, ‘Where do I put my hands? I don’t know where to put my hands!’”
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Ashley wears A Pea in the Pod’s 3/4 Sleeve Babydoll Maternity Dress in Blurred Floral ($200).
