Elisabeth Hasselbeck talks about her third pregnancy

The third time is not so charming for pregnant Elisabeth Hasselback, who jokes that her third pregnancy has not been one of pamperings.

In fact, with 4-year-old Grace Elisabeth and 19-month-old Taylor Thomas to keep her busy (not to mention her co-hosting gig for The View) the soon-to-be-mom of three told Entertainment Tonight: “‘Oh you’re pregnant and isn’t this special’ — that all happens with pregnancy number one. After that you’re too busy, you don’t even realize you’re actually pregnant. It’s not as, shall I say, pampered the third time around.”

The co-host, who is due on August 11 says that  her body definitely won’t let her forget that she is pregnant - by way of cravings! She said, “I did the cha cha cha diet: chips, chocolate, and cheese straight through, that works for me!” Sounds delicious!

But in the past Elisabeth has worked hard to shed her baby weight. In fact, she recalls in vivid detail how she lost the pounds after Taylor arrived: “I did not lose the weight. I know exactly where every pound is in Central Park that I ran off. I can point to a staircase and say, ‘I ran those thirty times … flight after flight.’ They’re not lost, they’re still waiting for me to find them one day, I’m sure.”

We hop Elisabeth can make time for a little pampering before baby number three arrives! We imagine she’ll have her hands full after that!

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Kari Byron welcomes a baby girl

Kari Byron, the co-host of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters, is a new mom! She and her husband Paul Urich (also a first-time dad), welcomed their baby girl into the world on Sunday, June 28, at 11:35 p.m., according to a rep for the network.

The baby girl, named Stella Ruby, weighed in at 8 lbs., 12 oz. The rep sais that both mom Kari and baby are “doing well.”

No other details were given about the birth or delivery.

We hope the new parents are adjusting well to life with a little one, and hopefully they will share pictures of Stella Ruby soon. What do you think of her name?
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Jill Scott talks about motherhood

Actress Jill Scott, new mom to son Jett Hamilton, recently spoke with Esssence about her baby boy, her split with Lil John Roberts and her intense 36-hour labor!

She said, “Everybody kept telling me the pain wasn’t going to last forever, but after 20 hours of [labor], I left the building. I felt like I was on the ceiling, looking down at myself like, ‘[Dang], girl, you still in labor?’”

Jill also said that she named her baby boy after a black gemstone,
“because I thought my beautiful baby is a gem,” She continued, “When he arrived I held him in my arms for about an hour and then went to sleep because I was simply exhausted.”

Though she and her ex-fiance Lil John Roberts called off the engagement just after Jett was born, Jill says they are working together to raise their son. “We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. I have hopes for [Jett] and I’m sure his father will do his part as well,” she said.

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Josh Turner is a dad again

Country singer Josh Turner became a dad for the second time last Friday! A rep for the singer confirmed to PEOPLE that Josh and his wife Jennifer welcomed a baby boy on June 26th.

The couple named their second son Colby Lynch Turner. He joins big brother Hampton Otis, who is 2 1/2. Josh said, “I’m just a proud daddy right now. Hampton loves being a big brother and we’re just one big happy family.”

Josh admitted that his producer jokingly insisted that Jennifer wait to have the baby until they finished producing Josh’s new record. Well, it couldn’t have worked out better. Josh said, “We finished the album last Thursday at 6:00 p.m. After I got home, Jennifer went into labor and we were at the hospital by 10:30 that night. Now that’s what I call perfect timing.”

A dual congrats on the baby and the new record!

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Natascha McElhone reflects in recent interview

Natascha McElhone recently spoke with Red magazine regarding raising her three sons without her husband, Martin Kelly, who died last year. Natascha is mom to 8-1/2- year-old Theodore, 6-year-old Otis, and 8-month-old Rex Coltrane.

Though her husband has passed on, she refuses to let her children’s memories of him die. “We talk about him all the time,” she told the magazine. “There are pictures of him everywhere and his office is still exactly as it was. The boys go in there and raid it — they love the fact that they’re not going to get told off.”

She also includes her husband when she’s praising - and sometimes scolding - her boys.  She explained, “I’ll often say to them ‘That would really make Daddy laugh’ or ‘He’d be so proud of you,’ but the other day my eldest son was being trying. I said to him, ‘I think Daddy would have a few words to say to you about that.’”

Though her son was a bit shocked, she feels that it’s okay to use his memory in that way too.  She said she felt bad, but “then I thought, ‘No, that’s probably much more real than always using him to commend. Of course Martin sometimes lost his rag with them — I’d forgotten about that.”

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