That ain’t no baby weight.

January Jones, Mad Men

During season five, Jones did not want to try and hide her bump. So show creators wrote in a sudden weight gain for Jones' character, Betty Draper. Not only did Jones have to work pregnant, she also had to wear heavy prosthetics while shooting.

AMC

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Washington became pregnant during season three of Scandal. She said she went through an "...amazing physical transition, this physical journey of having a baby, that my character was not going through." The show used many different ways to hide her pregnancy, such as hiding the bump behind large purses, placing her behind lamp shades and only shooting her from the chest up.

ABC

Courtney Cox, Friends

Show producers had no choice but to hide Cox's belly. Her character Monica was unable to conceive, so she and Chandler (Matthew Perry) were adopting when Cox became pregnant in real life. Her baby bump was covered by loose clothing for most of the final season of Friends.

NBC

Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders, How I Met Your Mother

Both Hannigan and Smulders were pregnant in season four, so the show decided to playfully hide their bumps behind ironic things like a rack of basketballs or a globe. In the GIF shown above, Hannigan’s character, Lily, has a bulging belly because she’s just won an eating contest.

CBS

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