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[[File:lauren.jpg|link=The Nanny|frame|Bet you can't guess what's behind the plant.]]
 
 
Nowadays, when an actress gets pregnant, this event is usually written into the show as the character getting pregnant. However, sometimes the writers decide not to include the pregnancy, perhaps because it can't be written in convincingly, it doesn't fit with the storyline, or perhaps it's just that [[Status Quo Is God]]. In this case, they commonly resort to various (ineffective) tricks to avoid the actress' bump being noticed, such as
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Alternatively, the character might just be written to put on a lot of weight, due to a sudden "eating binge" or whatever (see "Frasier" below). Note that this trope does not include cases where the actress' pregnancy is written into the show - that's [[Reality Subtext]].
 
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== Film ==
* ''The Big Steal'' took extra long to film due to Robert Mitchum's stint in jail for marijuana possession in the middle of production. His pregnant co-star, Jane Greer, is visibly thicker in the waist in the last scenes shot while Mitchum himself is thinner due to life on a prison farm.
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* At the beginning of season nine of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Amanda Tapping's pregnancy was avoided by having Samantha Carter transferred temporarily to the R&D base at Area 51. Video communication involving her only showed her body from the shoulders up. Claudia Black also became pregnant with her first child at this time, and the writers solved this particular problem by {{spoiler|shipping her off to the Ori galaxy and only having her show back up after she'd become impregnated with a [[Dark Messiah]].}} And for a hat trick, Lexa Doig also became pregnant. Since she only held a minor supporting role, her character completely vanished from the show without explanation.
* When [[Gates McFadden]] (Dr. Crusher) got pregnant in real life during ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', her character had to go through this, with lots of close-ups or sitting down shots. It also helps that the character's uniform had always included a voluminous lab coat, so it was only noticeable if you were really looking.
** [[Mc Fadden]]McFadden learned she was pregnant shortly after filming one of Crusher's best episodes, "Remember Me," and doing [[Pregnant Badass|her own (strenuous) stunts]].
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' figured out a...let's say creative way of avoiding this trope with Nana Visitor's pregnancy by turning Major Kira into a sort of surrogate mother for the O'Briens.
* Likewise, Roxanne Dawson (Lt. Torres) of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' . The writers considered writing her pregnancy into the plot, but decided against it, resulting in a long period in which her character was never shown from the chest down ''and'' the big coat trick (except for a two-part episode set in the holodeck where the character was forced by aliens who had taken over the ship into portraying a pregnant woman). Amusingly enough, her character later became pregnant. Also due to her pregnancy there was only one Torres-focused episode in the whole season.
** The large coat actually tipped off the savvy viewer that she was pregnant as the coat was modelled after the style of top worn by pregnant women in the US Army. Thus it was pretty obvious when and for how long she was pregnant.
* [[Cynthia Watros]] was pregnant with twins during the second season if ''[[Titus]]'', so her character Erin ended up breaking her leg and being in a wheelchair for several episodes.
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