Gina Rodriguez is pregnant, Entertainment News
The 40-year-old actress — who already has son Charlie, two, with husband Joe LoCicero — walked the red carpet for Netflix's Katie Taylor Vs. Amanda Serrano fight at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday (July 11) night in a close-fitting black floral dress that showed off her bump.
Gina and Joe, 38, embraced as they posed for photos together, with the Jane the Virgin star cradled her stomach proudly.
And on July 13, Gina revealed she is expecting a baby girl.
She shared a photo on Instagram, in which she wore loose grey trousers and a lemon-print short top, and wrote: "Baby girl coming thru!!! We are so excited for you lil mama.(sic)"
The actress previously admitted she was "afraid" to have a second child because she would feel guilty at taking attention away from Charlie.
Asked about having another baby, she told People magazine: "It's gonna happen anyways, so I'm not trying to force it sooner than it needs to.
"I'm afraid to have a second because of how much I love this guy. I already feel guilty about not being available to him at all times."
When Charlie turned one last year, Gina and Joe went all out and threw a "rager" to mark the occasion.
The actress said on Jimmy Kimmel Live, she said: "We had a rager. It was basically his first wedding. It felt right, on the worst day of the entire [week], but that didn't stop us.
"It was indoors and half outdoors. Everything I planned was outside and so about five days prior I was like, 'I'm getting tents. Nobody's going to stop me,' and we had tents and it was great."
Gina even had "Charlie merch" produced, badges made from her "favourite pictures of [her] little man".
Handing one to the talk show host, she laughed: "I went a bit far.
"We expect you to wear it nightly, but it's not a big deal."
The star has been wowed by her husband's commitment to fatherhood.
She told Entertainment Tonight: "It means absolutely everything.
"I'm able to do the things that I love and be with my son 24/7 because he has him on set. Also, to see your husband with his boy and just be there for every single milestone and to take away that much desire that he may have outside of everything, I owe it all to my husband."
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