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Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Jen Affleck goes into labor with 3rd child while getting her nails done
Secret Lives of Mormon Lives star Jen Affleck went into labor with her third child while getting a manicure at a nail salon.
The 26-year-old reality TV star took to TikTok on June 27 to share the news.
'POV: you start having contractions at your nail appointment,' the influencer wrote on the video.
In the video a friend asks Jen how she's feeling, and she replies, 'I'm feeling great!'
And it didn't phase the Mom Tok member at all.
She began to time her contractions, did squats and showed off her new pink manicure.
Jen made a call, likely to her husband Zac Affleck, to tell him she's in labor before doing squats and having the baby's heartbeat checked with a portable ultrasound device.
Jen looked darling in a green and white striped tube top and matching flowy cotton pants.
She laid on the ground and a woman did a check on her cervix while the soon-to-be mom of three did breathing exercises.
The Salt Lake City-based couple are already mom and dad to Nora, three, and son Lucas, one.
Jen revealed she was expecting her third child in February 2025 revealing that the child was 'a surprise' but nonetheless everyone was 'excited.'
But all wasn't rosy for Jen as she broke down in tears on an episode of season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Lives.
She said she was 'stressed out of [her] mind' because she and Zac weren't 'on the best of terms' after they separated for awhile due to how Zac was treating Jen.
The couple have been working on their relationship and are cautiously moving forward.
Jen and Zac split at the end of season one of the popular reality TV show and went to therapy to work on things.
'Just because of everything that we went through last year and because of everything we've had to do so much therapy,' she explained to People.
As for living apart, the soon-to-be mom of three said, 'It's all a blessing in disguise, but I definitely think it is daunting coming back to MomTok because we have gone through so much being a part of it,' Jen said.
'But again, we're learning so much on the way, so only taking the positives right now.'
Zac and Jen are still figuring out their marriage and for the moment and Zac has put medical school in Arizona on the back burner.
'He still hasn't officially decided,' she said of whether he'll continue down that path.
'He still has about five months to decide, but as of right now, I think his priority is just supporting me and so I guess we'll see,' she told the outlet.
While in therapy, the couple tried ketamine and Jen called it a 'life changer.'
'Definitely life changing — and I never thought I would try ketamine,' she told Us Weekly. 'But when you're looking for anything to help you try anything.'
After she and Zac moved from Utah to Arizona, she wasn't feeling well and checked into a wellness center.
'Spent 11 days away from my loved ones, focusing on healing and working through my trauma,' Jen wrote via her Instagram Story in March.
'It was definitely one of the most challenging and impactful experiences I've ever had. Not the pregnancy journey I expected, but definitely what baby and I needed.'
