Primetime television in bloom with pregnant artists

Primetime television is in bloom this season.

At least ten women from primetime series including "How I Met Your Mother," "Ugly Betty," "Grey's Anatomy," "ER" and "Gossip Girl," are all expecting good news.

Primetime prop managers are trying hard to cover up the blooming baby bumps of stars. These include Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders from "How I Met Your Mother," Rachel Griffiths from "Brothers and Sisters," Kelly Rutherford from "Gossip Girl," and Chyler Leigh, who plays Meredith Grey's little sister Lexie, on "Grey's Anatomy."

Recently Chyler told a popular newspaper, "I've hit the six month mark and I'm totally showing now," "So you'll begin to see me carrying various medical items (charts, notepads, etc.) more often. The oversized scrub top under my normal jacket isn't completely cutting it. I keep wondering when the transition from carrying charts to pushing wheelchairs to pushing gurneys to close up face shots in the OR will happen. I guess the positive is, I'll have really buff arms from all the carrying and pushing of random medical equipment."

Another hospital drama star, Parminder Nagra from "ER," is also using handy medical clothing to disguise her first pregnancy.

She continued, "Blue scrubs and lab coats hide quite a lot," "I actually have a pair of my own custom made maternity scrubs courtesy of our wonderful wardrobe department made with stretchy fabric to fit round the 'bump'! The guys at 'ER' have been extremely supportive."

However not every actress who is pregnant can hide their pregnancy such as Ana Ortiz , who plays Betty Suarez's sexy older sister, Hilda, on "Ugly Betty."

Ana continued, "As far as hiding my baby bump, it's not going to be easy," "Hilda Suarez is not one for the baggy look. She'll probably be standing behind her salon chair a lot."



While Ana does not have to hide her pregnancy, HBO channel's "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" star Jill Scott added that the shooting of the film has been tough.

She continued, "Working while pregnant is not an easy task especially when working in 100 degree weather in Botswana, Africa -- I found out I was pregnant the day before I had a 20+ hours flight down to Africa,"