'OITNB' star Laura Prepon announces pregnancy with attention-getting hashtag: #knockedup – USA TODAY, USA Today

Oh, baby!

“Orange Is the New Black” star Laura Prepon, 39, announced on social media Thursday that she’s expecting her second child withactor husband Ben Foster, 38.

“We are so excited to announce that our family is growing,” the actresscaptioneda picture in which she holds the couple’s 2-year-old daughter Ella just above her growing baby bump.

Prepon added: “Life is beautiful!” and the hashtag, #knockedup. She didn’t share her due date or the gender of the couple’s upcoming addition.

The “That ’70 s Show “alum and Foster, who starred in the Oscar-nominated 2016 film “Hell or High Water,”tied the knot in June 2018after welcoming their daughter in August 2017.

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She shared a vintage wedding picture onInstagramto mark the occasion: “Just Married! Thank you for all the love and support. Wishing all of us the good stuff!”

Prepon returned to work on Netflix’s “OITNB” just six weeks after having Ella and opened up about finding the perfect balance as a working mother.

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“Ben and I are really great about if I’m at work, he’s (at home), or if he’s at work, I’m (at home), “she said in August 2018 during asegment of “The MOMS.”“I do feel guilty, and I just know that she’d be proud if she I’ve talked to a bunch of women (asking), ‘How do you do this?’ And they’re just like, ‘There’s really no solution. You just do it.’ “

As for mom-shaming? “I don’t allow that anywhere near me or my friends,” Prepon said.

She continued: “Being a mom is the most incredible gift in the world and it’s also one of the hardest things, as we all can relate to. We just have to help each other. “

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