Molly Bernard is pregnant with her first baby (yay!), and she shared the sweetest announcement on Instagram yesterday. The Younger actress posed in overalls in a field to show off her growing baby bump, and she wrote a heartwarming tribute to wife Hannah Lieberman.
“Thrilled to share the very happy news that @liebhan and I are expecting our first gayby!” she wrote. “We couldn’t be more excited to start our parenthood journey!”
She shared several pictures in the announcement, including one in a form-fitting striped dress cradling her bump and some with Lieberman. Many of her famous friends commented on the announcement, including bestie Hilary Duff, who starred in Younger with Bernard.
“Molly + Hannah 2 of the most kind hearted, smart, evolved people I am lucky to know!” Duff said. “Can’t wait to meet this little one!!!!”
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Mandy Moore also commented, “So thrilled for you three!!! ❤️❤️❤️”
Bernard often hangs out with Duff and her kids. Last year on Duff’s daughter Banks’ third birthday, she shared a picture of herself dancing with the little girl at her wedding.
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“HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND BANKS!” Bernard wrote. “You’re my idol in spirit, fashion, dancing, humor, and off the charts weirdness. I love you so much and I love being your godmommy 🎉✨💕”
Bernard also used her pregnancy announcement to give a platform to LGBTQ+ voices and reproductive freedom.
“Creating a queer family in a world where lgbtq+ rights are constantly under threat is a daunting task,” the Chicago Med star wrote. “Loving Hannah has been one of the most profound highlights of my life and I am honored I get to be a parent with her. Because I am who I am I’d like to say the following: pregnancy is a choice, no one should be forced by law to do this.”
She continued, “And please — I urge you to vote for the people in this midterm election who will protect our right to be a family, not threaten to obliterate it.”
She also shared a picture with a powerful quote from writer Maggie Nelson, which said, “Never in my life have I felt more pro-choice than when I was pregnant. And never in my life have I understood more thoroughly, and been more excited about, a life that began at conception. Feminists may never make a bumper sticker that says IT’S A CHOICE AND A CHILD, but of course that’s what it is, and we know it. We’re not idiots; we understand the stakes. Sometimes we choose death.”
It’s deeply powerful. As mothers, we understand intimately how precious life and pregnancy is — but we also know more than anyone that no one should have motherhood forced upon them. It’s so beautiful that Bernard’s pregnancy is a chance to celebrate LGBTQ+ relationships, reproductive rights, the power of voting, and the amazing strength of female friendships at the same time! Her new baby will be lucky indeed!
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