14 DAY TRIAL // Following intense speculation that she was neglecting her health in order to maintain her slim figure, at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, former “Friends” star Courteney Cox Arquette seemed a few pounds plumper. The explanation for the weight gain comes from Star magazine (story via here): the actress has undertaken IVF treatments and is now pregnant with her second child.
As fans would know, Cox suffers from a condition that makes it very hard for her to carry a pregnancy to term. Unfortunately, doctors only discovered it after she had miscarried a couple of times but, eventually, she gave birth to daughter Coco who is now almost six years old. Since then, the actress has repeatedly said that she would love to have another child and, if we’re to believe Star, that will happen no later than this year.
“Curvier Courteney Cox raised eyebrows by holding her purse in front of her stomach while walking the Golden Globes red carpet in a black dress. And at the after parties for the Jan. 17 awards ceremony, the glowing actress stuck to drinking water with lime, leaving partygoers to wonder: Is she expecting? Now a source tells Star that Courteney, 45, is thrilled after finding out she’s pregnant with her second child. ‘Courteney’s telling friends she’s almost three months along,’ an insider tells Star. ‘She’s been trying to get pregnant again for so long. She feels really lucky.’ Courteney, who has a 5-year-old daughter, Coco, with husband David Arquette, is due in late July, says the source,” Star writes in its latest print issue.
“The Cougar Town star confided to friends she had multiple IVF treatments to get pregnant. ‘The Cougar Town set was shut down in November because she was getting IVF. She was on bed rest to make sure the implant took,’ says the source. ‘Courteney’s being very careful. She had several miscarriages in the past and doesn’t want to suffer that loss again.’ And her best friend, Jennifer Aniston, is by her side, making sure she takes care of herself. ‘Jen is totally into helping Courteney with her baby,’ says the source,” the tab goes on to explain.
While it’s true that “Cougar Town” stopped production for a short while back in November for the actress to attend to some unspecified “personal matters,” until a rep for Courteney actually confirms the pregnancy, it remains just a rumor. If, indeed, she is to give birth this summer, an official announcement should drop any given day, so keep an eye on this space for when it does.