Actress Gina Rodriguez has revealed some exciting news: she is expecting her second child with her husband, actor Joe LoCicero.
The Jane the Virgin star revealed the happy news in an appearance at Madison Square Garden at the red carpet for Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 fight.
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The 40-year-old was glowing as she cradled her bump in a black floral dress, with her 38-year-old husband appearing beside her in some shots with a large smile on his face, and in others cradling her bump with her.
The couple even shared a kiss in front of the cameras.
Also accompanying them was the actress’ father Genaro, who looked thrilled to become a grandfather again as he posed beside his daughter.
The couple’s announcement comes two years after they welcomed their first child together, a son named Charlie.
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When it came time to welcome their son to the world, both mum and dad did some extensive prepping.
The star shared that while she is “taking some hardcore prenatal classes (and) working on that pelvic floor,” her husband is working equally as hard.
“My husband is training to be my doula. He’s really next level,” the actress told Entertainment Tonight.
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“He’s a martial artist and so it’s basically, you know, he’s cornering the fight of my life,” she joked.
“I wouldn’t call it a fight – I would say, it’s like…me climbing my Mount Everest and he’s gonna corner me for it.”
The pregnant actress shares that she has full faith in her husband’s birth-assisting abilities.
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“He’s definitely the better half, so I’m hoping that he’ll just go on in there and pull our baby out.”
The couple first met in 2016 when LoCicero had a small role as a stripper at the bachelorette party of Rodriguez’s character in Jane the Virgin. They wed in 2019.
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