If you missed the news last week, everyone’s favourite meme subject Ryan Gosling and his long term girlfriend, Eva Mendes welcomed their second child, Amada, a sister to their 19 month old daughter Esmeralda, on the 29th April. 
What was amazing (apart from the bubs flawless gene pool) was that the couple managed to keep the news that Eva was expecting from the media for almost her entire pregnancy. US weekly broke the story on April 14th, 15 days before Amada’s eventual arrival, but the story had very little details as to how far along the actress may have been.
For two people as high profile as Ryan and Eva, keeping a lid on a growing baby belly can’t have been easy but for the notoriously private couple, – but we think it was totally worth it!!
They aren’t the first couple in the spotlight to keep baby news tightly under wrap. The following celebs also managed to stay ‘mum’ on all things motherhood.
- Sandra Bullock and (ex husband) Jesse James – Sandra and her then-husband Jesse James managed to keep the adoption of their son Louis a secret for over two months.
- Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman (separated) – Drew never announced that she was pregnant with her first daughter, Olive though speculation was rife after wedding photos were published that showed her sporting what looked like a baby bump. The star didn’t confirm or deny the rumours however and they were only confirmed after Olive’s safe arrival.
- Beyonce and Jay Z – While she wasn’t able to keep her pregnancy under wraps for the full 9 months, Queen Bey did keep the secret for the first 5 before revealing her baby bump on stage at the Video Music Awards.
- Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy – Action man Tom Hardy and wife Charlotte only announced their pregnancy at the 8 month mark while attending the premiere for the movie ‘Legend.’ Charlotte gave birth a couple of weeks after the announcement.
- Adele and Simon Konecki – The music powerhouse managed to conceal her pregnancy for 7 months and after the eventual arrival of her son, didn’t disclose his name or share any photos for a full six months.
- Isla Fisher and Sascha Baron Cohen – Aussie Isla and her superstar comedian husband managed to conceal their second pregnancy even while Isla worked on the set for movie ‘Burke And Hare.’
- Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher – Megastar celeb couple Mila and Ashton kept their first pregnancy hush hush for over five months before eventually making the big reveal on Mother’s Day 2015. Mila gave birth four months later on October 1st.
- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – It’s highly likely that this notoriously private pair would have kept the fact that they were expecting twins firmly on the down low the entire pregnancy if it wasn’t for Jack Black accidentally spilling the beans when Angelina was 7 months along.
When did you announce your pregnancy?
