OUR PREGNANCY
journey Q: How did you find out you were expecting?
LAUREN BRANT & BARRY HALL
I knew I was pregnant. Something just felt
different. So I did a pregnancy test, but it came
back negative, and I couldn’t accept that, so I did
another, but once again it came back negative.
Still unconvinced, I got a blood test and finally
that came back positive. I had just picked up
on my pregnancy so early that the home tests
couldn’t register it.
Q: What was your first reaction, thoughts and
feelings when your pregnancy test showed
positive?
When my test finally came back positive, I was
filled with excitement and emotion. I wanted to
tell the whole world, my eyes filled with tears and
I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, “Can
you believe this? Is this real?”
Q: How did you share the news with Barry?
I was actually in the car on my way to the
airport because I was flying to Melbourne to
watch Barry play in a charity footy game when
I found out I was pregnant from my GP. I was
trying to think of ways to tell Barry before the
game and then I saw that my flight was going to
be delayed by a few hours, which meant I would
have to meet him at the game without being able
to see him prior. Well, I couldn’t keep it from him
for that long so I FaceTimed him and told him
the news from my car. The funniest part was he
was just about to jump in the shower, so it was
running the whole time we were on the phone - it
got quite steamy!
Q: Barry, what was your reaction when
Lauren shared the news?
Firstly, I was shocked. Then I was unsure what
her reaction was, whether she was happy or not.
When I found out she was happy, I was happier.
Q: How did you and Barry approach your
pregnancy? Were you calm and relaxed or
did you need to know everything and read
every article, blog, and book etc. you could
find on pregnancy?
We were extremely excited about the prospect
of having a child but also completely clueless.
We totally went with the flow and more than
anything, just admired how amazing the human
body was through each trimester.
Celebrity couple Lauren Brant and Barry Hall
recently welcomed their first child, Miller, into
the world at Pindara Private Hospital. We sat
down with them to chat about their pregnancy
journey, and life as a brand new family of three.
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