How Blake Lively, Mila Kunis & Blac Chyna Are Powering Through Their Second Pregnancies

These moms have learned many lessons from baby No. 1

By Greg Safarian Jul 23, 2016 1:00 PMTags
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If you're under the impression that some famous moms are in the habit of making pregnancy look easy...well, that's because they are.

Blake Lively, Mila Kunis and Blac Chyna are all expecting their second child and, while they may be glossing over a few of the less breezy moments, it sounds as though this round is going quite smoothly for them.

So, what are their secrets?

First of all, they're mommy veterans at this point. After figuring it out the first time around, happily what they learned still seems to apply. 

Each of these stars has a different way of making motherhood look like second nature, but all three have acknowledged that they feel quite lucky to have it this good. 

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Lively sat down with Kelly Ripa on Live! With Kelly recently and gabbed about all things motherhood, saying her second pregnancy has been "much, much easier" than the first and "a lot faster".

She even joked, "You get bigger faster, too, which has been nice to try to fit into clothing strategically." This 28-year-old star has been flawlessly incorporating her baby bump into her usual impeccable style, as we saw earlier this week with her skin-bearing Emanuel Ungaro ensemble. 

The Café Society star confessed that, when she gets to relax with husband Ryan Reynolds and 1-year-old daughter James, "I'm usually home in pajamas all the time. I feel good. I feel fancy."

So there's one secret behind her perma-glow.

Lively has always been vocal about the importance of family (and her desire to keep it growing). When discussing parenting, she explained to Marie Claire UK, "My husband and I chose a profession and a side effect of that is your personal life is public. Our child hasn't had the opportunity to choose whether or not she wants her personal life to be public or not. So in order to give her as much normality as possible, we want her to have a childhood like we had."

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If Mila Kunis has learned one thing from becoming a first-time mom, it's to do you and not sweat the judgement of others. 

"I did nurse my child and I literally breastfed everywhere," Kunis told Vanity Fair

"There were many times where I didn't bring a cover with me, and so I just did it in a restaurant, in the subway, in the park, at airports and in planes," she added. "Why did I do it in public? Because I had to feed my child. She's hungry. I need to feed her whether it's out of a bottle or out of my boob no matter where I was".

Breastfeeding in public has been a topic of much debate, with stars weighing in with their opinions. According to the No Strings Attached star, "It didn't matter to me what other people thought. That's what I chose to do, but I think it's unfortunate that people are so hard on women who choose to do it and do it in public".

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The Bad Moms star also spoke to The Cut about her approach to parenting. "I have an amazing support system in my life," Kunis said. "A happy woman, a fulfilled woman, will only make a better mother. And at the end of the day, I have to be happy with who I am and what I do. That is the only way I'll be able to be a good mom for my daughter."

Little Wyatt is almost 2 and her little sibling will get to benefit from all that Mom has learned so far as well.

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Rob Kardashian's fiancée, Blac Chyna—who's also mom to 3 1/2-year-old son King—has been sharing her envy-inducing pregnancy goals on Snapchat.

She told her followers, "My goal is to gain like 100 pounds this pregnancy—I'm going to tear it up and then I'm going to snap back."

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Chyna's laid back attitude is underscored in another lighthearted video of her stepping on the scale. In early June, the model and entrepreneur shared that her weight had gone up to 165 pounds from her pre-pregnancy weight of 139. The cooking aficionado let out a comical screech, showing us she's kept her sense of humor and is enjoying herself to the fullest.

But overall, as Kristen Bell once told Us Weekly when she was having a "really easy" pregnancy with her second child, daughter Delta Bell: It's all about being grateful that things are going along so well.

"I've had a lot of friends who have had rough pregnancies and I'm really, really thankful," Bell added. "People are affected differently by hormones, we're all different."

It just so happens that some celebs have a way of making it all look easy, but of course it's all about health and happiness for every expectant mom in the bunch.

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