“Grey’s Anatomy” Star Says Shonda Rhimes Predicted Her Pregnancy
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ABC/Todd Wawrychuk(NEW YORK) — It seems there’s nothing Shonda Rhimes can’t do.
Actress Sarah Drew, who plays Dr. April Kepner on Rhimes’ hit show Grey’s Anatomy, said Rhimes even predicted her second pregnancy.
“She wrote the pregnancy into the show before I was even pregnant. Shonda knows everything!” Drew declared in the October-November issue of Fit Pregnancy.
On the show, which returns for its 11th season Thursday night, Drew’s character is expecting her first child with onscreen husband Jackson Avery, played by new dad Jesse Williams.
But off screen, she is expecting her second in December with husband Peter Lanfer, a professor at UCLA. The pair are already parents to 2-year-old son Micah Emmanuel. They are waiting to find out the sex of their second child.
Drew, 33, told Fit Pregnancy she’s enjoying her second pregnancy more than the first.
“The first time it wasn’t just the physicality, it was the emotional weight, too,” she said. “I was mourning the end of a massive chapter in my life. I know that sounds weird.”
She added, “Emotionally, I was a basket case and I had a lot of fear. This time around it’s been really delightful, because I have the example in front of me of what happens when the child comes out. And yeah, it’s changed my life, but I’m really happy with the way things have changed. Your desires and the things that you love shift. You grow and adjust.”
One of the ways Drew has grown is by letting go of trying to be the perfect parent. After struggling to breast-feed Micah, she ended up pumping her breast milk and feeding it to him through a bottle for a year.
“I honestly think the biggest trials end up teaching you how to let go,” she told Fit Pregnancy. “So the breast-feeding thing was a huge lesson for me: that this is not the end of the world. I was a control freak about sleep for the first six months of Micah’s life, and now it’s like, OK, if he has a late night, he’s actually perfectly fine. His life isn’t ruined. My life isn’t ruined.
“So yes, I’ve learned to let go, and now I live a much more relaxed and happier life.”
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