Is Pregnancy Glow Real? A Visual Investigation Featuring 15 Celebrities

Undebatable: how happy they look.

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For all the puking and, uh, tearing, the one supposed upside of the whole carrying-a-parasite-in-my-womb deal is The Glow, that otherworldly illumination that allegedly comes from bringing a new life into this world. Real? Mythical? Does it even matter if you get a little bundle of joy out of it? Make up your mind ahead.

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