<p id=”par-1_28″>Yes, that’s a baby bump! Andrea Brooks, who plays Dr. Faith Carter on <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/when-calls-the-heart/?swcfpc=1″><em>When Calls the Heart</em></a><em>, </em>was pregnant while filming <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/things-like-see-when-calls-the-heart-season-12.html/”>season 12 of the Hallmark Channel show</a>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-is-faith-pregnant-on-when-calls-the-heart-nbsp”>Is Faith pregnant on ‘When Calls the Heart’? </h2>
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<p id=”par-2_17″>On Jan. 5, Brooks took to <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DEdWxAMzWRe/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a> to tease the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/when-calls-the-heart-season-12-premiere-date-revealed.html/”>new season of <em>When Calls the Heart</em></a><em>. </em></p>
<p id=”par-3_22″>“Watch me grow a baby during the filming of season 12,” she captioned the video that showed her progressing through her pregnancy. </p>
<p id=”par-4_13″>Brooks also quickly clarified that Faith is not expecting a baby this season. </p>
<p id=”par-5_59″>“And NO my character is not pregnant,” she added. However, Faith recently became a mom when she informally adopted a young girl named Lily (Chloe McKinnon). Brooks told <a href=”https://www.tvinsider.com/1139084/when-calls-the-heart-season-11-episode-10-recap-lucas-shooter-shaw-jeanette/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TV Insider</a> that it was a happy change that was “a long time coming” for the doctor. She added that Faith’s “heart cracks open” when she welcomes Lily into her life.</p>
<p id=”par-6_63″>At this point, Brooks is a seasoned pro when it comes to hiding a baby bump from the cameras. She was also pregnant during filming for seasons 7 and 10. In another <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/C_vh0QGvAyN/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>post</a>, she gave a shout-out to her body double and the show’s costume designer “for not believing me when I said I wouldn’t be needing my maternity wardrobe after season 10.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_15″>Clever use of props such as Faith’s medical bag also helped conceal Brooks’ growing bump. </p>
<p id=”par-8_24″>“Take a shot every time you see Faith holding a prop… No! Wait! Don’t! the results would be disastrous!” she joked on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DDqmpq4pSF3/?hl=en”>social media</a>. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-andrea-brooks-welcomed-baby-no-3-in-november-2024-nbsp”>Andrea Brooks welcomed baby no. 3 in November 2024 </h2>
<p id=”par-9_10″>Brooks filmed right up to her due date, she said.</p>
<p id=”par-10_22″>“Thankfully I didn’t go into labour in Hope Valley,” she said. “I wouldn’t exactly have been able to call Faith for help.”</p>
<p id=”par-11_45″>The actor and her husband, Riley Graydon, welcomed their third child in November 2024. “Baby Angus. Earthside,” she wrote in the <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DCkvNSZS1_5/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a> announcement, which featured a photo of her and her newborn son. Their first child was born in 2019 and their <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/when-calls-the-heart-star-andrea-brooks-welcomes-baby-no-2.html/”>second in 2022</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-12_34″>In a 2019 interview with <a href=”https://www.etonline.com/when-calls-the-heart-star-andrea-brooks-opens-up-about-her-pregnancy-journey-exclusive-128970″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>ET</a>, Brooks praised Hallmark for being “wonderful and supportive” during her first pregnancy. She added that she would have loved to include her real-life pregnancy into her character’s storyline. </p>
<p id=”par-13_36″>“I think it would be neat to integrate an actual pregnancy into a character’s storyline, but that is ultimately not up to me,” she said. “There are many creative ways to deal with pregnancy while shooting.” </p>
<p id=”par-14_22″><em>When Calls the Heart </em>Season 12 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. Episodes stream the next day on Hallmark+. </p>
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