Is Pregnancy Glow Real? A Visual Investigation Featuring 15 Celebrities
Undebatable: how happy they look.

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.

Blac Chyna
April 2016; October 2016

Emily Blunt
May 2015; February 2016

Blake Lively
April 2015; May 2016

Marion Cotillard
July 2016; September 2016

Ginnifer Goodwin
January 2015; April 2016

Anne Hathaway
May 2015; January 2016

Katherine Heigl
January 2015; August 2016

Milla Jovovich
May 2014; September 2014

Kim Kardashian
April 2015; October 2015

Léa Seydoux
May 2016; October 2016

Leigh Lezark
February 2016; September 2016

Keri Russell
February 2015; March 2016

Chrissy Teigen
May 2015; January 2016

Kerry Washington
February 2016; September 2016

Olivia Wilde
February 2016; September 2016
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