Aubrey Plaza speaks out on ‘exciting’ pregnancy news for first time: I’ve ‘always wanted to be a mom’

Aubrey Plaza is fresh to measurement into her caller domiciled arsenic a mom.

The “Parks and Recreation” alum — who is expecting her first child pinch fellow Christopher Abbott — said she collapsed nan gestation news to Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett connected a forthcoming section of their “Smartless” podcast.

“Well, there’s a babe wrong of me,” she told nan men, who each responded successful disbelief. “No, I said location is simply a babe wrong of maine correct now.”

After nan actors told Plaza, 41, they were truthful “excited” for her, she revealed she went to nan expert for an ultrasound that day.

“Today was a large day. I went to nan doctor’s today, and my canine besides went to nan doctor’s. And some of america — my dog’s getting a scan correct now. I sewage a scan earlier. I’m not kidding,” she shared.

“She had to get an ultrasound connected her stomach. And past I sewage an ultrasound connected my stomach, and location is simply a babe successful there,” Plaza added.

When asked if she was “excited” astir becoming a first-time mom, nan character replied, “I am. Yeah. I’ve ever wanted, I’ve ever wanted, I’ve ever wanted to spot what that’s each about, you know?

“It conscionable seems truthful interesting, that full thing,” she added.

Last week, news surfaced that Plaza was pregnant and expecting her first kid pinch Abbott — much than 1 twelvemonth aft her husband, Jeff Baena, died by suicide successful January 2025.

“It was a beautiful astonishment aft an affectional year,” a root told People. “They consciousness very blessed.”

It’s unclear erstwhile Plaza and Abbott began dating. The mates has worked together aggregate times, including successful nan 2020 movie “Black Bear” and successful nan 2023 to 2024 off-Broadway revival of “Danny and nan Deep Blue Sea.”

Though nan “White Lotus” character hid her babe bump while attending Paris Fashion Week last month, she had her belly connected afloat show while stepping her dog successful New York City past Wednesday.

Plaza dressed casually for nan outing, wearing a bluish coat, a burgundy shirt, grey sweatpants, sneakers and a brace of achromatic sunglasses.