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Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host for ABC’s The View, is now pregnant with her 2^nd baby. She and her husband, Tim Hasselbeck, have a two year-old daughter, Grace Elisabeth. When Grace Elisabeth was born in April6, 2005, Elisabeth took a 6 week maternity leave from the show. She has said that she and her husband are waiting until the baby is born in November to find out the gender of their baby. Tim and Elisabeth have been married for almost 5 years.

There has been a lot of scandal and news lately surrounding beauty queens. One topic resulted in Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell being in heated and nasty verbal fight that has yet to end.

Now in the world of beauty queens we see another pageant winner being forced to give up her title.

Ashley Harder, the current Miss New Jersey USA, has resigned from the pageant post because she is pregnant, The Philadelphia Daily News reported in Monday’s newspapers. Harder, 20, told the newspaper she voluntarily stepped down because it’s against pageant rules to compete while pregnant. She could not immediately be reached for comment by The Associated Press.

But the runner-up for 2007 Miss New Jersey USA confirmed Monday that she is taking the reins. Erin Abrahamson, 23, of Essex Fells, said pageant officials called her Friday to let her know she would be assuming the title.

Source:WNBC.com

A great article on telling your boss that you are pregnant.

Telling your boss that you are pregnant can be nerve-racking in the best of circumstances. You’re excited, but anxious about how it will affect your job. Chances are, your employer is thinking the same and wondering whether you will return to work.

Experts say the key is to know your rights, to understand your work culture and to show consideration toward your colleagues.

“Like any other strategic business conversation, you need to be prudent about thinking about how they’re going to react, what concerns are they going to have, so that when you have this conversation, you can put those concerns at ease,” said Marisa Thalberg, president of the networking group Executive Moms.

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