{"id":791799,"date":"2026-07-29T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791799\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:20:12","slug":"pregnant-natalie-portman-cradles-her-baby-bump-in-rare-photo-as-she-prepares-to-become-a-mom-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/791799\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Natalie Portman Cradles Her Baby Bump in Rare Photo as She Prepares to Become a Mom of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Portman is counting down the days until she welcomes her little one<\/p>\n<p>The pregnant Marvel star shared a photo on Instagram, caressing her bare baby bump<\/p>\n<p>The Thor: Love and Thunder star is already a mom to two children, whom she shares with her ex-husband<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/natalie-portman\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Portman<\/a> is counting down the days until she welcomes her little one.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, July 29, the Thor: Love and Thunder actress, 45, shared a new photo on <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbYIoSYRZkf\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, showing her bare baby bump. In the snap, Portman, who\u2019s <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/natalie-portman-is-pregnant-expecting-baby-no-3-first-with-tanguy-destable-11952584\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">expecting her third baby<\/a>, her first with partner <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-tanguy-destable-natalie-portman-11952837\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tanguy Destable<\/a>, could be seen standing in front of an apartment balcony in an oversized blue button-down, caressing her stomach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounting the days until we meet you \ud83e\ude77,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThank you <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shelbyduncan\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@shelbyduncan<\/a> for your talent \ud83d\udcf8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several of Portman\u2019s famous friends expressed their love for the star\u2019s photo in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGee whiz,\u201d replied Macaulay Culkin, while Jenner Garner dropped a string of heart emojis.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Natalie Portman attends the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2024, in Santa Monica, California.Credit: Kayla Oaddams\/WireImage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/65509301-39d7-4f59-a2e4-b27940972c6e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Natalie Portman attends the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2024, in Santa Monica, California.Credit: Kayla Oaddams\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p>The Fountain of Youth star first revealed her pregnancy news back in April during an exclusive interview with <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/a71052648\/natalie-portman-third-pregnancy-interview-2026\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Portman, who\u2019s already mom to <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-natalie-portman-kids-7501900\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">son Aleph, 14, and daughter Amalia, 9<\/a>, with her ex-husband, director-choreographer <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/natalie-portman-benjamin-millepied-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Millepied<\/a>, shared her excitement about welcoming a new addition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTanguy and I are very excited,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m just very grateful. I know it\u2019s such a privilege and a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Portman opened up about her keen awareness of the challenges and heartbreak of fertility journeys. Portman, who\u2019s the daughter of a fertility doctor, said that she\u2019s \u201cvery aware\u201d of the hardships and \u201cvery grateful\u201d to be expanding her family with her partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up hearing about how hard it is to get pregnant,\u201d she said. \u201cI have so many people I love who\u2019ve had such a hard time with it that I want to be respectful around that as well. It\u2019s such a beautiful, joyous thing, and it\u2019s also not an easy thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cAnd so I know how lucky it is. I\u2019m very aware, and I\u2019m very grateful. I have deep appreciation and gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Black Swan actress also shared that she\u2019s feeling a deeper sense of gratitude with her third pregnancy. Portman said her pregnancy is more of a \u201ccalm\u201d experience this time, adding she\u2019s cherishing every moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a gratitude that when you\u2019re young, you don\u2019t necessarily grasp,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s a calm and knowing myself: who I want to spend time with, what kind of energy I want around me that makes the experience so beautiful every day. And knowing it\u2019s probably the last time, I cherish every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Natalie Portman and her partner, Tanguy Destable, in June 2025.Credit: BACKGRID\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/52c9160e-d0cc-4926-8320-b88f0dcf7562.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Natalie Portman and her partner, Tanguy Destable, in June 2025.Credit: BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>The pregnant actress told the outlet that she\u2019s enjoying going through her pregnancy in Paris with her kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more energy than I thought I might,\u201d she told the outlet about her pregnancy so far, noting that this pregnancy feels similar to her previous ones.<\/p>\n<p>Portman shared that she\u2019s been swimming and doing gyrotonics to \u201ckeep strong\u201d and spending lots of time with her kids, \u201cwhich is always the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Gallerist star recently finished a few projects and has been focusing on her family. She said she\u2019s especially happy to be navigating the pregnancy in Paris, and that there\u2019s been \u201cbeautiful spring weather\u201d for her to enjoy.\u201cThere\u2019s been beautiful spring weather,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cso it\u2019s been pretty amazing to just walk in the incredible parks here and go see art. Just the usual things you do when you\u2019re not working!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She jokingly continued, \u201cIn France, they consider full-term to be 41 weeks rather than 40, so I guess I get an extra week to be pregnant this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pregnant-natalie-portman-cradles-baby-bump-new-photo-12029296\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Natalie Portman is counting down the days until she welcomes her little one The pregnant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-791799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}