Jennifer Garner has spent the last eight years either pregnant or on permanent “Bump Watch”. Much of it is due to the fact that her casual style is kind of terrible and her clothes tend to “add” weight rather than flatter her figure.
With that in mind, does Jennifer look pregnant in these photos? Fame/Flynet has been Bump Watching Garner for weeks now, publishing several photo sets where she does seem a bit thicker in her mid-section, but I’ve ignored those photos for the most part. These pics made me stop and really examine, though. For one, the sweater is super-bulky and both the sweater and the dress are oversized. See what I mean about her unflattering clothes? Yeah.
Now, that being said, she does look pretty bumpy. And it wouldn’t be so off-the-wall to think that she could be knocked up again. She’s 41 years old now, but I think she probably gets pregnant at the drop of a hat, don’t you? Let’s see… how old is Samuel now? He’s about 17 months old now. So… that side of the timeline works out. It’s perfectly possible that she got knocked up a few months after her husband won the Oscar for Argo. And if it’s a boy, they’ll name him Oscar Affleck.
PS… Am I hallucinating or did Jennifer say after she gave birth to Samuel that she was done? She said that, right? Well, then maybe this was a “surprise” baby. Like Violet!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
God she dresses so terribly. It’s a rare occasion when she DOESN’T look like she could be pregnant, which is crazy because she has a good body.
That is why she is so refreshing – she doesn’t put her butt crack, boobs and other wares on display and looks totally eighties 🙂
Are those the only possibilities? Look like a teen ho or someone’s clueless grandma?
That outfit is *truly* terrible. I’d say yes to the bump BUT she has been sporting that same bump for months, so I tend to think it’s just a lot of excess fabric and maybe a food baby.
I’m a fan of her style as well. I know part of it is marketing her as a relateable mom, buts nice to see someone who doesn’t prance around in a bikini after every child to prove she’s still ‘got it’.
She needs to share some of whatever she’s drinking to the fertilely challenged. She is gifted!
Hmm, tough call, in some of the shots it does look like she’s got a bump. but in others, like the last one, it doesn’t.
She wouldn’t be the first to have a surprise baby after saying she’s done. It happened to a friend, who was terrified to discover she was having a fourth child…sparking her husband and many other husbands/dads we know to all run out for vasectomies. And the fourth baby ended up being a joyful, beautiful addition to their family.
Yeah, it depends on the picture. I thought baby bump immediately but maybe she did have one too many burritos.
CDAN said preggo last week. We’ll see.
Everyone settle down. She is lithe and fit but has some abdominal muscles that protrude more than other people’s. I noticed them before she was ever pregnant and paddle-boarding in Hawaii.
Nothing to see here, move along….
My friend’s surprise 4th pregnancy (4 under 6 years old) lead to her husband sleeping on the couch until he agreed to a vasectomy.
I’m sorry, but is she wearing mf-ing culottes? WTF?
I actually like her and her no makeup, regular mom self. I also know that once you have 3 kids, it’s a slippery slope to 4 – we totally have the “what’s one more?” mindset right now. Mazel if it’s true 😉
Gigi! I was just coming to say NO NO! WTF Is That shit she got on?! Short Gauchos? A Skort?! What are those shoes?! how many million degrees is L.A. now for sweaters? God!, She is the worst!
Why is her kid’s shirt all stained..frumpy woman.
“Why is her kid’s shirt all stained..frumpy woman”????
Because she’s a CHILD, for Pete’s sake! Pick on the mother, fine, but stay away from the child. She’s NOT fair game.
Oh my lord, F5, you’ve obviously never had a child. Stains are inevitable, and almost always happen within the first five minutes you’ve put them in something clean. It’s their superpower.
I love that her kids always look like kids, not little fashionistas with high heels and wearing makeup.
She really has awful, frumpy taste in clothes sometimes, but her face and skin are amazing. So fresh and pretty and she’s in her forties. Most celebs in LA are out with their fake eyelashes and extensions and full makeup.
What’s the ‘surprise’? Do these people not know how birth control works?
After three, you would hope so. I’ve had three not *surprise* babies, but unplanned at least. I think I must be super fertile. Any more and I may start hysterically laughing and never stop. How long can a person go without sleep??
I think my mother didn’t sleep for about forty years ’cause she had seven of us – looking back I don’t know how she did it – God rest her soul and thanks for the chuckle 🙂
you’d be surprised..
It happens. Birth control is not always fool proof.
Haha, I’m a sex educator and could be pregnant right now with a “surprise.” Had my third baby two months ago, hubby got a vasectomy which takes three months to go into effect and last night the condom broke. I can’t take emergency contraception because I’m breastfeeding. So, alas, all I can do is hope I’m not ovulating yet since I’m breastfeeding.
I guess it’s the long way of saying that a lot of unplanned prenancies aren’t from lack of knowledge or lack of birth control, but more of a sh*t happens scenario!
You can’t do Plan B and then pump and dump for a few days? Or does Plan B forever mess with your ability to BF because of the hormones?
If your baby is 2 months old, you can take progestin-only emergency contraception while nursing.
General guidelines say it’s safe once the baby is 6 weeks old (or even at 3 weeks if you’re mixing breast and bottle).
No kidding. When she got pregnant the first time I wondered that. So many celebs get knocked up. I guess they are either allergic to birth control, never got sex ed, or they are just trying to snare the guy. It’s ridic.
I’ve thought she looked pregnant for weeks but one can never tell with her. Unflattering, unfitted clothing plus she hasn’t had a super flat, 6-pack abs, Hollywood stomach in years (Good for her. She’s normal!) – put together, it sometimes makes her look pregnant.
I guess we will find out soon enough.
Yes, starting with Matt Damon’s (re)wedding
Jen’s clothes always look better when she is pregnant. to me she looks pregnant in the photos from Matt Damon’s wedding, then a playgrounds shots, date w/ Ben and since then her wardrobe has again improved; which she has done with the last 3 pregnancies. Wardrobe + Jennifer Garner being relative …
First of all…the HELL is she wearing?? Is it summer or fall? Her outfit is schizophrenic.
It could also just be the normal body of a 41 year old who recently had her third kid and doesn’t spend every waking minute in the gym.
I agree w/ the Kate Mpost that it’s wrong to call preganant women fat or expect them to become instantly skinny, but in the same line of thinking, maybe every time a woman’s stomach isn’t completely flat, we shouldn’t say “pregnant!?”
+1,000
Bump Watch is the absolute worst.
I agree. I also don’t like to hear “knocked up”. And please, please, please stop using the term “bump”/”baby bump”. It’s “pregnant”. Just saying.
This!!!
I think she looks great here. A refreshing change from the mom jeans and loafers she’s often pictured in. The skirt lookes gathered at the waist. Put a sweater over bunched up fabric and that’s the bumpy look anyone would get, or more if they have more of a belly.
+2
She and Ben do make adorable kids though.
I just don’t understand why she doesn’t use a stylist ALL the time, not just for events. Girl really needs someone to show her how to dress for her shape, flattering colors, how to look put together. I understand she wants to keep it low key & low maintenance, but you can do all of these things and still be low maintenance. I have followed her since Alias & her poor clothing choices on her downtime just boggles the mind.
I so agree.
Add Reece Witherspoon to your list of people who need stylists all the time she too dresses frumpy and wears clothes not suited to her body type. That being said call me crazy but I love Jennifer’s outfit in motion. When she is just standing there it looks awful though.
^^^This. Plus the clothes she wore on Alias (not the dress up assignment ones) were simple and flattering. She should use those as a guide to a maintenance free wardrobe.
She is particularly bad at choosing jeans that flatter. Seriously mind boggling sometimes.
She needs Stacey and Clinton to help her out! Although I sometimes think their choices for casual wear are too dressy, they’d be awesome to consult with.
I have to agree and I hate dissecting peoples choices of clothes, BUT…jeeze girl, how hard is it to find a few good pairs of jeans, tshirts and a sweater/jacket/vest/scarf to tie it all together?
If it must be a skirt, what about a few maxi skirts? I happen to know, as boring as they are, that Jcrew, Banana Republic and even the GAP have all of the basics that fit your body while providing the ease of thoughtless styling, ie grab and go.
It absolutely baffles me. Being a mother without make up who wants to wash and go is NO excuse for horrible outfits, and that skirt is the worst thing I’ve seen in awhile, I don’t care if the sweater matches it!
Those shoes would look so cute with a pair of capri pants and a white t.
That said, I really think that it’s the skirt top bunching up in a horrible roll.
Yep. She doesn’t even need a fancy hairstyle or makeup (although a quick coat of mascara and a touch of lipgloss never hurts). She’s a natural beauty and her body is outrageous for a 41 year old with 3 kids. If only someone could help her find some easy, comfy clothes that flatter!
Good for them! They have the means to support the kids and she obviously loves children. Her kids are beautiful.
That guy at Crazy Days and Nights said she told people at some recent wedding that she was pregnant.
That is some ugly outfit. She does look preggers in some shots a mixture of bulky clothes and bad posture. Jennifer said she was done but I seem to remember saying Ben wanted another one. Maybe he got his way? LOL
Well, unless she got her tubes tied after having Samuel, as long as she’s having sex with Ben she runs the chance of getting knocked up again! 🙂
I don’t think the sweater is super bulky and neither the sweater nor the dress is oversized. It looks like the dress is wrap/over wrap style in the front and she threw over a boxy cut sweater because she was cold or something.
I used to think she had a bad fashion sense – which is fine – but now I think she is very deliberate in her choices.
That’s what I was thinking, too. It looks like a layering fail. The upper part of the sleeves has an odd bulky look, too. Also, that bump looks kinda high and flat for someone on baby #4. I know everyone shows differently, but usually baby #1 is the one that makes you look pudgy for months before the actual bump starts looking like a bump, and babies after that bump ASAP.
P.S.- I hate how many times I said “bump” in that paragraph!
@ Hannah. I believe it is deliberate as well. She will continue to stay in the press with nothing to promote. For someone who says she is private and hates the press, she is quite saavy.
She always has a bump. It’s just her build and the way she carries her stomach. I don’t think she is.
I think Jennifer has a banging body she chooses to hide in frumpy clothing. She doesnt need to try hard. She will be Mrs Affleck forever. Even if he does step out on her like people insist he does.
As for the suspected baby bump, I dunno.
It’s the sweater. Garner is fit and athletic and does work out regularly in her home gym to stay that way.
Do they have more movies to promote for Oscars? The timing would be right then.
celebrity or no celebrity, the way she dresses is so frumpy. She is still young and is also a wife she truly needs to make a better effort she looks terrible.
If she is it’s not going to be a secret for long
That skirt, shorts, skorts thingy looks pleated. WTF is it? I think the pleats puff the sweater out. Normal crappy hiking shorts would have been a step up from whatever that garment is.
i feel sorry for her nothing else
and she looks just terrible nothing to add
I’ve been saying she is pregnant for awhile now. Her clothing choices in the middle of summer and the fact that I see a bump lead me to my conclusion. Also her and Ben were palled leaving a medial center together last week. I also think if she is pregnant its going to be awhile before we get a pregnancy announcement since she’s over 41 and at a higher risk for a miscarriage.
I saw another set of pictures of her recently that made me ask that same question.
Did he say he wanted more babies?
He said he did during the promotion if Argo and admitted to trying to convince her to have a fourth. Than like last month he said they were done having kids but now people are thinking that comment was made to derail the rumors since she’s older and could have a miscarriage. She’s barely been papped since the rumors started about two months ago which is unusual for her and I’m starting to think that maybe this is some kind of high risk pregnancy and she’s avoiding the paparazzi until the announce it If she really is pregnant.
I think it’s an empire dress and the sweater accentuates the folds that beginn right under the bust. she just…well…dresses like she does, which is not always very flattering. I don’t think she’s pregnant
Baby on board. Style has left the room.
It was 80 degrees all week in L.A. Why would anybody be wearing a sweater, pregnant or not?
Freezing indoor air conditioning in an office building or mall.
I thought LA got superhot, as in 95-104 degrees. 80 seems a tad mild for California.
she’s had 4 kids. it would be a miracle if her stomach went back to normal after all that. unless you’re a freak of nature like victoria beckham or you get a tummy tuck like kate gosselin
Three. This one is her fourth.
Pregnancy speculation has got to be the most boring speculation ever. Yawn.
I don’t know if she is pregnant or not. But I will say that those are pregnant clothes. I haven’t seen her wearing anything that loose and flowy just for casual ever, I don’t think.
I just saw her drinking beer a few weeks ago here in Charleston, West Virginia (her/my hometown… photo here – http://instagram.com/p/a9zkxKJfBh/)… so if she IS pregnant, she must have just found out and started showing within the last few weeks. Which isn’t impossible, but… yeah. I vote bulky sweater.
** edited … okay, it was a month ago. damn, where has time time gone?? so who knows.
Drinking beer? Hmmm… That throws me for a loop. Based on the fact Ben wants another, and based on the fact Jen has been amazing at timing her pregnancies to be exactly 3 years and 1 month apart from each other, I would’ve guessed she is pregnant or is actively trying.
She does appear to be very bumpy in the middle area. With later pregnancies your body tends to show earlier because it remembers.
Are you sure that’s her? That looks like her younger sister Susannah, who lives in Charleston.
I was going to say the same thing, that’s definitely not her
It was definitely her! I talked to her. They were in town for about a week at the beginning of July!
She drank alcohol at Kimmel’s wedding too on July 13
Damn, they are fertile.
at least her shoes are kinda cute. And I have to say, I do appreciate her looking like a normal person. Its nice. And her daughter is just too flipping cute.
whether she dresses badly or not, she is so damn cute.
it could be just baby weight from her recent pregnancy. But there is a bump, not a sweater issue.
90% of the time these “baby bumps” turn out to be nothing but typical weight gain. Actresses publicly admit they starve themselves for weeks or months to fit into an Oscar dress, they do not look like that all the time and especially if they’re not currently working. She looks average weight vs. Hollywood super-skinny. So do I. Next?
My daughter is 26 and my son is 21 and I still have belly flab from being pregnant with them. I never had a flat tummy anyway because I inherited the jelly belly tummy from my mom and grandmother. I guess if I spent my life at the gym I might be able to flatten it …. but I guess I have been too busy living. She’s had three kids. Why is this even a story?
She is one of the worst dressed. The is a way to dress without look sloppy and undone. Her clothes are always so ill fitting
Are they familiar with the concept of birth control? But really, how else will she keep him?
A sweater in summer? She’s dressed like a celebrity who is trying to hide a pregnancy from the papps. Yep she’s pregnant.
Totally agree.
She looks happy, healthy, comfortable. I’d say it was a good day.
Nah, I dont think she preggers. I mean she’s had 3 kids so its totally possible that she could have a bit of a pooch. Not everyone looks like a Victoria Secret Model. Plus, she is wearing a bulky sweater, added with the fact that that the waistband of her skirt/shorts (?) probably sticks out a bit.
OMGosh she’s so WHITE! OK now that that’s out of the way.. I’m not sure about the preggo thing. She is not the waify type so it’s hard to tell. She has a normal healthy body. Anyway.. meh. They have so many little girls.. Ben probably wants to keep trying for a boy to add to their bunch. I’m bored of them for now.
Giddy Up!
They have two girls and a boy.
I want her skin. Please tell me how she looks so good. As for pregnant or not – no idea.
She has the nicest smile. Could light up a stadium! She is very beautiful without makeup and stunning with makeup.
It’s like she doesn’t even care.
This outfit would be GREAT if it were fitted.
I am seriously doubting the pregnancy rumors (both she and Ben have said they’re done), but there’s pictures of them taking the girls to karate yesterday that are hilarious in light of said rumors.
In every one of them, Jen’s hiding behind Sera, a large purse, a sweater, the three of them, or a car door. It’s a little suspicious and a fourth Affleck baby would be awesome, but still doubting a pregnancy.