# Could this Downton Abbey actress have been several months postpartum when this was filmed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122 "2013-07-21T17:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Claire98909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/161 "2013-10-08T02:02:40Z")
I haven’t seen any of the new episodes of Downton Abbey (seeing as I’m in the US) but from the recaps I’ve read on the internet it seems as though Daisy has less screen time than she did in the previous seasons. She could have gotten pregnant, told the director, so they reduced her work load. As a matter of fact, one person on another site said that in S4E2 they only showed her above the waist. Sounds preggers to me. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/162 "2013-10-08T02:09:05Z")
Wait, I thought she was secretly pregnant in 2009. Is she **always** secretly pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/163 "2013-10-08T02:11:57Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > I haven’t seen any of the new episodes of Downton Abbey (seeing as I’m in the US) but from the recaps I’ve read on the internet it seems as though Daisy has less screen time than she did in the previous seasons. She could have gotten pregnant, told the director, so they reduced her work load. As a matter of fact, one person on another site said that in S4E2 they only showed her above the waist. Sounds preggers to me. Or it could be she’s in [three other series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_McShera#Filmography) in 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/164 "2013-10-08T02:43:11Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > Sounds preggers to me. Everything sounds preggers to you. If this actress wore a hat this would be a sign that she’s pregnant to you. There is literally nothing that could be said or shown that wouldn’t sound preggers to you. ---
**Author:** ![Claire98909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/165 "2013-10-08T18:40:34Z")
A pic from her upcoming movie “Highway To Dhampus”: [http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png](http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png) Looks like she has a big belly. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/166 "2013-10-08T19:14:02Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > If she doesn’t have boobie implants, then why does her corset push her boobs up to her collarbone when the women with even more massive boobs (i.e. Mrs. Patmore, Mrs. Hughes) don’t have the same problem? She even said herself that the corset turned her “bosoms into earrings”. > > [http://i.imgur.com/9h1FPIs.png](http://i.imgur.com/9h1FPIs.png) or it could be that she has a different body shape than the other women. On short waisted women the bust sits closer to the shoulders. So when a corset is worn it would push the chest higher on the body. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/167 "2013-10-08T20:05:14Z")
Do you think this woman is pregnant? [http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=LQw7mTI4tyGSjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Intuitive.Bodywork.Massage.Therapy..717-884-9568/picture/view/3712199&docid=nyXwKu\_pahLr9M&imgurl=http://media.merchantcircle.com/30001300/Pregnant-Woman-in-Green-Dress\_full.jpeg&w=512&h=768&ei=X2VUUoi4C82g4AOo64DICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=95&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=72&ty=64](http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=LQw7mTI4tyGSjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Intuitive.Bodywork.Massage.Therapy..717-884-9568/picture/view/3712199&docid=nyXwKu_pahLr9M&imgurl=http://media.merchantcircle.com/30001300/Pregnant-Woman-in-Green-Dress_full.jpeg&w=512&h=768&ei=X2VUUoi4C82g4AOo64DICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=95&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=72&ty=64) I think this guy might be pregnant. [http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Hdc94gneRdYsM:&imgrefurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/2012/11/29/pot-belly-men-likely-to-have-weaker-bones/&docid=8wRg9lW1GaDe5M&imgurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-belly.jpg&w=468&h=310&ei=q2VUUra3IdOv4APL5IFw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=410&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=102&ty=72](http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Hdc94gneRdYsM:&imgrefurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/2012/11/29/pot-belly-men-likely-to-have-weaker-bones/&docid=8wRg9lW1GaDe5M&imgurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-belly.jpg&w=468&h=310&ei=q2VUUra3IdOv4APL5IFw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=410&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=102&ty=72) ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/168 "2013-10-08T20:46:13Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Do you think this woman is pregnant? > [http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=LQw7mTI4tyGSjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Intuitive.Bodywork.Massage.Therapy..717-884-9568/picture/view/3712199&docid=nyXwKu\_pahLr9M&imgurl=http://media.merchantcircle.com/30001300/Pregnant-Woman-in-Green-Dress\_full.jpeg&w=512&h=768&ei=X2VUUoi4C82g4AOo64DICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=95&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=72&ty=64](http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=LQw7mTI4tyGSjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Intuitive.Bodywork.Massage.Therapy..717-884-9568/picture/view/3712199&docid=nyXwKu_pahLr9M&imgurl=http://media.merchantcircle.com/30001300/Pregnant-Woman-in-Green-Dress_full.jpeg&w=512&h=768&ei=X2VUUoi4C82g4AOo64DICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=95&start=0&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=72&ty=64) > > I think this guy might be pregnant. > [http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Hdc94gneRdYsM:&imgrefurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/2012/11/29/pot-belly-men-likely-to-have-weaker-bones/&docid=8wRg9lW1GaDe5M&imgurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-belly.jpg&w=468&h=310&ei=q2VUUra3IdOv4APL5IFw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=410&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=102&ty=72](http://www.google.com/imgres?safe=active&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Hdc94gneRdYsM:&imgrefurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/2012/11/29/pot-belly-men-likely-to-have-weaker-bones/&docid=8wRg9lW1GaDe5M&imgurl=http://ghanahealthnest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-belly.jpg&w=468&h=310&ei=q2VUUra3IdOv4APL5IFw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=410&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:82&tx=102&ty=72) This post looks pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/169 "2013-10-08T20:48:35Z")
Is this actress an elephant? Just how long a gestation period does she have? Has she been popping out secret children for years? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/170 "2013-10-08T20:53:30Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > A pic from her upcoming movie “Highway To Dhampus”: > > [http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png](http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png) > > Looks like she has a big belly. Ok. So? ---
**Author:** ![TashaKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/171 "2013-10-09T00:22:16Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > A pic from her upcoming movie “Highway To Dhampus”: > > [http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png](http://i.imgur.com/7RCVcLe.png) > > Looks like she has a big belly. I’m by no means a fashion expert, but every time I’ve seen a woman wear one of those tiny little jackets with the one button right under the boobs (sorry, boobies) it gives the illusion of a big belly. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/172 "2013-10-09T12:39:40Z")
Guys, guys, I need your help!! My belly has protruded a bit since I was around 12 years old. Is it possible to be pregnant for 23 years??? ---
**Author:** ![Claire98909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/173 "2013-10-13T03:54:53Z")
Protruding belly here, too (from S4E1): [http://i.imgur.com/D5ZuONY.png](http://i.imgur.com/D5ZuONY.png) Laugh all you want, guys, but when the news comes out that she’s pregnant I think in all fairness you guys should give me $100 each. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/174 "2013-10-13T04:15:42Z")
Filming for Series 4 [began last February.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey#Series_four) If she’s “showing” a little like that she’s around 16 weeks along, and that baby would’ve been born last July. ISTR you have linked photos taken after last Spring and in none of them she is obviously pregnant. I am not a doctor, but I am a bit crazy and it takes one to know one. You need to face the fact that you are a bit insane and need help breaking out of this obsession. Take the $100 you owe me for proving you wrong and invest in a good shrink. ETA: We’re not laughing at you. Well, not all of us. We have been concerned for your mental health since we figured out how obsessed you are. You are as crazy as a shit-house rat, but they have meds for that that work. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/175 "2013-10-13T04:21:02Z")
AbsoLUTEly not speaking as a moderator… You guys are STILL talking about this? ---
**Author:** ![TashaKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/176 "2013-10-13T04:38:32Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Filming for Series 4 [began last February.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey#Series_four) Actually it began this February. It was announced last Feb that they were going to be doing a season 4. And by the way, I’m the one who got her pregnant, so I think it’s ME who deserves 100 bucks from each of you. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/177 "2013-10-13T04:39:30Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > This has got to be a running bet, right? “Hey, Bob, you get them to talk to you more on that there intertoobz web board?” “Yep!” Gotta be this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/178 "2013-10-13T05:37:30Z")
> [@TashaKitty](#): > > Actually it began this February. It was announced last Feb that they were going to be doing a season 4. Huh? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I have always heard “this February” to mean “this coming February,” or February, 2014, and “last February” to mean the most recent past February, or February, 2013. And check my link: the announcement of Series 4 was made in November, 2012. Which would be “last November.” It’s all very wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. ---
**Author:** ![TashaKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/179 "2013-10-13T05:47:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Huh? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I have always heard “this February” to mean “this coming February,” or February, 2014, and “last February” to mean the most recent past February, or February, 2013. And check my link: the announcement of Series 4 was made in November, 2012. Which would be “last November.” > > It’s all very wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. Maybe it’s a cultural thing? Where are you from? I’m from New England and February 2013, at least to me, is this February, February 2012 is last February, and February 2014 is next February. On a side note, does it ever happen to you where a word that you write often suddenly looks totally foreign? I don’t mean foreign as in “I can’t read it” but rather foreign as in, “wow, what a strange word that is”. After writing February six times (now seven) it suddenly struck me just how strange it is. I briefly wondered if I had spelled it incorrectly, but I hadn’t. Anyway, I’ve snapped out of it now and it’s back to looking normal, but damn, it’s such a weird sensation. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/180 "2013-10-13T06:44:24Z")
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