Yes, that’s a baby bump! Andrea Brooks, who plays Dr. Faith Carter on When Calls the Heart, was pregnant while filming season 12 of the Hallmark Channel show. 

Is Faith pregnant on ‘When Calls the Heart’? 

On Jan. 5, Brooks took to Instagram to tease the new season of When Calls the Heart. 

“Watch me grow a baby during the filming of season 12,” she captioned the video that showed her progressing through her pregnancy. 

Brooks also quickly clarified that Faith is not expecting a baby this season. 

“And NO my character is not pregnant,” she added. However, Faith recently became a mom when she informally adopted a young girl named Lily (Chloe McKinnon). Brooks told TV Insider that it was a happy change that was “a long time coming” for the doctor. She added that Faith’s “heart cracks open” when she welcomes Lily into her life.

At this point, Brooks is a seasoned pro when it comes to hiding a baby bump from the cameras. She was also pregnant during filming for seasons 7 and 10. In another post, she gave a shout-out to her body double and the show’s costume designer “for not believing me when I said I wouldn’t be needing my maternity wardrobe after season 10.”

Clever use of props such as Faith’s medical bag also helped conceal Brooks’ growing bump. 

“Take a shot every time you see Faith holding a prop… No! Wait! Don’t! the results would be disastrous!” she joked on social media. 

Andrea Brooks welcomed baby no. 3 in November 2024 

Brooks filmed right up to her due date, she said.

“Thankfully I didn’t go into labour in Hope Valley,” she said. “I wouldn’t exactly have been able to call Faith for help.”

The actor and her husband, Riley Graydon, welcomed their third child in November 2024. “Baby Angus. Earthside,” she wrote in the Instagram announcement, which featured a photo of her and her newborn son. Their first child was born in 2019 and their second in 2022. 

In a 2019 interview with ET, Brooks praised Hallmark for being “wonderful and supportive” during her first pregnancy. She added that she would have loved to include her real-life pregnancy into her character’s storyline.  

“I think it would be neat to integrate an actual pregnancy into a character’s storyline, but that is ultimately not up to me,” she said. “There are many creative ways to deal with pregnancy while shooting.” 

When Calls the Heart Season 12 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. Episodes stream the next day on Hallmark+. 

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