Mindy Kaling celebrated her 45th birthday with the reveal that she privately gave birth to her third child months ago.
Mindy Kaling is a mom for the third time! The actress celebrated her 45th birthday by taking to social media and revealing that she had given birth to her third child, a daughter named Anne, in February.
The Office alum shared a gallery of photos to her Instagram page, with the first featured photo being of her three children: daughter Katherine "Kit," 6, son Spencer, 3, and baby Anne. The post includes a photo of Kaling cradling her baby bump and a snap of her in a hospital bed alongside her two older kids.
"In late February I gave birth to my daughter, Anne. She's the best birthday present I could've ever imagined," Kaling captioned the carousel of photos. "When things are hard, whenever I veer towards cynicism, my three kids are such a great reminder of the pure joy in my life. I'm so lucky I live in a place where I could do this by myself, on my own timeline. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!"
This is the second time that Kaling welcomed a child while keeping it a secret from the public. The writer and producer welcomed her son, Spencer, in September 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic at a time when fans hadn't even known she was pregnant.
Back in 2021, Kaling reflected on the experience while speaking at a #WOW21 event (via People). Kaling noted that being a working single parent of two wasn't quite as easy as it might have looked from the outside.
Though she said parenting her children has "been wonderful," Kaling added, "I don't know if I recommend everyone having a secret pregnancy during a worldwide pandemic, but I will say I learned a lot from it. Definitely like a once in a lifetime type of thing."
Since Kaling welcomed her first child, Kit, in 2017, the Never Have I Ever creator has never revealed the identity of the father of her children. But she has opened up about her children and how motherhood has changed her.
After the birth of her son, Kaling admitted that her children have helped her become more calm.
"I wasn't a patient person before this," Kaling confessed during an appearance on CBS This Morning in August 2021. "I'm still not really patient, but it's really forced me to embrace that."
"I'm tested sort of every day," she added. "And I think it's great. It's really made me grow as a person. I feel like I'm so much more caring, and it's just, that's one of the blessings of parenthood. You just have to think about yourself less and it makes you a kinder person."
And this time last year, when celebrating her 44th birthday, Kaling paid tribute to the special occasion by celebrating her health and wellness and how it allows her to be the best mom she can be.
"Look I know I’m clearly materialistic but the best birthday gift to me, for the rest of my life, are these two guys. I was never a 'kid' person. When my mom passed though, it just clicked in me: I wanted kids with such intense certainty. I bet some of you can relate," Kaling captioned an Instagram post featuring a photo of Kit and Spencer pulling their luggage.
"Now I'm just trying to be present for them (hard for me! I'm impatient!), being up for anything (again hard for me, I am not whimsical!), and stay healthy for these two guys (ALSO hard! I just want to eat cheesesteaks every meal in front of the TV) for until I'm an old gray skeleton they're like 'mom, you gotta go.' My doctor told me that this year I was the healthiest I've been in years. That's a pretty damn good gift, right? I'm usually kind of low-level anxious, so I'm just gonna take one minute on my birthday to acknowledge that I am happy," she added.
Congratulations to Mindy Kaling's sweet family of four!
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