Preemptive Pain Relief Requested by Caroline Rhea

In a humorous appearance last week on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Caroline Rhea said she has no interest in pursuing natural childbirth with the baby she expects this fall. The actress and comedienne joked she's hoping for "that 1950s birth where you're knocked unconscious, and then the baby is brought to you," adding that she'd like an epidural "from month seven on, just in case." Pregnancy magazines have also been slightly unsettling for Caroline, particularly one article which warned that her "vagina will never look the same" after giving birth. The headline prompted the 44-year-old to quip, "I wouldn't be able to spot mine in a lineup now."

Joking that her longtime boyfriend, Costaki Economopolous, is writing a book on "things not to say to pregnant women," Caroline revealed that if the baby is a boy she's "supposed" to name him Vasilis, after Costaki's father. "It sounds like something you would clear up with cream and antibiotics," Caroline said. But Costaki isn't only interested in playing the name game; Caroline said the couple intends to hire a baby nurse, and "every time we pass a gorgeous woman he asks, 'Will our baby nurse look like that?'"

I tell him, no, our baby nurse is coming from the Russian troll agency.

Baby-on-the-way will be the first for the couple.

Source: Late Night with Conan O'Brien; Photo by Sara Jaye Weiss/Startraks.