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Jennifer: I do. Marc does too.
Marc: I don't go to sleep!
Jennifer: We don't go to sleep until 6 a.m. now. We're still in the first month, of course!
PEOPLE: Can you set the record straight about how challenging it was to conceive?
Jennifer: Sure. It was natural. We didn't do in vitro, which I know was reported. Everybody assumed that because we had twins. I wanted to have a baby, but I've always said exactly what I said all those years they asked us since we've been married: "Well, when are you guys gonna have some kids?" "When it happens naturally, I guess!" And that's when it happened. It was a surprise to us.
PEOPLE: Were you ever worried it might not happen?
Jennifer: You start getting older, you think to yourself, maybe [having kids] is just not meant for me. I knew there was nothing wrong with me. I knew that I could. Deep down, I really wanted it badly.
Marc: It never even entered my mind that it would never happen.
Jennifer: [turning to Marc] Really? Even after one year, two years, three years . . . You know, you start thinking to yourself, "Well, maybe . . ."
Marc: No! When you think about it, you only have a small amount of time each month when you can. So you try, and you have 12 shots a year.
PEOPLE: So how did you find out you were expecting?
Jennifer: I was in Portugal, performing and dancing my a-- off . . .
Marc: We were on the phone, and I said, "Baby, I have a sense!"
Jennifer: I said, "You think I am?" because it had been so long. When I came back, I took a test. I couldn't believe it! I was like, "Can we get another test, please?"
PEOPLE: Why didn't you believe it?
Jennifer: I think I really got to a point where I was like, "This is not gonna happen for me." [But by the third test I took] it was right there in my face. At that point I looked and I said, "Marc, could this be me?" I had tears in my eyes.
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