--- title: Natalie Portman's Pregnancy Has Her Concerned About Eating description: Find out what Natalie Portman's biggest pregnancy fear is, while she's pregnant with her second child. canonical: https://time.com/4655054/natalie-portman-pregnant-eating/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-31T16:27:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:36.732Z og:title: Natalie Portman Reveals Her Biggest Pregnancy Fear og:description: We can relate og:url: https://time.com/4655054/natalie-portman-pregnant-eating/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb90ce6e60f9392f8/6988b8075f570f5176b23ed3/natalie-portman-pregnant-food.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4868 og:image:height: 2738 og:image:alt: The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Natalie Portman Reveals Her Biggest Pregnancy Fear twitter:description: We can relate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb90ce6e60f9392f8/6988b8075f570f5176b23ed3/natalie-portman-pregnant-food.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Natalie Portman Reveals Her Biggest Pregnancy Fear > Sponsored content. 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Christopher Polk—Getty Images for TNT by [Megan Lasher](https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Jan 31, 2017 4:27 PM UTC [Natalie Portman](http://motto.time.com/4651993/natalie-portman-vanity-fair-baby-bump/) is pregnant with her second child, and as her due date approaches, she says she has one major fear: Not having enough food. She’s already mastered the art of [dressing for the red carpet with a baby bump](http://motto.time.com/4653331/natalie-portman-fashion-pregnant/), so now [Portman](http://motto.time.com/4631265/natalie-portman-ashton-kutcher-hollywood-pay-gap/) says her main concern is making sure she’s always well fed. “I feel like I get a little panicky about food availability. Like, if I’m going somewhere, I’m like, ‘Will they have something that I will want to eat at that point?'” Portman [said on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SdJscyLZCE)on Monday night. “So before I go anywhere, I’ll have a plate of pancakes or, like, a veggie burger or whatever, just to be prepared.” She told Kimmel that the SAG awards did have food, although she had already eaten. She added that people tend to be more careful around her as the due date approaches, but she doesn’t like too much sympathy. “Cutting in the bathroom line is one I’ll take,” she said. 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