Alyssa Milano "knew" she was expecting a girl because she had morning sickness.
The 41-year-old actress and husband David Bugliari will welcome their second child into the world later this year, and guessed from how different her pregnancy has been to when she carried their son Milo, two, that she is going to have a daughter.
She said: "I had morning sickness this time, but it went away right at 12 weeks.
"With Milo, I didn't have a minute of morning sickness. So I knew it was going to be a girl."
The 'Mistresses' actress gained 55lbs when pregnant with Milo but never worried about her weight as her only concern was her baby's needs.
She explained to the August/September issue of Fit Pregnancy magazine: "A female body is not made to look good in a bikini. It's made to give birth and have a baby and be a cozy companion for it afterward. And for my body, that meant putting on a lot of weight.
"I didn't indulge in fast food or junk food, so I knew it was a healthy weight. I just realised, This is what my body needs to do to have a healthy baby."
Alyssa is happy she waited until later in life before having children as she never has to feel like she's missed out on anything.
She said: "I loved waiting a long time to be a mom. I'd had my ladies' lunches and my shopping days.
"When Milo finally came, I thought - This is what I've waited for my entire life. I wish I could sleep more, but it's not like I wish there were other things I could be doing socially or for my own benefit. Because I really feel like he's completed me."

Roger Daltrey wants to open a model railway museum.
The Who frontman has a keen interest in miniature trains and loves working on his own collection in his spare time.
He told Radio 2's Chris Evans: "I hate watching the TV because there's nothing on and I like listening to the radio. The great thing about model railways is you can be doing a bit of woodwork, a bit of painting, a bit of this, a bit of that, and having fun with your mates and you can listen to the radio."
And now Roger, 70, and some pals wish to celebrate the fact that railways were invented in Britain by opening their own international model railway museum in Ashford, Kent, South East England.
He said: "We're trying to start a model railway museum down in Ashford, me and a few pals down in Kent. Britain forgets that we invented the railway and it conquered the world. The railway was the first thing to open up the world in a big way for trade. We invented it, and we should be proud of that. The model making side of it, it's enormous."
According to Kent Online, he visited Ashford Borough Council on Tuesday (22.07.14) to discuss the proposed museum, which he hopes to open at the Klondyke Railway Works site in Ashford's Newtown.
A council spokesman told the website: "Roger Daltrey attended a meeting at Ashford Borough Council with the leader of the council Cllr Gerry Clarkson and chief executive John Bunnett about a proposal to locate an international model railway museum in Ashford. The meeting was attended by the group working on putting together the proposals for this exciting project. This was a preliminary meeting to discuss certain aspects prior to a formal planning application being lodged in the very near future.
"We were delighted to welcome Mr. Daltrey and the other guests, who are all supporting this proposed project, and we had an excellent and productive discussion."

Kelly Osbourne has a "unique insight" into the "male mind".
The 'Fashion Police' host - the daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his manager wife Sharon - admits her friends often see her as one of the guys, and she believes her experiences give her a special perspective when it comes to giving advice on relationships.
She wrote on her blog: "Although I can be very girly, I'm still known amongst my friends as one of the girliest dudes that they know. Growing up on the road, I was surrounded by men, so have a unique insight into the male mind."
Kelly spoke out after revealing a text a friend had received from a male pal which said: "I really wish you'd let me f**k you once if nothing else. I promise you amazing sex."
The 29-year-old star - who was previously engaged to Luke Worrall and Matthew Mossheart - slammed the disrespectful message and urged guys never to send such communications.
She wrote on her blog: "I'm all for being blunt and forward, but word to the wise fellas, talking to a lady like this is not cool and does you no favors. Seriously, is this bloke for real?
"I thought I'd share a little bit of advice with you all. To all you lovely gentlemen out there, DO NOT EVER send text messages like this. And if you do, AT LEAST lie and say you were drunk before apologising for being a complete tw*t. In your words, this is an instant boner killer.(sic)"

LeAnn Rimes' stepchildren have asked about her affair with their father.
The 'Can't Fight the Moonlight' singer embarked on a relationship with her 'Friday Night Lights' co-star Eddie Cibrian while they were both married to other people, and they tried to be as honest as possible with Mason, 11, and seven-year-old Jake - his kids with ex-wife Brandi Glanville -when they brought up the awkward subject.
LeAnn told 'Extra': "The kids actually came to us and asked, very nonchalantly over dinner, and Eddie was very honest with them in a way that you can be with a seven year old and 11 year old.
"[Eddie] is always the first person to say how much he loves me, and they see that in our house, and they feel that, so I think it's important not to lie to children. They understand way more."
The 31-year-old star thinks it is important to be "open" with the boys.
She added: "We both never want them to come back and say, 'You weren't honest with us about this.' They're very open with us, which is cool."
The couple have a new reality show, 'LeAnn & Eddie', and in the trailer for the series, the 41-year-old actor admits their relationship didn't have an ideal start.
He said: "We were both married when we fell in love. Was it the best way to start off? Of course not, but it happened."

Zoe Saldana is expecting twins.
The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' actress and her husband Marco Perego are said to be delighted they will welcome two children into the world later this year, several sources told E! News.
One insider added: "She's thrilled!"
The 36-year old actress is said to be around three months pregnant.
A source said recently: "Zoe is about three months pregnant. But she will only announce the news when she's ready.
"Zoe has always wanted a big family, and Marco's on board too!"
The 'Avatar' star - who was in a relationship with entrepreneur Keith Britton for 11 years until November 2011 and later dated actor Bradley Cooper until January 2013 - previously admitted she was in a "beautiful place" in her life when she met Marco last year and was ready to marry him shortly afterwards as she finally felt comfortable with herself.
She recently said: "I was finally able to spend time without being in a relationship and even though, it was a short period of time, it was beautiful.
"Where I lost that fear of being alone. It was bliss.
"I met my partner when I was in really a beautiful place in my life. When you are desired and you desire, so many things in your life start to make sense."

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip watched a hockey match at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland this afternoon (24.07.14).
The 88-year-old monarch and her husband sat amongst the crowd at the new Glasgow National Hockey Centre, where they watched the England women's team win their first match of the competition against Wales.
The team got off to the best possible start with the help of the royal couple's cheering, as they collected the maximum three points after goals from Alex Danson and Nicola White secured their victory.
The Queen's presence at the match came after she attended the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at Glasgow's Celtic Park last night (23.07.14) to mark the beginning of the sporting event.
The ceremony featured a "journey around Scotland", which was taken by John Barrowman, Karen Dunbar and hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers.
Meanwhile, the Queen has also become the focus of a viral photo, as she was spotted "photo bombing" the Australian women's national field hockey team's Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris' selfie as she snuck into the side of the snap while displaying an ear-to-ear smile.

Noel Fielding and Serge Pizzorno plan to do a forest tour.
The comedian and Kasabian rocker have teamed up again in their Loose Tapestries guise to soundtrack the new series of 'Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy' and they want to take their music on the road at some point.
Serge said: "We've promised each other that one day we'll do the most amazing eight or nine shows in forests or something.
"I can imagine it being like a medieval Wu-Tang Clan but with a weird British edge."
The duo were joined on one track on the album by 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' star Idris Elba and were delighted by his efforts.
Serge told NME magazine: "We've got Idris Elba rapping on a Christmas song. He was doing the 'Mandela' film and the time and we were laughing, saying, 'Imagine doing that and then coming down and dropping a Christmas rap on a medieval psych-prog record."
Noel added: "We sent him the track and he loved it so we just let him do what he wanted."

Duran Duran are suing their own fan club.
The 'Girls on Film' hitmakers have filed a $40,000 lawsuit against Worldwide Fan Clubs (WFC) for failing to deliver on several agreements in a contract signed in 2010.
WFC agreed to create and manage the band's fan club, and reportedly also agreed to be responsible for the sales and inventory of Duran Duran's merchandise, collect membership fees and maintain accounting records, with profits to be split 75-25 in the band's favour.
Lawyers acting for the 'Rio' hitmakers argue the company failed to keep accurate financial records and have not handed over agreed payments, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper reports.
The group's Nick Rhodes admitted last year the band were busier than ever, with a photography book, a new album and a stage show all in the pipeline.
Discussing his own photography exhibition, he said: ""The people who did the exhibition with me, the Vinyl Factory in London, would like to do a book because I have so much more than was even in the exhibition.
"We've started working on the new Duran album already too. I think it will be out sometime next year. And John Taylor and I are working on a musical together. That's something that we probably won't have finished for a year or more. We're keeping ourselves busy."

Charli XCX feels she's "proved people wrong" after scoring a huge hit with 'Fancy'.
The 21-year-old singer - who provides the chorus on the song - says she and rapper Iggy Azalea have had the last laugh against their critics after the track topped the US Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year.
Charli explained: "People give Iggy a hard time because she's Australian and white and female and apparently that's weird thing, which I don't get.
"People also view me as an underdog, so I think it's cool that we came together and had this girl power moment and were No.1 in the States for seven weeks. We really proved everyone wrong, which I think is really cool."
The British songstress, who also featured on Icona Pop's hit song 'I Love It', is happy to be riding high on the charts but she doesn't worry about falling out of fashion.
She told the Metro newspaper: "I would never change my style or my way of song-writing to fit in with what other people think is cool or commercial. It's cool people now think my s**t is cool - but I won't change if it becomes not cool either."
The 'Boom Clap' singer toured with Coldplay in 2012 and is hoping to secure a collaboration with frontman Chris Martin.
She enthused: "To collaborate would definitely be cool. I think Chris is one of the best, top-line writers around at the moment."

Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Fry are to star in 'Marked'.
The '24' star and the 56-year-old funnyman are to appear in the one-off drama, created by Sky Arts' popular comedy and drama strand 'Playhouse Presents'.
'Marked' will follow the story of James (Sutherland), a seemingly regular guy who's ground down by the pressures of work, family, money and life and - when he hits crisis point - agrees to an unlikely opportunity to make some easy money.
James' disgruntled neighbour - played by 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Kevin McNally - asks him to do a "hit" on a man in return for a large pay-cheque, however, when he arrives at the victim's house he discovers things aren't as they seem, and comes face-to-face with the last person he expects to see (Fry).
The drama was written and directed by Greg Ellis and reunites Sutherland and Fry, who both starred in the recent '24' reboot '24: Live Another Day'.
'Playhouse Presents' is renowned for a number of acting, writing and directing debuts and the previous series of the 30-minute drama and comedies saw Cara Delevingne make her first television appearance in 'Timeless'.
Director of Sky Arts, Phil Edgar-Jones, said of the upcoming episode: "When Stephen and Kiefer agreed to do a 'Playhouse Presents' ... It was like all my Christmases rolled into one."
'Marked' will air on Sky Arts 1 in December this year.

Karen Gillan watched "a lot of American TV" to prepare for her new US sitcom.
The former 'Doctor Who' star is set to make a splash across the pond later this year in new comedy 'Selfie' and she prepared for her part as a vapid American girl by studying accents on TV.
She said: "It's a comedy about a really narcissistic, self-obsessed girl. I took lessons, dialogue lessons, and I listened to a lot of voices on American TV.
"I [also] went to this spinning class in LA and there were a lot of girls that sound like that so I was like, 'This is perfect, I'm just going to absorb this while getting fit.' "
The Scottish starlet, who played Matt Smith's companion Amy Pond on 'Doctor Who' from 2010 to 2012, is excited to watch the eighth series as a fan and thinks new Doctor Peter Capaldi will be "amazing".
Appearing on ITV's 'Lorraine' today (24.07.14), Karen, 26, said: "I've seen the trailers like everybody else. I'm hugely excited.
"I was actually there when he came on to set for the first time because I was there for Matt Smith's regeneration so it was really weird because it was literally one in, one out. Matt Smith left the studio and then Peter Capaldi walked in and I was like, 'It's him!'
"I think he's going to be really good, I mean, he's an amazing actor. I think he's going to do an amazing job."

Sir Bruce Forsyth is to return to TV to present a one-off variety show on BBC One.
Sir Bruce - who quit his role as presenter of 'Strictly Come Dancing' earlier this year - says that his new show, 'Bruce Forsyth's Hall of Fame', will give comedians, singers and actors an opportunity to "emulate their heroes" by performing in front of a live audience.
News of Sir Bruce's return is sure to attract plenty of attention, and has certainly excited Jane Lush, the former commissioner of 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
She said: "I couldn't be more excited to be working again with Sir Bruce exactly 10 years since we first embarked on the 'Strictly Come Dancing' adventure together."
Jane - who is to make the show through her new company Ka looki Pictures - added that she hopes the show will become an established brand in the coming years.
Sir Bruce, meanwhile, admitted recently that leaving 'Strictly' left him "mentally and physically" exhausted.
However, it's clear that he retains an enthusiasm to work and will be reappearing on screens later this year.