Can you imagine actually loving gaining weight?

Ellen Pompeo is loving the perks that come from being a mom. In addition to caring for her adorable daughter Stella, the Grey’s Anatomy star – who has been frequently criticized for her slender frame – is finding a new appreciation for her pregnancy weight gain.

“I went up a pants size during my pregnancy. I was a size 25 in jeans and went to 26. I gained 26 pounds!” the 40-year-old actress says in the new issue of Self magazine.

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