Kate didn’t have an easy path to motherhood. In June 2013, a month after giving birth to her and Jamie’s daughter, the actress said on prenatal-focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin‘s Informed Pregnancy podcast that shortly before conceiving her little girl, she had had a first pregnancy that ended with a blighted ovum, a type of early miscarriage.
Kate also experienced complications while pregnant with her daughter. In her third trimester, she developed cholestasis, a liver condition. She was induced and underwent an emergency C-section after three days of labor, EmmyThe magazine was reported by in 2020.
When her baby girl was just 2 months old, she began production for the Hulu miniseries. The Teacher. “I find it quite easy to switch it on and off,” Kate told the outlet. Thank God! It is a total nightmare being a mother to a child, with screaming babies in your trailer and you having to pretend you are sexy. It was not horrible, but you get the idea. This little angel baby is mine.”