Labor Pains

Labor Pains
Directed by	Lara Shapiro
Produced by	Rick Schwartz
Written by	Stacy Kramer
Starring	Lindsay Lohan Bridgit Mendler Luke Kirby Chris Parnell Cheryl Hines Kevin Covais
Cinematography	Dan Stoloff
Production company	ABC Studios
Distributed by	First Look Studios
Release date	July 9, 2009
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,881,854

Labor Pains (also known as Almost Pregnant in Mexico) is a 2009 romantic comedy film written by Stacy Kramer. Originally the film was released in theatres on July 9, 2009, only in Europe, Latin America and United Arab Emirates. In United States, the film received a television premiere on ABC Family on July 19, 2009. The film drew 2.1 million viewers, a better-than-average prime-time audience for ABC Family, and per the network, was the week's top cable film among coveted female demographic groups.

Labor Pains was directed by Lara Shapiro and was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 4 and 31 in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively. It was starring Lindsay Lohan, Bridgit Mendler, Luke Kirby, Chris Parnell, Cheryl Hines and Kevin Covais.

Thea Clayhill is about to lose her position as secretary to a very cranky publisher. So she lies about being pregnant to save her job, as she saw on an episode of Law & Order that it is discriminatory to fire a pregnant woman. The plan works, and she gets to keep her job.

With help from her friend Lisa—and a "baby bump" stolen from a mannequin—Thea fakes her pregnancy while figuring out her next move. In the meantime, her boss gets called out of town and his cute brother Nick takes over. In an attempt to get an author Suzie Cavandish to publish a book with the company, he takes Thea to a meeting with the author. Thea convinces the author that they are the right "home" for her book. Nick then launches a new parenting division at the publishing company, and he wants Thea to be the editor. This results in a raise and promotion for Thea, as well as the beginning of a romantic relationship between her and Nick after breaking off her fake engagement with Miles. She begins to enjoy her life to the extent that her "pregnancy" becomes real to her. In an attempt to get Thea to admit her lie to her family, her little sister Emma throws Thea a surprise baby shower. When Thea still doesn't admit the lie, Emma destroys her pregnancy pillow in a fit of rage. Quickly, Thea grabs a balloon and leaves. Later that day, the author of the book is going to have a book reading, but her boss comes back a week early, and gets into an argument with Nick (which ends with Nick jumping on him, then Thea pulling them apart). After insulting Thea, she tries to go at him. Nick holds her back by the stomach, and her balloon pops, blowing her cover. After a couple of nights, Nick still does not answer the hundreds of calls Thea left him. She gets to go on the show talking about the book Suzie wrote. After everyone leaves, Thea and Nick kiss until the lights go out.