Former Ally McBeal star Courtney Thorne-Smith is celebrating after learning
she's about to become a first-time mother.
The actress, who plays a mum of three in hit U.S. sitcom According To Jim,
will become a real-life mother in January (08) - almost a year to the day after
she wed businessman Roger Fishman (01Jan07).Friends tell In Touch Weekly magazine the couple has been trying for a child
since they wed.The happy news ends years of heartbreak for the 39-year-old actress, whose
first marriage ended after just seven months. Her second chance to become a wife ended before she made it up the aisle,
she called off a lengthyengagement to cardiologist Robert Andrews weeks before
the wedding.The couple married in secret last year is a small ceremony at the back of their home.
The ceremony was so low key that reports claimed that not even their families knew
about it.