Anne Hathaway has experienced "painful" moments en route to her latest pregnancy.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway

The Oscar-winning actress recently announced she is expecting a second child with husband Adam Shulman, but she's admitted it's been a tough journey.

Anne, 36 - who already has a three-year-old son called Jonathan - told 'Entertainment Tonight': "It's not [always a straight line]. There is a one-sided narrative to this, and of course it's wonderful that we celebrate the happy moment when it's ready to share.

"I think there is a silence around the moments before that and they are not all happy, and in fact a lot of them are quite painful. I think that pain is that these women feel like we're the only ones going through it."

Anne revealed her happy news via a post on Instagram, and the Hollywood star admitted she thought long and hard about how she worded her message.

She shared: "I just knew that somewhere my announcement was going to make somebody feel worse about themselves because - and it wouldn't be their fault that that happened - you just can't help it when you want something so bad and it feels like it's happening to everyone else but you.

"And I just wanted that person to know that they're included in my story too and that my story didn't just have happy moments too."

Anne's pregnancy announcement featured a picture of her baby bump and a supportive message for women who were dealing with fertility issues.

She wrote on the photo-sharing platform: "It's not for a movie... #2

"All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love (sic)"


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