United Kingdom, May 28 -- Mindy Kaling was "confined to bed" for six weeks after her last pregnancy.

The 46-year-old actress was urged to rest by doctors after privately welcoming her third child, a baby girl called Anne, in February 2024.

Mindy told the Giggly Squad podcast: "I was on bed rest for my last baby, who is two. The last six weeks, I was confined to bed. It was heaven to just lie in bed, take all of my Zooms and it was like, 'I have a medical condition.'"

Mindy joked that the enforced rest even gave her an excuse to take important meetings in her pyjamas.

The actress - who also has Katherine, eight, and Spencer, five - said: "I have to look bad Zooming with Bela Bajaria from bed wearing sweatpants and she just has to deal ...