Mariska Hargitay made her return to NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit this week. Prior to her return she sat down and gave an interview to USA Today and discussed baby August and becoming a working mom. She been balancing the tug-of-war between being a mom and working by combining the two parts of her life. She goes to work with August and a nanny in tow.
"I was so worried about going back to work," says Hargitay. "I don't leave home without him! Just like a new American Express card. The blessing is I can be with him all day. ... I can't believe how lucky I am."
She has no plans of stopping work anytime soon, "I have no intentions of leaving, even though our contracts are up this year," she says.
She plans to continue to nurse August until he turns 1, eats organic vegetables and poultry and two pieces of dark chocolate every day, and has hired a personal trainer. Mariskay says whe wants her "body and spine would be strong" for toting August around in a Baby Bjorn.
August fits in perfectly around the SVU set, "He's completely embraced here. People are fighting over who gets to hold him."
The little tyke has become the center of her world since his arrival six months ago. "I just want to spend as much time with him as possible," Hargitay says. "He comes out, and it's like, 'You are my life.' It reinvigorates and re-energizes your marriage. My husband and I are so much more in love than we were before. We can see these new parts of each other as parents."
"This kid," she says, "knows he was wanted more than anything in the room. I hit the jackpot."
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