It also added “another interesting complication” to her character’s arc, with Rosenberg noting that “once you have a kid on the way, you’re not just making decisions for yourself.”

Cuoco said that she loved how Based on a True Story — which premiere’s on June 8 — remained “super edgy,” even with her pregnancy, by dressing her in belly shirts, featuring her in her bra and building a baby bumb for her photo double, which allowed the show to keep planned sex scenes.

But ultimately, her pregnancy — and daughter, whom she welcomed in late March with former Ozark star Pelphrey — just weren’t “on my radar,” she said, adding that “this was not a goal of mine.”

“As a young girl I dreamed of it, but I became involved in my career. Then when we met, it was instantaneous — ‘Oh my God, I want to have a kid with you.’ We both wanted it so badly, which was not what I thought my life would be,” she said. 

“I love my career and wanted to just keep living my life. But Tom came along, and something changed. We’re not 20, so we felt like we probably couldn’t wait too long. Then we got so blessed — it happened right away.”