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As the sixth season of Grey's Anatomy draws (slowly) closer, the question of how the show is going to work around star Ellen Pompeo's maternity leave lingers.

E! Online says in its spoiler Q&A today that in regards to another ABC show, the network didn't want Rachel Griffiths (who gave birth to her third child June 21) to skip any Brothers & Sisters episodes. Production was thus pushed back a week to accommodate her.

What does that mean for Grey's Anatomy?

Well, if you assume ABC does not want an Ellen Pompeo-less Grey's Anatomy, they may seek a similar situation - however, she is due this fall, so pushing back production may not work.

Solution? Up in the air. But one possible scenario is that when Ellen Pompeo gets back, they shoot a number of Dr. Meredith Grey scenes in succession, and then work overtime to slot her scenes into the episodes that were shot/produced before her return.

Therefore, the audience gets the full Meredith experience with no gaps. Sound workable to you? Or would you rather she just take time off - or be pregnant on the show as well?

It's been quite a week for Ellen Pompeo pictures! The pregnant Grey's Anatomy star showed off her burgeoning baby curves as she headed to her car in Hollywood.

The day before, the 39-year-old, mairred actress and her husband Chris Ivery stopped by their new Hollywood home to check on the progress of their remodeling.

Here are a few cute pics of Ellen and her baby bump ...

No word on whether that's Gigi or Valentino with her in the second photo!

A floral nursery, that is. Excuse the confusion.

Pregnant Grey’s Anatomy actress Ellen Pompeo and a friend picked up some greenery for Ellen’s new home with Chris Ivery at Sheridan Gardens Nursery in Burbank, Calif.

Isn't she the cutest pregnant person?

The day before, Ellen was spotted furniture shopping with her former Grey’s Anatomy co-star (and good friend) T.R. Knight. She's out and about a lot these days!

Pregnant actress Ellen Pompeo and her former Grey's Anatomy co-star T.R. Knight headed over to the L.A. Design Center on Western Avenue in Los Angeles late last week. Cute!

The original Grey's Anatomy pair shopped around for furniture for Ellen’s new home. Some pieces for the new nursery, perhaps? That baby bump is really beginning to show!

Last month, Ellen and T.R. were spotted lunching at Milk together in Los Angeles. It's nice to see that even after T.R. left the show, the two stars' friendship is as strong as ever.

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo showed off her burgeoning baby bump as she leaves her home in Los Angeles on Thursday. The actress announced about two months ago that she is pregnant with her first child. She married back in 2007.

Isn't she such a cute pregnant person?

Earlier this week, the 39-year-old and her husband, Chris Ivery, were seen leaving Mike’s Pastry on Hanover Street in their native city of Boston, Massachusetts.

The couple carried out a box full of sweet treats before heading back to Boston Harbor Hotel, where they stayed. Good to see they made a nice trip back home!

Ellen Pompeo is ready to be a mom!

"She is so on top of it, and she is so excited and she is very sweet about it," Grey's Anatomy co-star Jessica Capshaw (Arizona) told Us Weekly at an event at the Byron & Tracey Salon in Beverly Hills on Thursday. "She is doing all her research."

Capshaw - who had her first child, Luke, in September 2007 - says she hasn't had to give any parenting advice to her pregnant co-star.

"She doesn't need any," the actress tells Us. "She is exactly the way that she should be about it, which is really excited and hopeful but at the same time really pragmatic and planning."

"I think that is the best way for her to be."

Ellen Pompeo, 39, announced in April that she and her music producer husband of a year and a half, Chris Ivery, are expecting their first child.

Capshaw - who stars as Dr. Arizona Robbins in the hit ABC series - doesn't know if her pregnancy will be written into next season's show, and she's equally unaware if T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl will return (rhe two appeared to have died in the season finale).

"No one knows!" Capshaw says.

She adds: "[Show creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes] is keeping it under wraps, and I think the best thing about that is she is the guardian of the gate. It's better that way. She doesn't even run the risk of it coming out because nobody knows."

Her beloved Boston Celtics may be eliminated, but basketball fan Ellen Pompeo and her husband Chris Ivery will settle for their second favorite team: the local LA Lakers.

Here's the Grey's Anatomy star and her hubby cheering them on in Game Five of the Western Conference Finals at the Staples Center Wednesday night in Los Angeles ...

Pompeo and Ivery have been dating for many years, getting engaged on her birthday in November 2006 and married exactly a year later in 2007. They're just the best.

The pregnant star is begininng to show signs of a baby bump, which is awfully cute. Here's a photo of her outside the venue, glowing and showing traces of pregnancy ...

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo returned to her car after working out at the local gym and gave us a glimpse of her adorable pregnant belly in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The 39-year-old actress is doing everything she can to stay healthy and in shape as she prepares to welcome her first child with her music producer husband, Chris Ivery.

Grey’s Anatomy just wrapped Season Five with a surprising 2-hour finale last Thursday, leaving many burning questions on the table as we eagerly await next season.

Among them: Will Meredith be pregnant, will Ellen's pregnancy be concealed (a la Chyler Leigh), or will the producers figure out a way for her to be absent for a time?

Grey's Anatomy star and expectant mom Ellen Pompeo, who announced she is pregnant a week ago, brought along some adorable company - pet poodles Valentino and Gigi - while visiting a friend of hers in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday afternoon.

She sure makes a cute pregnant person ...

Ellen Pompeo is carrying three adorable creatures!

No word on how Pompeo's pregnancy will fit into the Grey's Anatomy universe. Will Meredith Grey become pregnant also? Will Ellen take a leave of absence? Will the producers use camera tricks or other disguises / approaches to disguise it until she gives birth?

That appears to be their approach with pregnant co-star Chyler Leigh, whose character, Lexie, was nervously stuffing her face with food at every opportunity last night!

Start the Baby McDreamy watch (sort of)!

Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is pregnant with her husband, Chris Ivery, her rep confirms.

"It's great news," says Jennifer Allen. "They're ecstatic."

The couple, both natives of the Boston area, met in a Los Angeles grocery store in 2003 and began dating six months later. They've been together ever since.

The actress, 39, and Chris Ivery, 41, were married personally by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a low-key ceremony on her birthday in November 2007.

They got engaged on her birthday exactly a year earlier in 2006.

Chris Ivery: Ellen Pompeo's real-life McDreamy.

No word on whether there is a McDreamy Jr. in the works, given this new announcement. Don't be so sure. Chyler Leigh, who plays Pompeo's half-sister on the show, is currently expecting but her pregnancy was hidden, not worked into the script.

"I keep wondering when the transition from carrying charts to pushing wheelchairs to pushing gurneys to close up face shots in the OR will happen," Leigh, who already has two children with her husband, joked to Access Hollywood a couple of months ago.

"I guess the positive is, I'll have really buff arms from all the carrying and pushing of random medical equipment." Meredith's got to be pregnant on the show, right?

Either way, congratulations to Ellen and Chris from all of us at Grey's Anatomy Insider! Click to enlarge more photos of the happy, expectant couple below ...