Labor Pains is a
television film, starring
Lindsay Lohan,
Luke Kirby,
Cheryl Hines,
Chris Parnell, and
Aaron Yoo. The film was originally going to be released in
theatres, but instead received a
television release on
ABC Family on July 19, 2009. The film was then released to
DVD and
Blu-Ray on
August 4 and
August 31 in the
United States and the
United Kingdom, respectively. The film drew 2.1 million viewers, a better-than-average prime-time audience for ABC Family, and per the network, was the week's top
cable movie among coveted female demographic groups.
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Plot
Thea Clayhill (
Lindsay Lohan) is about to lose her position as secretary to a very cranky publisher (
Chris Parnell) -- so she lies about being pregnant to save her job, as she saw on an episode of
Law & Order that it is discriminatory to fire a pregnant woman. The plan works, and she gets to keep her job.