Dominique Charriau/WireImage Vanessa Morgan reveals she returned to work five weeks after welcoming her baby daughter Kaia last July The actress returned to work to the next season of her TV series 'Wild Cards' She shares Kaia with fiancé James Karnik and is also mom to son River from a past relationship Vanessa Morganonly had a few weeks at home before returning to work after welcoming her baby daughter. During a Monday, May 19, appearance on theTamron Hall Show, Morgan, 33, shared that she returned to work on her television showWild Cardsjust five weeks afterwelcoming her baby daughterKaia last July. "I mean honestly, theWild Cardsfamily was so great and so caring. And so they were so accommodating," Morgan says. "We pushed filming back a month." "Obviously, it was really hard. I had an emergency C-section, so I was dealing with a lot of pain when I went back to work," she continues. "I'm not going to lie. It's really hard, but it was…I had such support, so it helped." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Morgan shares her daughter Kaia with fiancé James Karnik. She is also mom to son River, 3, with ex-husband Michael Kopech. Back in February, theRiverdalealum spoke with PEOPLE and shared who she still keeps in touch with from the CW show, as well aswho had already met her daughter Kaia. "We have a big group chat," she said of the cast, which includedKJ Apa,Cole Sprouse,Camila Mendes,Lili ReinhartandMadelaine Petsch. "And then we have, obviously, the separate ones." As for who she talks to the most these days, Morgan said, "I probably keep in touch with Mads — Madelaine Petsch — the most, and Lili and Cami." In fact, during a recent visit to L.A., she said she saw Petsch and Mendes — and they met someone special. "I saw Mads and Cami in L.A. andthey met Kaia, my daughter, for the first time, which was really nice." Morgan and Karnik firstannounced they were expectingtheir baby daughter in anInstagrampost on July 6, where the actress shared in the caption that their baby would be arriving "this month." The couple later revealed the sex of their baby in anotherInstagrampost on July 7. "My GIRL🌸.. can't believe you're gonna be here any day now," theWild Cardsactress wrote in the caption. "River literally asks everyday is baby sister coming today!? He's so excited to be your big brother," she added in the post. Read the original article onPeople
