Barbie that wonderful doll introduced to us in 1959, and loved by so many, has been featured as the roll model of  many American girls, “I want to be like Barbie”.   Every Barbie collector I've talked to has told me, “No, Mattel never made a Barbie that was pregnant”. They did make the Heart Family. Production began in 1985 and ended in 1990.  Mr. Heart was actual a "Ken" doll and Mrs. Heart looked like Barbie like her cousin "Jazzie".  It originally had a Mom, Dad and two twin babies.  The collection soon included Grandpa and Grandma heart, six baby cousins, Trueheart the english sheep dog and all the accessories you could imagine.  There are a lot of Barbie type dolls made by other companies, ( Steffi Love, and Mommy to be Doll for example).  But never a pregnant Barbie by Mattel!  Mattel produced in 1986 a Heart Family "New Arrival Mom and Baby #2412 that caught the attention of the media.  Produced in both Caucasian and Af/Am versions.  I believe the #2412 was of the

Heart Family, but it is not a Heart family doll that I'm talking about. 

     In the late 80’s to early 90’s, (possibly Barbie’s 30th Birthday - during the Summer of the year) Mattel had announced they were going to release a pregnant Barbie to be sold in time for Christmas.  Mattel had already started production of these Barbie’s ( I believe at their plant in Middleton, WI- unless they had a plant in Minnesota at the time ).  Upon this announcement thousands of mothers protested to Mattel saying “We don't want our daughters growing up, to believe this is the way babies come about”, “Barbie can't be pregnant - she hasn't even gotten married yet”, etc..  and Mattel had stopped production and never officially released the doll. 
     However, a friend whom I will call Sally, had a friend that worked at the plant.  The friend at the plant sold Sally 3 of these dolls ($20.00 each), before production was stopped.  The belly rolled around, (like smash up cars) concave on one side with a little baby that you lifted out.  The other side bulged out, even after the baby was out.  I  have no idea how many of these dolls were stolen from the plant, (probably less then a dozen)  but if they are out there you will find them between Middleton, WI and Minneapolis, MN.  Now ironically a couple of years later Sally's house and dolls were destroyed by fire. 
     However in January of 2003 we were alerted to an e-bay auction the was titled "PREGNANT BARBIE~NOT MIDGE~SHE' HAVING A BABY"  So we went there, and this was the description the seller gave: 
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.........EVIDENTALLY BARBIE AND KEN GOT MARRIED SECRETLY BECAUSE SHE IS SPORTING A RING ON HER LEFT HAND AND IS READY TO HAVE A BABY ANY DAY....... JUST LIKE HER BEST FRIEND MIDGE FROM THE HAPPY FAMILY. BARBIE AND MIDGE LOOK SO CUTE TOGETHER WITH THEIR BIG TUMMIES. BARBIE COMES TO YOU LOOSE, DRESSED IN HER FAVORITE MATERNITY DRESS AND MARYJANE SHOES. BARBIE HAS A GENUINE BARBIE BODY. SHE HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH AND IS IN GREAT CONDITION. HER PREGNANT TUMMY CAN BE REMOVED AND HER STOMACH WILL BE FLAT AGAIN FOR POST PREGNANCY GOOD LOOKS. SHE COMES WITH ROCKING CRIB FOR BABY, NEWBORN, BABY ACCESSORIES, RECEIVING BLANKETS. SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOTHERHOOD AND KNOWS KEN WILL BE A GOOD DAD! DOLL IS NOT PART OF THE HAPPY FAMILY.  
We would appreciate any updates on this Barbie, these are two of the photos from the above listing.

Note: Midge Barbies friend was being sold pregnant just before Christmas 2002, and many of the wal-mart stores pulled them almost as fast as they were stocked, (don't know about other store sales). Just thought you'd like to know. 
L. C, Minneapolis, MN - 2002

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