Hedda's Got A Baby (Is she pregnant?)

I don't know for sure if Hedda is pregnant but Ibsen hints at it multiple times in the play but Hedda's pregnancy could just be a symbolic meaning rather than actual pregnancy. In the first act Tesman makes a reference to the fact that Hedda has been gaining weight which indicates she is pregnant. I think Hedda's refusal to admit that she has begun to gain weight hints at her problematic relationship with being pregnant and also with Tesman, the assumed father of the child. Tesman remains unaware of the pregnancy, another indication that their relationship suffers from a lack of openness and awareness. For the symbolic meaning of this is Hedda's way of being trapped in being a woman instead of the masculine role she always takes on.