"I never thought this could happen to me," said CNN legal maven Nancy Grace, 47, patting her bulging belly as she shopped for maternity clothes. She was holding her jeans together with rubber bands!

Grace was set to announce both her secret marriage and her becoming-more-noticeable-by-the-moment pregnancy on her CNN Headline show tonight. The tabloids beat her to it. Her marriage and pregnancy were announced in the New York Post today and the announcement was followed with segments on the evening entertainment shows.

Grace, a former prosecutor who became a victim's advocate when her college fiance was murdered, is known for her hard edge and gruff interview style.

She joins former first lady of New York City, and one-time news anchor, Donna Hanover, as another high profile media pro to marry a teenage sweetheart. Grace married David Linch, an Atlanta investment banker, in a secret April wedding.

They attended Mercer together in the 1970s and have stayed in touch all these years. Very closely in touch, it would seem. The couple married In Grace's hometown of Macon.

The bride says she walked down the aisle to her favorite song, 'Moon River,' read her own vows and also read from the Book of Ruth.