She may not have an accident-prone husband like her character on the CBS comedy Worst Week, but Erinn Hayes does have one major thing in common with the pregnant Melanie Clayton: She's expecting!

Hayes, 32, tells PEOPLE exclusively that she and her husband, construction superintendent Jack Hayes, 34, planned the pregnancy to coincide with her character's. "I'm nothing if not an opportunist," jokes Hayes.

The actress, who is mom to 1½-year-old Maggie, is due in May. If Worst Week is picked up for a second season, Hayes will resume filming the slapstick show in August. "The timing couldn't be more perfect," she says.

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