'View' planning Hasselbeck maternity leave

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Celebrity guest hosts will fill in on the New York talk show "The View" when panelist Elisabeth Hasselbeck goes on maternity leave next month.

Hasselback intends to work until her due date and leave Nov. 8 or 9, ABC spokesman Karl Nilsson confirmed for People.com.

"I figured that we're going to be lonely without (former co-host Rosie O'Donnell)," Hasselbeck joked when she announced her pregnancy last spring. "So, (husband) Tim and I thought we should get busy and maybe make a little co-host."

The Hasselbecks also have a 2-year-old daughter, Grace