Not really. The pregnancy was added very last minute per Sandra Bullock's suggestion to incorporate the discussion with the priest, to enhance our understanding of it. He was basically saying that everything happens for a reason, a reason that which can't always be explained. But as the circle of life goes, the things that seem like a curse can disguise what is actually a miracle. You see, Linda and Jim's marriage was on the rocks (recall her conversation with Nia Long's character Annie, "we were roommates and my roommate was a liar," alluding to the affair. Linda wasn't able to save Jim through her experiences, knowing that he was going to do because fate is also an emphasized idea--that being able to predict the future is irrelevant to whether or not one can change it. BUT she learns that she was meant to go through this ordeal to come to terms with Jim's death before it happens and learn to better herself. She was depressed and could not find any value in life until she was faced with trying to save her husband's, and thus by making amends with him on the days he was alive, she brought new life into the world and learns the precious nature of life once more. We as an audience aren't meant to focus on a baby because that is a result of what Linda learns in the end. It's supposed to be a surprise to her character as well as the audience, otherwise we would not be as emotionally invested in the situation as she is.
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