Ireland Baldwin has opened up about motherhood in a very honest post (Pictures: Instagram)
Ireland Baldwin has been praised for sharing an honest update on motherhood, after welcoming her first child.
The 27-year-old – daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger – gave birth to a baby girl earlier this month, with partner Rac, real name Andre Allen Anjos.
She confirmed the little one’s arrival on Instagram and shared the first photo – unveiling her name as Holland.
In a lengthy Instagram post, the new mom has opened up about her pregnancy journey, explaining that she ‘really struggled’ as she was constantly worrying behind the scenes, and hoped to help others in her position with her honesty.
‘I haven’t really taken a moment to process all this. I just wanted to write a message here for the soon to be moms,’ she began. ‘I really struggled in my pregnancy as many of us do. Not just by puking everywhere. I don’t miss that.
‘As someone who suffers tremendously from health anxiety, pregnancy shifted everything into overdrive. Every thought in my head pertained to hurting the baby. Hurting myself. Blame game. I’m doing it all wrong.
‘I spent the last 9 months worrying about pulmonary embolisms, blood clots, pre eclampsia. I read countless pregnancy horror stories and watched negative birthing video after video until I’d go numb from it all. I worried I wouldn’t make it through my delivery or something terrible would happen.
‘Then it all just happened so fast. When she was born, all of this dissolved into nothingness. Nothing ever mattered until that moment [sic].’
Ireland also slammed other women who ‘would go out of their way’ to share the negative aspect of motherhood, claiming that her relationship would be impacted and how her body would ‘fall apart’.
‘Nearly everything everyone told would happen, didn’t,’ she continued. ‘The delivery was intense, but I’ve been in worse pain. She was born. My fears fled. My heart was full. I’ve fallen in love again for a second time.
‘I’ve lost a lot of sleep, but I couldn’t care less. I could stare at her doing absolutely nothing for hours. A sense of calm has washed over me since her arrival and that has in turn made me feel rested.
Ireland announced her pregnancy on New Year’s Eve (Picture: Instagram)
‘My body created life. A brain!! A heart. Little feet! My body is f**king magic. No one could tell me otherwise. You’re right, I will never look at it the same. And I don’t want to. I would birth her 1000 more times if I had to [sic].’
She revealed that, despite her fears, her recovery has been ‘smooth’ and she has enjoyed a lot of family time with Rac, his parents and her mom.
‘I couldn’t be more grateful for my partner’s parents and my mom who visited,’ she said. ‘My partner and I have taken this on together and we make an even better team than I imagined.
‘I’ve never been more in love with him. I catch a glimpse of the future father he’s going to make and it makes me quite emotional. She’s the luckiest girl to have him as a dad.
‘I am so proud of my body. I am so proud of the work I put into preparing for birth. I was as prepared as I could be. Without the breath work I studied, I’m not sure what I would have done. Without my badass OB, angel of a doula, and the nurses who cheered me on, I don’t know where I would be.’
The model added: ‘I guess my moral here is, you got this. Don’t let people tell you how it’s going to be. Life is scary and unpredictable and this process was terrifying but it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done and will ever do. Don’t let people scare you. Just take deep breaths and enjoy being pregnancy. Even if you’re a waddling, constipated solar system like I was.
‘Because now that she’s out, I stare at her little feet kicking the air and remember what it was like feeling her kick me. knowing she was protected by my body and now she’s a little person in the world. It hasn’t been long at all, and I already wish I could stop time [sic].’
Fans and famous faces were quick to flood the comments below with praise, thanking Ireland for being so honest with her journey.
Gigi Hadid was among those supporting her pal, penning: ‘Proud of u mamaaaaaa [sic].’
Ireland was praised from fans and famous pals (Picture: Instagram)
Rumer Willis agreed: ‘I love this and I love you and sweet baby Holland.’
A follower said: ‘As someone whose expecting their first baby in October, thank you for this post.’
‘This is beautiful as always, your mind speaks the word for many who’s words dont find their way to the surface,’ another agreed. ‘Thank you for speaking boldly and for being you. She’s so lucky to have a magical Mom like you xx [sic].’
An Instagram user added: ‘This. I love and feel every word and you are absolutely right on all of it. Feel and experience every second as it comes and how it presents itself. You’re already a great Mama xo.’
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