She didn’t want a ‘drugged-up baby’. Or at least, that’s what everyone’s saying.
Miranda Kerr has spoken openly about the birth of her son Flynn in an interview with UK Harper’s Bazaar for their August edition.
The 29-year-old said she’d seen birthing videos where “the baby was a little drugged up” when it was placed on its mum’s breast, so chose a natural birth without pain relief.
But in saying so she’s angered mothers who did have an epidural or c-section.
Kerr – whose son is now 18 months old – said: “I had made a decision I wanted to do it naturally. So I was kind of upset when the doctor said I had to be induced because there wasn’t enough liquid around the baby.
“She was like, ‘most people who get induced have the epidural. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t.’ And I’m like, ‘I made a plan. I am determined to do this without pain medication‘.”
As to the reason why, she said: “I wanted to give him the best possible start in life I could.”
On maintaining her figure after Flynn was born,
Kerr said: “I didn’t feel the pressure to snap back into shape… My priority was just having my son and breastfeeding, which was something I really wanted to do, and it came easily.”
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Comments like that annoy me, not because she can't talk about what she wanted and what happened and how she feels about it, but there is this undertone of "because other people want to shed their baby all doped up". Some of us want a live baby. That is all. If they're a touch doped up at birth, well whatever. It's not ideal, but it's better than dead baby.
I love the photo of her breastfeeding her little boy, it is so sweet.
I hope Miranda hasn't offended too many women out there with her comments. This article is likely to stir up the pot unfortunately.