Gisele Bundchen, 29, extolled her recent delivery of a baby as the most empowering experience of her life.
Bundchen’s delivery of Benjamin, now four months old, earlier made headlines for its reported lack of pain. Bundchen herself took to a new blog to recount the experience last December. She blogged: “Giving birth was the most intense and life-changing experience of my life. I never felt so vulnerable but so strong at the same time. When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditional love. I felt a huge sense of accomplishment. ‘We did it! We did it together!’ He and I. I never felt so complete and empowered in my life.”
Contact Music reports Bundchen had the baby in the bathtub at home in the penthouse she shares with husband Tom Brady in toffy Beacon Hill, Boston. “I was able to feel safe, blessed,” she said. “I was allowing my mind and my body to let go and be free to experience the changes taking place within while surrounded by love.”
Bundchen’s natural water midwife during the birth described it as “love-assisted” and noted that contrary to initial accounts, the supermodel worked during the birth.
Kourtney Kardashian has thanked her fans for sending her baby tips following the birth of son Mason.
The 30-year-old reality star took to her Twitter page to thank her followers for their advice.
Kardashian, who gave birth last month, had earlier told fans that strawberries should be avoided while breast feeding.
She added in response to her statement: “Some highly allergenic foods (strawberries) may be passed in2 breast milk, increasing the risk of later food allergy in the baby.”
She later said: “im LOVING all of ur baby tips and advice by the way! keep em coming if uv got something good.”
Actress Nicole Richie and husband Joel Madden have tweeted from hospital about their new born son.
Richie, 27, who is still in hospital after giving birth to her second son Sparrow James Midnight Madden, took to her Twitter page to excitedly express her love for her family.
She said: “What a great day to come back on Twitter.
“Thank you everyone for your well wishes. I love my family!!”
Madden, 30, also wrote on the social networking site.
The singer said: “1st day of his life & my son is already a trending topic on twitter.
“That’s right son, ur just like your old man.”
An official statement on Nicole’s website said: “He weighs 7lbs 14oz. Nicole, Joel, Harlow and Sparrow are all doing well. Thank you for all of your good wishes.”
Sparrow will join his big sister Harlow Winter Kate.
Bridget Marquardt has given the game away on Kendra Wilkinson’s bachelorette party, reportedly held last week in Hollywood.
Marquardt, a TV host and star of Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches and The House Bunny, said: "There are two games that are kind of raunchy," she said.
She was reportedly talking about an adaptation of "pass the bottle", only with a sex toy. The toy gets passed between the legs of the players and if the music stops while they have it, they’re out, she said.
"The other one is just a storytelling game. When you give Kendra her present, you have to tell about how old you were when it was your first time, who it was with and where you were."
Wilkinson is engaged to football star Hank Baskett, and the pair are expecting a baby in December.
US cyclist Lance Armstrong has welcomed a fourth child, it was reported.
Armstrong reportedly used his Twitter account to break the news of the birth of a son, named Max, with girlfriend Anna Hansen.
Armstrong reportedly wrote: "Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My mommy is healthy and so am I!"
He waited about 15 minutes before tweeting again to thank doctors and nurses, and saying the baby weighed in at 7lb, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches in length.
Armstrong, who has been mounting a comeback from retirement in recent months and is a survivor of testicular cancer, has three children with his former wife, Kristin.
He dated singer Sheryl Crowe before the couple reportedly split because Crowe wanted children. He is seven times winner of the annual French Pyrenees bicycle race, the Tour de France. He is reportedly intending to compete this year when the tour starts on July 4.
Nicole Richie was spotted waiting for an elevator. She’s looking so stylishly dressed for a pregnant mom to be. I haven’t seen any waif thin pregnant women in my neighbourhood wearing stilettos and clingy dresses like this outfit. She looks like she’s ready to walk the red carpet.
Joel Madden her boyfriend and father of her children tweeted last Friday:
“So Last night I ended up playing poker till 3 a.m. Thank God for my awesome girlfriend who let me sleep in today.”
M.I.A. has been booked for the second night of Coachella and will take the stage on April 18th. She’ll be replacing Amy Winehouse who will not be performing as she’s been denied a work visa due to all her legal troubles.
M.I.A. had her baby just last month, guess she’s not going to to be taking an extended maternity leave. I have to hand it to her, she worked right up to her delivery when she performed at the Grammys on her due date!
TMZ has M.I.A’s new baby’s birth certificate and, the baby’s name is not Ickitt, it’s Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman. There had been a rumour floating around on the internet that she was calling her child Ickitt and she took to her blog to dispute that matter and now we know the rumour was just that a rumour. Ikhyd is unusual, just like her.
Jennifer Lopez is pictured here walking into the Bowery Hotel in downtown NYC yesterday to have dinner with her manager Benny Medina. Seems she has done what she said she would and that was to take a year off with the babies and then get back to work. Many other celebs have stated they’ll take time off, but end up going back to work after just a couple of months.
She recently spoke to In Touch Magazine. When asked about Britney’s breakdown, Jennifer said:
“That was painful to watch.”
She went on to say:
“I understood the pressure she was going through, having been through a divorce, having money, having people depend on you. It will destroy you.”
Jennifer also revealed how she and her hubby Marc Anthony handle disagreements that come up during their marriage:
“If one of us has a complaint, the other one has to listen, no matter how difficult. We have to see if we care enough to change it and if we do care, then we have to change it.”
Yes it is true that the public pressure that celebs go through because of their fame can be difficult, but they have the wealth to help them cope. It needs to be said that non-celebrity people who don’t have the financial resources that stardom gives also face real pressure and difficulty. Many of them go through health problems, divorces, financial crisis and survive, they are not destroyed.
Britney spent some time with her sons yesterday, Thursday, at Disney World in Florida. They really seem to be having a fun time together as a family… which is nice. She’s gone through a very difficult time with her breakdown and now that she is back on track and has the love and support she needs to continue to get well, I wish her nothing but the best for health & success both with her personal life, and with her tour.
She’s still under a LOT of pressure being a single working mother who is supporting not only herself, but her family and a massive team of people. It can’t be easy being under a microscope.
After her Disneyland day of fun she flew to Atlanta and put on quite the show. The fans there loved her!