Jennifer Lawrence: "It’s so scary to talk about motherhood"
Jennifer Lawrence recently opened up about being a new mom - “it’s so scary to talk about motherhood", and how it has changed how she views children all over the world.
Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence recently welcomed a baby boy with her husband of three years Cooke Maroney.
Although she prefers to keep her family life private, she revealed the name of her baby, Cy, and said he was named after post-war American painter Cy Twombly, who is one of her gallerist husband’s favourite artists.
Jennifer revealed how blessed she is to have a child after suffering two miscarriages, one in her 20s and the other in the early stages of her marriage.
She added that talking about motherhood was not something that was easy for her because of all the different experiences mothers have.
“It’s so scary to talk about motherhood. Only because it’s so different for everybody. If I say, It was amazing from the start, some people will think, It wasn’t amazing for me at first, and feel bad," she said.
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She added that she had fears when she was pregnant that she might not love her child more than her pet, but she was grateful for the friends who told her she will eventually fall in love with her child.
"Fortunately I have so many girlfriends who were honest. Who were like, It’s scary. You might not connect right away. You might not fall in love right away. So I felt so prepared to be forgiving.
"I remember walking with one of my best friends at, like, nine months, and being like, everyone keeps saying that I will love my baby more than my cat. But that’s not true. Maybe I’ll love him as much as my cat,?" she said.
But she says it was love at first sight between her and Cy.
“The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over. Like, Now is day one of my life. I just stared. I was just so in love," she said.
She added that becoming a mother made her love "all babies everywhere".
"I also fell in love with all babies everywhere. Newborns are just so amazing. They’re these pink, swollen, fragile little survivors. Now I love all babies. Now I hear a baby crying in a restaurant and I’m like, Awwww, preciousssss.”
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