Actress Gwyneth Paltrow spoke about her difficult birth with her daughter Apple Martin, now 17 years old. She recalled the difficult moment and revealed that she almost died in the process. The 49-year-old also saidHollywood star from the filmIron Man on how her body has changed over the years.
Difficult birth for Gwyneth Paltrow
The actress is mother to Apple, 17, and son Moses, 15, whom she shares with ex Chris Martin. She is also stepmother to husband Brad Falchuk's two teenage children. During the interview, Gwyneth Paltrow shared that she "almost died" due to difficulties during labor. “I had two C-sections,” Paltrow revealed. “My daughter was an emergency. It was crazy – we almost died. It wasn’t good.” She continued: "Anyway, you have a big scar on your body and you think, 'Oh, wow, that wasn't there before.' And it's not that it's bad or you want to condemn it, but you're just like, 'Oh, my God.' Although the star did not reveal any further details about the intense delivery, she shared that she is glad to have gone through her pregnancy before the rise of social media.
According to Paltrow, mothers these days are under enormous pressure to look fit quickly after giving birth.” Thank God there was no Instagram when I was having babies, because now it's like when I see someone, 'Oh, I just gave birth two weeks ago and I have complete washboard stomach'. Gwyneth Paltrow criticized social media for placing unrealistic expectations on women to recover immediately after giving birth. “And how great, more power to the lady with the washboard [abs], but that's the absolute exception,” the Sex, Love and Goop creator continued, “and then now we're fed all these other images "What we're supposed to look like all the time - babies, not babies, whatever." The actress also pointed out the pressure women put on each other when breastfeeding, saying they should all be "friends with each other" instead.
