Jessica Alba Says Postpartum Workouts Were 'Horrible'

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When Jessica Alba unveiled her body-after-baby in a revealing ad campaign for Campari, it sent tongues wagging. The 27-year-old mom to Honor Marie, 8-months on Saturday, wants you to know that the transformation was not quick, nor easy, however. “[The workouts] were horrible,” she tells the March issue of ELLE. “I cried…And I haven’t worked out since.” Crediting a girdle for her slender waist, Jessica admits that even she has moments of body envy.

“Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist – any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, ‘I slept in it.’ I didn’t recover as fast as she did. I don’t have a six-pack – that’s just not my body at all. I’m not completely back to where I was. It’s not the same, but it’s not that serious. I’d rather spend an evening with my baby and give her a bath and read her stories and watch her roll around than go work out in a gym.”

Jessica conducted the interview in the midst of her first extended absence from Honor — she and husband Cash Warren were attending the inauguration while their daughter stayed with Jessica’s parents — and emotions ran high. “It’s been six days,” she admits. “It sucks; it’s the worst thing ever.” Jessica and Cash were able to keep in touch via Skype, but even that technology creates bittersweet moments. ”The worst is when you can see her little chubby hands grab the screen, and I’m not there,” Jessica says, before beginning to cry. “That’s a new thing — I never cried before. Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.”

Tears were also no doubt shed during Honor’s birth, which appears to have gone smoothly! Jessica, who used hypnobirthing techniques to deliver naturally, adds,

“Contractions aren’t that bad. If you’ve ever had bad cramps? That’s what they’re like. But that moment when they put the baby on your chest — that’s deep. It’s a deep experience.”

Source: ELLE

Comments

it drives me nuts when women say “contractions aren’t that bad, they’re just like bad cramps”….please. i’m happy for women who experience relatively fast, “crampy” labours, but i think the reality for most women is a little more intense….maybe it’s just me? who knows? i guess we can only feel our own bodies and our own pain…not judging.

- suze on February 4th, 2009

I had a hypnobirth with youngest (as Jessica did with Honor) and my experience was quite similar. I found contractions okay to deal with. It wasn’t until the baby was crowning that I really lost it. My labor with my older son was much worse which was why I researched hypnobirth in the first place.

- Brandi on February 4th, 2009

I was one of those woman that didnt think contractions were that bad, just like cramps I think. I can tolerate pain really well.

I was so scared of giving birth because my sister in law gave birth to my niece a couple of months before I was due, and you can tell she was in pain, she screamed, cried, passed out, etc. It was so bad…i was so scared!! Thank God my birth was a breeze, yes there was pain, but not like I had thought…I am glad I was one of the few that had it easy

- XOXO on February 4th, 2009

My mom told me several times that contractions were just like bad cramps. Nothing to it. TMI WARNING — I’ve had the world’s worst cramps so labor will be a walk in the park for me. Can’t wait! hahaha.

- Moore on February 4th, 2009

She’s nuts! Contractions are TERRIBLE! I can hardly feel my period cramps.

- Lagirl on February 4th, 2009

“Just like cramps?” I think not. It’s great for those who have it easy (or have selective memory, which I find happens with time), but to say that labor in general is just not that bad is misleading to a lot of women out there who haven’t experienced it and laughable to those of use who have.

Can’t say i feel bad that she cried during her workouts either… 9 months on 6 weeks off.. what did she expect?

- j on February 4th, 2009

Doesn’t hypnobirth help eliminate the pain because you’re so relaxed there is no tension?

- Nicole on February 4th, 2009

Hmm.. bad cramps? I felt like I had gotten shot when I had my first real contraction. I had two natural births, but still I would never in a million years compare contractions to cramps!!!! Guess she got lucky!

- Cindy on February 4th, 2009

Contractions aren’t that bad? GOod for her…not all of us have “bad cramp” labors. I used to have bad cramps during the TOM, but my labors were excrusiating horrible pain. I never had a cramp make your whole stomach turn hard and wrap around your back like a knife (or SEVERAL knives) were stuck back there!

I love honor’s cheeks, I would have to pinch them all the time!

- krewcat on February 4th, 2009

aw leave Jessica alone! Instead of disecting her personal labor that story of Honor during the inauguration made me teary eyed! It seems Jessica is so much happier being a mother and I can’t wait to watch Honor grow and develop! She is such a big and chubby baby for an 8 month old makingg me want to squeeze those chubby little cheeks!!!! I love the transformation of Jessica and hope her and Cash are together forever and continue to create a beautiful family!!

- Lisa on February 4th, 2009

Is it safe to sleep with a girdle? my grandma always tells me I should sleep with one…I am just to lazy! lol

- XOXO on February 4th, 2009

Ummm. well, lucky her for having ‘cramps’ instead of contractions.
That just isn’t the reality for most other women. I seriously hope her quote was just edited to make her look bad, because the way it came across is pretty insensitive to others experiences.

- Mrs. R. on February 4th, 2009

I don’t have kids, thus… never been in labor. But before I went on the pill, I had AWFUL cramps every now and again. I remember one time I was in high school and was cramping so bad I had to lay down in the nurse’s office (which I had never done before and never did again) and the pain of my cramps came in waves every couple of seconds/minutes and I felt like I was having contractions… or so I would assume. Granted, I am not saying it was as bad as labor — as a matter of fact, even though I was in tremendous pain, I would bet all my money that labor is worse. But if THOSE are the kind of “bad cramps” she is talking about, then I can kind of understand what she might be saying. I want kids more than anything, but I dread the day that I have to be in labor if contractions are worse than those cramps I had.

- Emily on February 4th, 2009

She doesn’t need to be sensitive about others experiences, because she’s talking about HER personal delivery experience. She trained to hypnobirth so she was following a specific program that perhaps others have not done and don’t understand. As I said previously I hypnobirthed with my second son after a horrible first delivery experience and I found myself relating to Jessica’s explanation of events. I was able to stay very calm and honestly quite relaxed up until the actual moment of the baby coming out. Of course delivery is different for everyone, but for people to tear apart Jessica’s own birth story because it doesn’t match their own or what they’ve heard isn’t right.

- Brandi on February 4th, 2009

My cramps are so bad they wrap around my back and shoot down my legs. Jessica DID say that they were comparable to BAD cramps. She didn’t say they were like normal menstrual cramps, she said they were like bad ones. She’s not the only mother I’ve heard describe them like that. Sheesh, people are so tough on her, I really don’t understand it at all.

- itallfallsdown on February 4th, 2009

Also, with a waterbirth the contractions usually aren’t that bad. If you’re lying on your back in a hospital bed just doing breathing you learned in a basic hospital course it’s probably going to be a lot worse than more modern ways of giving birth, whether it be hypnosis, water, or using a birthing ball.

- Nicole on February 4th, 2009

I don’t know. My menstrual cramps (even really bad ones) haven’t ever caused me to throw up – my first three contractions in the hospital, however, did.

I’m glad she had an easy and positive birth experience.

- Keltie on February 4th, 2009

well some women do have excrutiating cramps that feel like knives are stabbing them every few minutes… I know I do. My mother did too and she always says if you can deal with the cramps you have labor will be nothing. Every woman and every period and every labor is different so for one person contractions might be comparable to bad cramps if someone has experienced horrible cramps their whole lives. For others, maybe they can’t relate because their cramps were more like an upset stomach. People pass judgment too easily.

- hmm... on February 4th, 2009

HA!! I had a hypnobirth and I felt every single one of my contractions. I had back labor, my daughter was posterior and ended up with an emergency c-section. I felt every single one of those suckers(even while doing my hypnosis).

Jessica is just one of the lucky ones! She might not have had a 6-pack, but at least she had a vaginal birth.

- Sally C on February 4th, 2009

i’ve never given birth, but her stating that contractions are like bad cramps is quite reassuring to me since i already have bad cramps all the time now!

- ashley_anne on February 4th, 2009

OK, bad cramps compared to labor? I knew this was a topic to discuss. I have 3 kids and all births were different. I had “back” labor the worst pain the contraction are like knives in your back..my opinion the worst pain. I have had the “front” normal labor pains and it hurt so much I could never compare it to cramps, but that was me…these were natural births, no epidural. The last one I said no way, I want an epidural and it hurt just as bad in the beginning until I got relief andthen you still feel them. If i would compare labor to anything even slightly I would have to say a really bad tooth ache where you are getting shots of throbing pain every so often. Every woman is different and if you can compare it to bad cramps, you are in the lucky few. Jessica was lucky.

- Evy-Miami on February 4th, 2009

I’ve never been in labour, but I have experienced excrutiating period cramps, so bad that I’ve cried and thrown up. It seems to run in my family. My aunt also experienced very bad cramps before she had children and compared her labour to really bad cramps.

- Sharon on February 4th, 2009

I can’t believe people are losing it because Jessica Alba is not taking their experiences under consideration to make a statement about her own body.She is not a medical doctor advising patients about managing pain during labour. If mothers to be are naive enough to take her statements as an absolute reality that is their problem, not Alba’s.I don’t know why this tickled me so much,I don’t like her as an actress,but people need to chill.

- eva on February 4th, 2009

so when ya’ll are saying “labor” are you meaning just contractions or “crowning” as well, by the way, I REALLY hate that word….correct as it may be, the visual is not pleasant. for the record, I don’t have children and if I DO someday with my husband, we want no more than two (staying with the whole ecologically friendly, model).

- annette on February 4th, 2009

Are you kidding me – contractions aren’t that bad? Whatever, it’s the worst part of labor!!!! The pain is so unbearable, all I did was yell, cry, and cuss at the same time while having contractions!!!lol

- Emma on February 4th, 2009

my experience was similar. i had extremely painful mense cramps from high school until i married EVERY month… so for both kids, as i waited for labor contractions to be worse than cramps, it was about the same and endurable. so i guess i was preparing for a natural childbirth this whole time. for those who think we’re “lucky”– think about having “labor pains” every month for all those years!

- umma on February 4th, 2009

Jessica might have had an early epidural, who knows..? That would explain what she said. Perhaps she just used hypnobirthing for part of the birth – or not at all. We don’t know.

- anna on February 4th, 2009

Just like Cramps? Ok so if my cramps fee llike slowly being rolled over by a garbage truck, backs off, and rolls over me again ………every 28 seconds for 15 hours. Then YES they are just like cramps.

- Kim on February 4th, 2009

Anna, Jessica has already talked about having a natural hypnobirth when Honor was introduced in OK magazine over the summer. I’m sure the quotes are somewhere on this site.

Anyway, Lisa I agree, the part about Jessica starting to cry and being away from her was too sweet.

- April on February 4th, 2009

I think Jessica was just relating her experience, and I know that my mom describes both of her labors the same way. Bad menstrual cramps run in my family (they’re so bad that we faint, throw up, have throbbing pain that comes in waves and feels like your organs are getting twisted around, etc.). They’re absolutely horrible! So I can see how for some women like us, contractions during labor would be similar to our normal menstrual cramps. For those of you ladies out there who don’t experience period cramps that badly every single month, consider yourselves lucky lol.

- Ashley on February 4th, 2009

HA! There is absolutely no comparison between bad cramps and labor! If you never had a baby, you have no clue!! Dont even try. I was in labor for 32 hours, I still remember the pain!

- becky on February 4th, 2009

I never had cramps with my period before i had children.It is true that everyone is different but for me,i did not perceive contractions as painful.I had a homebirth and was totally free to move my body,make lots of low moaning sounds,and later lion growls as i approached transition.I did experiment to see if i stayed quiet,or didn’t shake my hips how i would feel,and it REALLY hurt like hell!i know if i had been in a hospital,on my back,hooked up to monitors..i would have had a MUCH different experience.I like that Jessica shares HER experience of birth,because i truly believe it does not have to be as terrible as so many would have you believe.

- Nancy on February 4th, 2009

I think people need to relax. I understand what Jessica means and have described my 2nd labor in the same way. My first daughter was induced. Pitocin contractions were horrible, I thought I was going to die. A million times worse than cramps. My second daughter I went natural, no medicine at all. I was not induced so labor began when it was supposed to. The contractions were not bad- just like very severe menstrual cramps. I’m not saying they were painless- but they were NOTHING compared to the pitocin contractions. So give Jessica a break. Some women just get lucky.

- megan on February 4th, 2009

I only have one child and one experience thus far. I wanted a natural and non-medicated birth and was really focused. But…I was in labor for 24 hours on Pitocin and only went from 1 to 2 cm. So after 24 hours of this intense pain (I was lucky to have never had menstrual cramps in my life, so this pain was pretty bad for me); I got an epidural. Unfortunately, I made myself feel really bad and guilty about it. But in the end, it ended the pain (to a degree, still felt uncomfortable) and I opened to 7 cm. in like an hour (from 2). So, it was helpful. I still hope for a non-medicated birth with my second, but if I need it, I won’t be upset if I have to ask for some medicinal support. Anyway, I just love how Honor has made Jessica a happier and more open person. I love them!

- erin h on February 4th, 2009

Jessica didn’t say “My contractors weren’t that bad” she said “Contractions aren’t that bad…” which generalizes all labor contractions. She didn’t speak about her experience specifically. I think this is what is getting people upset.

- thekate on February 4th, 2009

Hmmm. Well I guess all of those women who I help through labour & delivery really shouldn’t be complaining if they are just ‘like bad cramps’. I guess the next time one asks me to get the anaesthetist for an epidural, I’ll tell her to take some Pamprin and stop complaining.

And what’s she is actually doing is generalizing like thekate is saying. She didn’t say, ‘MY contractions weren’t that bad’. Everyone’s pain tolerance is completely different and to dismiss someone else’s pain like that is saddening.

- Liz on February 5th, 2009

I’m young,but do plan to have children someday (god willing), and I don’t get period cramps or any kind of symptoms related to a period, so I think I’m out of luck when I do go into labor one day! Once in a blue moon I get cramps in my lower back which indicates I’ll probably have labor pain there too.

- Mia on February 5th, 2009

April, I don’t believe everything I read… Celebrities saying they did not have infertility treatments is a perfect example. But what matters is mom and baby is happy and healthy.

- anna on February 5th, 2009

It’s true that her statement was generalizing all contractions, but who cares??? She probably just wasn’t thinking when she said that. Obviously we all know that the only person she can speak for is herself, so why take her comment so personally? I really can’t believe how quickly some people will just jump all over a celebrity for one comment, even if it is a misguided one.

- alice jane on February 5th, 2009

“Contractions aren’t that bad. If you’ve ever had bad cramps? That’s what they’re like”
……yeah…sure. Lucky her!

- sil on February 5th, 2009

Moore, I totally sympathise, I had horrendous cramps myself. My mum also said the same thing as yours, lol. I hope its natures way of preparing me for labour, and that i’ll be let off easy… I’ve heard hypno-birthing is quite successful. Isn’t it do to with visualization?

- Maddie on February 5th, 2009

Oh my god!! I was in labour for so long and every second of it HURT like hell, and beyond that- I was screaming, crying, lashing out and even threw up at one point- It was such a nightmare but thank god my son was healthy and happy when he finally came out. However I do agree that when they put your baby on your chest, it’s deep. When they put my baby on my chest, I looked at him, felt his warmth and cried. They told me it was a boy and that I was a mummy now and I just thought, ” Thank god, thank you, he’s okay, thank you. He’s beautiful.”

- babyboopie on February 5th, 2009

well i was told before i gave birth to my daughter that contractions were going to be like “bad cramps”. now i have suffered Endo half my life and I have had some bad cramps, some really really bad ones so i thought labour would be a walk in the park

my main contractions ended up being like my worst cramp times 50, every 2 mins for 7 hours, no pain relief. i would no way ever compare them to my bad cramps, so shes a lucky girl to go through a easy labour like that. funny enough i dealt with hours of bad pain, yet my actual giving birth (2 hours) was painless (i still can’t work that out – anyone?)

as for the girdle, both my grandmas told me the same thing. they swore by it. it hurt my stomach to much

- sarah on February 5th, 2009

forget about the cramps. It’s been 6 days without being with your baby? Wow, I couldn’t do it….that really would be tough, I would be emotional too.

- oreo on February 5th, 2009

Anna, I think that is very silly especially when Jessica was very open during her pregnancy and after about the kind of birth she wanted. What a silly thing that would be for her to lie about. I think fertility treatments are in a whole different ballpark.

- April on February 5th, 2009

Maddie, I’m hoping we can be among the “lucky ones”. Wouldn’t it be nice to go into hard labor thinking “hey, this is nothing new”? Gosh, I hope so. Would definitely make all these months worth it.
Hypnobirthing, which I’m planning to try with my babies, is like visualization, I’m told, focusing. I’ll read up on it more when the time comes.

- Moore on February 5th, 2009

I’ve experienced severe cramps & two child births.. and the contractions were NOTHING AT ALL like cramps.. to me anyway!
Lucky her!

- Jae on February 5th, 2009

I didn’t think labor was that bad…oh wait, that’s because I had an epidural!

I don’t think what she said was wrong…she’s talking about her experience…she’s right about one thing though, when they put that baby on your chest, your labor experience doesn’t matter so much because you’ve got the greatest reward on Earth.

- Angelika on February 5th, 2009

I’m always interested by what other women thought that contractions felt like. Others had told me they felt like cramps so that’s what I was expecting. That is not what I got though. The feelings was absolutely nothing like cramps for me. Not necessarily more pain than bad cramps, but a totally different kind of pain. To me it felt like my entire uterus became pain for the contraction. And then toward the end there’s a lot of pressure as well.
Glad Jessica was able to have an easy labor.

- stormdan on February 5th, 2009

Why are people taking this so personally? So what if she didn’t use the MY. Ofcourse it’s her experience, so it would be common sense that she is speaking of herself. If it was an easy experience for her she should be able to express it. Yes, everyone’s pain tolerance is different, if she said “oh, it was the most painful thing to go through.” I doubt anyone would be calling her out for dismissing the minimal pain some others have had during labor and delivery.

- dee on February 5th, 2009

I hate when women say contractions feel like “bad cramps”! No the hell they don’t! If I were to imagine getting stabbed in the lower abdomen with a small knife, I’m banking that’s what it would feel like! But the worst part for me were the first couple weeks after birth. Those episiotomy stitches hurt like none other! But I guess we are all different!

- asm1976 on February 5th, 2009

Honestly, I found my labour pains were alot like bad cramps, I didn’t really find it that difficult until it was time to push (without an epidural).

I think every woman’s labour is different and it depends on how easy your birth was and your tolerance for pain, etc. Like my SIL felt the same way I did (again without an epidural, my city didn’t offer them) but our friend seriously thought she was going to die.

- Mary-Helen on February 5th, 2009

Well, I haven’t had any children yet so I don’t know much about labor, other than what I read. I did laugh out loud when I read Jessica’s comment because my mom always says to me, “Yeah, try multiplying that by 100 and you have labor,” whenever I have cramps.

But, obviously, EVERYONE has a different labor experience. Lay off her! I see some people agreeing with Jessica saying, yeah, they do feel like bad cramps while some of you (the ones with terrible birth experiences) are jumping all over her. While, yes, she did say “contractions” and not “MY contractions” (but who knows if she did say that and the interviewer just took it out?!), it’s obvious that she’s talking about her labor in particular. I think some of these comments border on ridiculous. Everyone has a different labor experience. Just because she seemed to have it fairly easier than most isn’t a reason to get all huffy. Just relax.

- Stephany on February 5th, 2009

Wow some of you are scaring me from even wanting to give birth now!!!!!!

I don’t know I have had excruciating menstral cramps before….major headaches, nausea, crying on the floor in pain, needing a heating pad – I know labor will be just like this if not worse but please someone tell me the epidurals help with all that?!?!? LOL

btw nobody should really jump on Jessica. If that’s how she wants to describe it let her. And who knows they all say you forget the pain once the baby is here so maybe she’s truly forgotten about it. But we all know Jessica beats to her own drum in interviews so nothing she says really surprises me.

- JM on February 5th, 2009

I don’t understand why mothers are so judgmental. i.e.: If you haven’t been pregnant, then of course you don’t know what it’s like. And if you got off ‘easier’ than me, then of course you REALLY don’t know what it’s like. Same goes for labor and delivery, fussy babies, and everything else.

This isn’t a contest, right?

- e on February 5th, 2009

Wowza, like bad cramps? Not for me, I am so envious of her. I did have an induced birth for my first though, with the drip and all and it was truly awful, LOL!

Also, I just wanted to add – “the workouts were horrible” – then don’t do them. Allow yourself to be real and take your time before taking any endorsements where you have to pose in figure hugging outifts, ok? I know there is pressure – on everyone it seems – but if everyone just took a deep breath and had a bit of a babymoon then maybe the world would exhale with us all? LOL! I know, I know, but it’s a nice theory right?

- Rita on February 5th, 2009

I’ve never given birth. But i did ask my mom what contractions felt like, she just told me they felt like very bad cramps… But this was coming from a lady who was only in labor for 2 hours for all 4 of her children. (Now thats an easy birth) This was around 25 years ago, and epidurals didnt exsist then!

- Lauren on February 5th, 2009

Reading over all of the posts its clear that everyones birthing experience, like many other things, are different for everyone. My question is-if the labor pain is so bad…why not get an epidural to make the situation a bit smoother? I have a very high pain tolerance, but I wouldn’t want to suffer if I don’t have to. I would be more nervous of the epidural needle being horrible! lol.

- Mia on February 5th, 2009

Why is everyone being so critical? We all have different bodies and different minds, therefore we experience things in different ways. All Jessica is doing is saying what her personal experience was.

And as for how much worse a contraction is than a cramp, that depends what you understand a cramp to be. Sometimes I barely notice my cramps, other times I can hardly move and get dizzy and very nauseous. So what is a ‘normal’ cramp anyway, who knows? Who cares?

Everyone has their own individual experience, try to be open minded instead of criticising them because their story doesn’t match yours.

- poppy on February 5th, 2009

My cramps are so bad sometimes I can’t get out of bed, or walk or stand without being in excruciating pain.I felt the exact same way with the evil foley catheter.I agree she was talking about bad cramps and not regular ones.I was so used to having bad cramps that I worked so hard to push out my son.

Labour wasn’t a breeze, but being used to the pain, I just worked through it with more effort.LOL, I kept pushing and pushing, even when I didn’t have contractions.Everyone kept telling me not to cause I may hyperventilate etc, but I tuned them out and just kept at it.My son was born after 1 hour and 8 minutes.

My experience left me believing that the worst part of labour and induction was the numerous events where they check your cervix..now that is something I would have liked an epidural for lol.

- Aya on February 6th, 2009

Everyone is different, is all I can say. I wouldn’t slam someone just because she had a better experience than I did.

I fully remember both of my children’s births, and neither of them were excruciating or awful. My first lasted about 45 minutes; no pain until she was crowing. Yes, the labor wasn’t “bad,” since I didn’t even FEEL anything (NO pain) until she was coming out. 6 pushes and she was here (even the nurses were in awe). My second child was induced (water broken) since I give birth so fast. I had hard back labor for about an hour with him, but still no contractions to note until he crowned (4 pushes that time).

Is labor a breeze, no. But for me, and others, it’s quite easy (my sister in law, by the way, does NOT fall into this category).

I had no drugs, by the way. Fully natural, and I had an episiotomy on the first. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

Maybe others who are ‘easy’ birthers have similar experiences (I fully efface a good month before labor, making it very easy on my body).

- Kelly on February 6th, 2009

Hehe, I knew there would be *a lot* of bad comments on here! I think the article should have mentioned the fact that Jessica did Hypnobirthing, so it’s understandable that she may not have had the horrible cramps that people that don’t hypnobirth had.

- Sarah on February 6th, 2009

She’s lucky. My contractions were BAD. Very bad. I bore them for a while but when they got even worse and I couldn’t bear them anymore, I asked for an epidural. Only to find out that there were two other women in line before me. I had to wait for nearly an hour, and it was BAD. So, I wish people like Jessica would say something like “‘my’ contractions weren’t that bad.”

- Pencils on February 7th, 2009

And now that I’ve read some of the other comments, I’d like to say that if Jessica’s pain was less due to hypobirthing, then good for her. However, I’m experienced with pain, I have chronic pancreatitis, which is an extremely painful chronic inflammation of the pancreas. Along with insulin, your pancreas makes digestive enzymes. Imagine that instead of safely passing out of the pancreas to the small intestine, the enzymes stay in the pancreas and digest it. That’s the pain I deal with every day. I’ve also had acute pancreatitis a few times, which is incredibly painful. So when I say that my contractions were bad, they were pretty bad.

- Pencils on February 7th, 2009

Pencils- Like Stephany and some other commentors have pointed out, it’s very possible that Jessica DID say “My contractions weren’t that bad,” or “For me, contractions aren’t that bad,” but ELLE choose to omit the “my” or the “for me” part of her comment. That happens to celebs all the time. Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman in particular get their comments taken out of context all the time!

- CelebBabyLover on February 7th, 2009

Kim Says:
February 4th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Just like Cramps? Ok so if my cramps fee llike slowly being rolled over by a garbage truck, backs off, and rolls over me again ………every 28 seconds for 15 hours. Then YES they are just like cramps.
Kim; You nailed it right down! That is exactly what I feel the first two days of my peroid! Almost every month! Bad cramps have made me womit, faint and go into shock. I am lucky though, that I have really regular peroids, so that I can plan my accordingly (yes, thet’s right, I plan my life around my menstrual cramps, no deadlines and no important meetings on the first two days of the period if I can help it). I envy all women who don’t have it that bad, but I don’t begrudge them. It is possible that Jessica had a very easy birth, it is possible that she has a history of really bad cramps. It is possible that labour amnesia is setting in. I any case, I am glad for her, she is a lucky lady.

- MiB on February 16th, 2009

Love her baby, so cute! I had a hypnobabies birth in June (my second baby, my first one was induced with pitocin, I got an epidural) in my living room with a CNM, and I agree 100% that they were comparable to bad cramps… and my cramps were never really that bad… almost never took anything for them. If you “train” to relax yourself completely prior to labor (I did every night for 5 months, 1 hr every night), it is COMPLETELY possible to have a labor not that bad. I pushed for 8 minutes, and never felt the “ring of fire”. Completely different than my medicated first birth. I’m doing all natural for baby #3 as well.

- Sarah on February 18th, 2009