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All My Children star Alicia Minshew says she is seeing the world through new eyes since welcoming daughter Willow Lenora, 4 months.
“I would do anything for her,” the actress tells Soap Opera Digest before quipping, “I am now capable of murder.”
“[Husband] Richie [Herschenfeld] and I talk about this! I said, ‘If anybody were to hurt my child in any way, I am capable of killing somebody.’ The two of us both! I pity the fool!”
Even though Willow has been a “dream baby” who is “forever smiling,” “chatty” and “giggly,” Minshew, 35, confesses that she still had difficulty making the transition to motherhood — which arrived a month ahead of schedule.
“When we first brought her home, she was so small, it was scary,” she explains. “I was so exhausted for the first month, I was irrational.”
Briefly returning to work at just four weeks postpartum didn’t help, either.
“It was horrible,” Minshew adds. “I don’t recommend that, but I had to finish those scenes … I cried all morning. I showed up to work a mess, puffy eyes. I was so happy to see everybody, though, and I got through it.”
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