New mother GERI HALLIWELL's speedy recovery from her daughter's caesarean birth is all down to prenatal yoga and help from her family. The ex-SPICE GIRL shocked doctors and nurses at the exclusive Portland Hospital in London by returning home just four days after welcoming her first child BLUEBELL MADONNA on 14 May (06). The 27-year-old says, "I couldn't wait to be at home with Bluebell. My sister stayed the first night and helped me; my mum was there whenever NATALIE wasn't. "Apparently they'd (the doctors) never seen anyone recover so fast. Thanks to prenatal yoga, which I took up in the past few months, my strength is unbelievable; so much greater now than it was at the start of my pregnancy."
Source: Contact Music
Please. I was home in just shy of three full days after my c-section and the only painkiller I took was Ibuprofen. What makes this woman think she is so special? Women do it every day with little help and none of the glory and validation she seems to be searching for.
ReplyDeleteAnd in what universe is she twenty-seven years old?
ReplyDeleteShe's definitely not 27 - although I double checked the original article and that's what contact music reported.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely not as amazing as we're supposed to think. In my case I've delivered naturally each time and the longest I've taken off afterwards was 3 weeks (of course without a nanny, housekeeper, or other extra help) and with my twins I only took off a week! Of course, I run my own business and if I don't get up and work nobody can step in for me.
That's all I'm saying. Women give birth in many different ways every day, and we certainly don't spout off about how remarkable that makes us. These days, Geri's recovery was the norm, not the exception. But I just can't get past the claim that she is 27. TWENTY-SEVEN! That would've made her about 17 when the Spice Girls were hot. No way! NO WAY!
ReplyDeleteThe article by PEOPLE when she gave birth states her age as 33.
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