28 Celeb Moms Get Real About Giving Birth

Elle
Linda Cardellini
When I was nine months pregnant, I got sick with this super-infection, which included double pneumonia. Both my eardrums blew. My face was paralyzed. And then, when I had the baby, there were a few things that happened that were also very scary: I was in labor and they were losing her heart rate, and mine was going down too, so I had to have an emergency C-section. And I had an epidural that went too far, so my breathing was compromised—and then my daughter was stuck and had the cord around her neck, which is a common complication by itself, but I had several complications at once. But now she's here, and she's amazing, so there's no complaining about any of it. I'm very lucky that we're fine.Elle.com (Media Platforms Design Team)

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