
Melissa Joan Hart is featured in this week’s Ok Magazine. Inside she talks about what it’s like being a mom for the second time, love, naming the new baby, work and losing the weight!
You just gave birth a month ago. How are you feeling?
My recovery was so much better this time around. I did the birth drug-free and I’m not sure if it is because I did it drug-free or because he was my second baby, but I am up and about much easier this time. Last time I was unable to get out of bed for about eight weeks! Both pregnancies were traumatizing. I’ve just realized there is no way to bring a baby into the world and have it not be a traumatic experience. After both all I could say was “intense.” That is really the only word that sums it up! It’s just a difficult thing to do.
What were the differences in your pregnancies?
There were big differences. I think the only thing the two pregnancies had in common is they took us completely by surprise. First time around, I was so scared by everything and was so inconvenienced. I didn’t really know how to picture a baby inside me. I only saw the outward things. I was fat, I couldn’t move the way I wanted to, I had heartburn, my feet hurt, it was very awkward. I was so scared and so I just laid in bed and ate a lot. The second time, I was chasing a 2-year-old all over the place, lifting 30 lb. Mason and carrying him around and I was working and trying to hide it from the industry for the first trimester. Sucking it in and trying to eat really healthy so I didn’t gain too much in the first 20 weeks really made a difference this whole pregnancy.
For the rest of the interview, check after the jump!!
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