Audrina Patridge on her pregnant body: I feel like a woman now
We literally have not written about Audrina Patridge in years. That’s not necessarily a slam on her. She’s not building an empire like Lauren Conrad, but Audrina also is not a hot mess like Heidi Montag. Audrina is currently expecting her first kid (a girl) by her fiancé Corey Bohan, a professional BMX dirt bike rider. She shows up at events every now and then, but I mostly think that her life is probably pretty low-key. So why cover Audrina’s Fit Pregnancy and Baby magazine interview? I don’t know. I can never predict which celebrity-quotes will set off the mommy wars, so let’s see what we can dig up. Some highlights from Audrina’s interview:
She’s not planning her wedding during her pregnancy: “It’s a little overwhelming. After I have the baby, I have no idea what size my breasts will be or if my hips will go down or get bigger. So for now dress shopping, at least, is on hold.”
She didn’t want to be a knocked-up bride anyway: “I didn’t want to rush getting married because stress is bad for the baby. Corey said, ‘Stop caring what people think. Their opinions don’t matter.’ Anyway, we’ve already been together for so long, it’s like we’re already married. It’s just a title at this point — and a ring.”
They have made the wedding guest list: “We just finalized the guest list, and it’s about 130 people, mostly family. As far as friends go, we only invited the ones who’ve been there for us in the past year and who will continue to be there for us for the next 30. So, no one from The Hills made the cut. If we were doing a really big wedding, I’d invite them, but we’re keeping it intimate.”
She feels like a woman now: “There were three or four days during my first trimester when I could not get out of bed and all I wanted to do was sleep. But overall, I’m feeling good! Watching my body transform has been amazing. I feel like a woman now.”
She’s not doing a home birth: “I’m definitely delivering in a hospital. I’ve had friends who’ve gone without drugs and they’ve said it’s super painful but they’d never do it any other way. Meanwhile, my sister Casey, who has two kids, had an epidural both times and she made childbirth look easy. I’m not sure which route I want to take yet. Either way, I’m a little scared. All I know is, the moment I feel my first contraction, I’m going to the doctor. I want to be in the hospital bed, relaxing, with my lavender-oil diffuser set up.”
“Casey, who has two kids, had an epidural both times and she made childbirth look easy…” That’s my kind of competitive-childbirth story. Let’s encourage moms to compete about who had the easiest, most stress-free births instead of all of these God-awful horror stories about home births gone wrong, and wanting to power through childbirth with no drugs after only gaining 5 pounds during your pregnancy. Granted, I haven’t given birth (and I don’t want to), but I respect that Audrina very simply states her preference to give birth in a hospital. Flame war! Home-birthing flame war!
As for “I feel like a woman now,” I think if Audrina was a different celebrity, she would be getting more shade there. I rolled my eyes and thought “so pregnancy is what makes someone a ‘real woman’ now?” But since it’s Audrina Patridge saying it, will there be any yelling?
Photos courtesy of Fit Pregnancy.
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