"Whoa!" Nicole Kidman opens up about giving birth

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Sara McGinnis

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Nicole Kidman is nearly at a loss for words when it comes to describing giving birth to daughter Sunday Rose Urban.

The actress, who became mom to two kids through adoption, gave birth to her third and welcomed a fourth via surrogate, has tried to sum up the experience by telling The Edit , "Giving birth is just whoa!"

Elaborating on what she does recall, the wife of country singer Keith Urban continued, "What I remember the most is the cry. When the baby is born, the cry penetrates on such a deep level and Keith says that too. He goes, 'What about that cry!' And we actually did record our birth. So we've heard it back. And every time it jolts me back into the moment."

Opening up about their relationship, Nicole Kidman explained her husband gave her a shout-out from the stage for their anniversary.

She shared, "[Keith said] 'Eight years, baby girl. This song is for you. I love you so much.' I had two girlfriends sitting with me [at the concert] and they were like, 'Bitch!' I went, 'Hey! I've been to hell and back!'"

Though she's now happily married, there is a downside to the pair not finding each other until their late 30s.

Nicole explained Keith tells her: "We're lucky we met late in life. The sadness of that is we can't have six kids together, but the greatness of that is [we are done] with all the other stuff, so now we are totally present for this." She added: "That's a great thing to hear from a man."

I don't particularly remember my own to kids' first cries, but I did recently have the experience of being jolted back to the labor and delivery wing when my father started having heart trouble. While rushing to the hospital to meet up with the ambulance, giving birth was the farthest thing from my mind, but the second I set foot inside those sterile doors the scent hit me.

Not a bad scent, mind you, but a very hospital smell. I can't even aptly described what it was (hand sanitizer with a hint of bleached bed linens?), but my mind was immediately taken back to the times I was the patient, counting away the hours and contractions while in labor. Given the wide range of memories a hospital has the potential to impart, I kind of hope I'll always associate them with just a wee babe.

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