Chrissy Teigen: People lose their minds when they give birth

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Sara McGinnis

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Chrissy Teigen is not yet a mom, but she's noticed a thing or two about those of us that are. The model, who is looking forward to having children with husband John Legend, has opened up about parents losing perspective after their baby arrives and more.

Take a look at what she and the singer had to say to DuJour magazine:

John on falling in love with Chrissy: “The more I got to know her, I started to realize how funny and cool she was. You meet all kinds of good-looking people, but she was so vibrant and engaging. Even when we’d text, she was always saying something clever.”

She wants to have a baby next year: “We want a lot of kids. I would love to have three or four of my own, and then adopt a few. So basically I’ll be pregnant the rest of my life. … [The thought] of getting boobs thrills me. And John looooves pregnant women, so–”

John is hoping for a girl: “She thinks I’m not athletic enough to have a boy. I’m a musician, I’m good with women and I’m a feminist, so I think I’ll be a good ‘girl daddy.’ Part of my goal in making money is so that our kids won’t have to fly on regular planes and embarrass us. I’m saving up so they can fly private.”

Chrissy on the kind of parent she won't be: “I feel like sometimes when people give birth, they give birth to a tiny part of their brain. Whatever they thought they would be goes out the window and they kind of lose their minds. I am 1,000 percent not going to have an Instagram account for my baby. It will not have a hashtag. If I have a hashtag for my baby, just kill me.”

Kill me? Obviously that's said in jest, but it seems to me Chrissy has some mighty strong opinions on moms without even having walked a mile in our shoes yet.

For the record, there is neither a hashtag for my kids nor do they have their own social media accounts, but all the same I try and take it easy on judging those that do decide to go that route. For me, the whole idea is along the lines of those giant hair bows some moms stick on their baby's head. It's not for me, but I'm not going to get all caught up in caring if other people like them.

Parenting, I'm starting to suspect, is one part figuring out how you want to do it and two parts learning to let others do as they please.

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When Chrissy Teigen is pregnant, do you think they'll find out if it's a girl ahead of time? Here's what other stars had to say about finding out baby's sex: