Friday, 21 August 2015

Evan Rachel Woods' unique way of describing childbirth

by

Sara McGinnis

posted in Celebrities

From "miraculous" to "horrendous," there are hundreds of ways I've heard childbirth described over the years, and yet Evan Rachel Woods has come up a descriptor unlike any other.

The actress, who welcomed a son in July of 2013 with then-husband Jamie Bell, has opened up about giving birth and her plans to add to her family to Net-A-Porter’s The Edit, and it turns out she has more kids but not another pregnancy in mind.

Evan Rachel Wood son

"I don’t want to have another baby, but my little sister is adopted, and I was hoping that one day I could do that," Evan Rachel Woods explained. "There are so many possibilities."

Still, it seems she fondly recalls her candlelit home birth.

“It was a psychedelic experience," the actress said of how her son (whose name has never been publicly revealed) came into the world. "I felt like I was hitting every corner of the room. Everything was vibrating."

That sounds a little crazy to me to characterize it that way, but then again I certainly felt my mind and body go to places they'd never been before while I was in labor. I suppose, if the mood was right, I could see how it might feel that way.

Still, it's not the first word I'd use to describe childbirth as I experienced it. Something more like "awesome" is better fitting -- but in the "causing feelings of fear and wonder" definition more than the "whoa, cool dude" variant.

 

Time for you to fill in the blank: "For me, giving birth was a _______ experience." Add your answer in a comment below!

Photos: Everett/REX Shutterstock

 

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