I do think there's a stigma around C-section births
| Published date | 29 June 2022 |
But a world away from nappies, newborn cuddles and toddler tantrums, the 32-year-old has glammed up to recreate iconic morning scenes from films - like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's to mark the launch of Kellogg's Special K 'Start Good, Stay Good' campaign.
We caught up with Millie as she launched the new campaign...
How was the adjustment to being a mum of two - just 18 months apart? It's intense, but I really haven't found it as big of an adjustment as going from no children to one. I was a bit worried when I was pregnant, [thinking] 'Oh my God, is it going to be super stressful?'
I didn't find it as difficult mentally at the beginning. [She had the baby blues for six weeks after the birth of Sienna.] But there's a lot to be said for the fact that it wasn't all a shock - I knew what to expect. I was mentally prepared in a different way.
I used a night nanny a couple of times a week in those first months until she slept through the night and that really helped my mental health as well - because too many nights in a row with such broken sleep I would find would really start to affect my mental health. I just knew that, so I was like, what can I do?
You've had two C-sections now. Do you think there's a stigma?
I do think that there is [stigma]. I often could refer to my C-section as an abdominal birth because I feel that when people talk about it and they say, 'Oh, I had a natural birth', it makes it seem like, OK then, so what's having a C-section? It makes it sound so unnatural.
If it's an emergency it's a different situation, but [a C-section] can be a very calm and natural-feeling way to give birth. And you are still birthing your baby - it's just a different way of doing it.
I feel sad for women who feel very upset if they have always wanted a vaginal delivery and then for whatever reason have to have a C-section and they feel robbed of the birth they wanted. I just feel like I had such incredible abdominal birth experiences and I think it can still be really amazing. Your body still grew and birthed that baby - I still gave birth to the baby.
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