Behati Prinsloo‘s introduction to motherhood wasn’t without its emotional challenges.
The 30-year-old model opened up to Net-A-Porter’sPORTER Editfor the magazine’s latest cover story, recalling a tough time after giving birth to her first child, daughterDusty Rose, in September 2016.
“It was easier for me to work out.Breastfeedingwas easier,” explained the Namibian-born Victoria’s Secret Angel.
Prinsloo said she “didn’t feel under pressure to get back in shape” after giving birth, though, explaining that she got pregnant with Gio seven months after her big sister Dusty was born.
“I’ve been modeling for 15 years and when I got pregnant I didn’t want to do anything, I wanted to enjoy my time,” she explained. “Ireally liked being pregnant andnot working. When I got pregnant the second time, I just did the same thing.”
“Idid the Victoria’s Secret showeight months after I had Gio,” Prinsloo continued of getting back into the modeling game after her second child. “I felt so empowered. I was like, ‘I can do this, I have two kids.’ It was a beautiful journey; I loved being pregnant and I enjoyed getting back to work.”
As a working mom who has been taking on projects here and there while gradually returning from maternity leave (“I’m [currently]keeping work very casual andnot trying to be everywhere and show that I’m ‘back’ — it’s tough being a mom,” she said), Prinsloo told the magazine that “the people I look up to the most are working mothers.”
“It’s awesome to see these amazing, strong women with kids and a career, killing it at both,” she revealed.
Among those? Her “best friends” and fellow AngelsLily AldridgeandCandice Swanepoel, who are both moms (Aldridge, 33, is currentlyexpecting her second child).
“Lily is pregnant at the moment so me and Candice are constantly telling herwhat products to get,” Prinsloo toldPORTER The Editabout the trio’s “mom thread” on WhatsApp. “It’s so fun to have that friendship where you totally understand each other’s job but you never talk about work.”
In the meantime, her girls are developing their own unique character traits as they grow up. “My daughter Dusty is really funny and bossy. She’s a Virgo; she has such a personality. It’s weirdthat you can tell their sense of humorwhen they’re 2,” Prinsloo said.
“Gio is cuddly and sweet,” she revealed of her younger daughter. “I’m excited to see them a little older and really see their personalities [develop] because Ithink they’ll be very different.”
source: people.com
