Life-threatening conditions, IVF challenges, bodily changes, and way too much burping. These
celebs haven't shied away from sharing their very real pregnancy confessions.
Alongside her reality TV career, Kim Kardashian is the mother of North,
Chicago, Saint, and Psalm. Known for her candor, Kardashian used to share unique insights on her
now-defunct blog, and that includes discussing pregnancy. In 2015, the Skims founder wrote,
Kardashian's first two pregnancies both came with very specific complications. In 2019,
the reality star revealed that she had preeclampsia while expecting her first
daughter North, and went into emergency labor. The mom then suffered from placenta accreta,
a condition in which the placenta starts growing too deeply into the uterine wall,
sometimes leading to serious blood loss. In a video for her brand Skims,
Kardashian discussed being pregnant with her son Saint, saying,
"I had the same condition and the same awful delivery that I had with my first daughter."
Following a challenging second birth experience, Kardashian underwent multiple surgeries to
correct the damage caused. She also used a surrogate to conceive two more children,
after doctors told her it wouldn't be safe to get pregnant again.
Rapper Cardi B got real about pregnancy on Twitter while responding to anyone who thought
Travis Scott's Astroworld should have won the 2019 Grammy for best rap album over her own release,
Invasion of Privacy. Sharing behind-the-scenes details about her album, Cardi B explained,
The Up rapper also revealed that the Grammys weren't on her mind, tweeting,
"My husband used to tell me, like, stop screaming and stop catching that
attitude when you're pregnant 'cause you're gonna pass that to the baby."
The mom added that she deserved her Grammy and concluded by stating that she and Travis Scott
were supportive of one another's careers. Cardi B gave birth to her first child Kulture in 2018,
and welcomed her second child, Wave, in 2021.
It is not uncommon for pregnant women to develop complications during the nine months of their
term, and Beyoncé is no exception. A well-known complication is toxemia,
better known as preeclampsia. According to Merriam-Webster,
After welcoming daughter Blue Ivy in 2012, Beyoncé shared the reality of
her second pregnancy with twins in 2017. In an essay for Vogue, Beyoncé wrote,
As detailed in her Netflix documentary, Homecoming, the C-section took place
specifically because one of her twin's heartbeats repeatedly paused. As a result, the singer's
experience made her feel connected to other parents dealing with emergencies in childbirth.
In 2014, American Idol superstar Kelly Clarkson gave birth to her daughter,
River Rose, and two years later welcomed her son, Remington Alexander. Clarkson told People,
She didn't elaborate, but after Remington was born, Clarkson told Entertainment Weekly that
pregnancy affected her diaphragm, the muscle singers use to breathe.
"Oh god, I'm not gonna be a singer anymore. 'Cause you
don't realize what happens with your diaphragm."
In an interview with Jenny McCarthy on Sirius XM, Clarkson said of pregnancy,
"Mine were horrible."
Singer Tamar Braxton gave birth to her son Logan Vincent Herbert in 2013, and has always
been very candid about what pregnancy was like. In an interview with Flaunt, Braxton revealed,
On her show Tamar & Vince, the reality star decided to be honest about her
first moments of motherhood, sharing that she did not feel an immediate
maternal connection to her child. She told Flaunt,
However, that connection did eventually develop for Braxton, who told Glamour in 2017,
Comedian Amy Schumer has used her platform to detail the many ups and downs of her
motherhood journey. In 2019, Schumer appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and revealed,
"It's been pretty tough. I didn't know that pregnancies could be such a bummer."
Schumer also revealed that she was dealing with hyperemesis gravidarum,
a rare disorder experienced by some pregnant women causing severe nausea and vomiting,
sometimes resulting in hospitalization.
"I threw up a bunch of times on my way here."
Schumer's Expecting Amy docuseries was released on HBO Max in 2020,
and showed the performer navigating her physical condition while continuing to do her job. After
welcoming her son Gene in 2019, Schumer explored fertility options, writing on Instagram in 2020,
In 2022, Schumer appeared on Dear Chelsea and revealed that she'd
subsequently had her uterus removed, after living with endometriosis.
Zoë Saldaña has given birth three times. In 2014, she and husband Marco Perego welcomed
twins Cy and Bowie, while in 2016 she gave birth to Zen. One of the biggest struggles
for the actor was what was happening to her body in the aftermath of giving birth. Discussing her
physical transformation five months after the birth of her twins, Saldaña wrote on Facebook,
My case was like that, everything from my thyroid to my platelets crashed."
In 2019, the Guardians of the Galaxy star ruled out having more kids, telling People,
"I think we're done!"
Many moms around the world know what it's like to go into the office while dealing with morning
sickness. For Hollywood stars, that might mean showing up on set burping, which is something
Katherine Heigl knows only too well. Speaking to People, the Firefly Lane star revealed,
Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley had previously adopted daughters Adalaide
and Nancy, before welcoming their son Joshua. The former Grey's Anatomy star told People,
Anne Hathaway's painful moments In 2019, Anne Hathaway announced she
was pregnant with her second child, Jack, having welcomed her first son, Jonathan,
in 2016. From the very beginning, she was conscious of how difficult it can be for
some women to get pregnant, and she didn't shy away from sharing her own challenges.
In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight,
Hathaway further acknowledged the pain that so many face on the road to parenthood, saying,
In 2022, the Oscar-winner stressed the importance of letting people know they
are not alone during their fertility journeys, telling WSJ Magazine,