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05/07/2019

Penelope Cruz Felt Post-Baby Pressure

Penelope Cruz has admitted she felt under pressure after giving birth to her first child.

The Hollywood star welcomed son Leo eight years ago and felt she should be perfectly composed only hours after the birth, a pressure that led her to forget to take care of herself.

Speaking to Gwyneth Paltrow at her first UK Goop summit, the Spanish actress said: "I realised what a lot of fairytales and movies and messages from society have put in my head because the way I left the hospital the first time and the way I left the second were two different women. The first time, I pushed myself to be superwoman like, 'I'll do it natural birth and then twelve hours later I'm out of the hospital in high heels.' Now I look back and say, 'who asked you to do this? And who asked you to not delegate, to feel like you have to do everything yourself 24 hours a day and forget to take care about yourself?' That has nothing to do with feminism. I was not respecting myself by doing that."

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Penelope added that she didn't succumb to the pressure after welcoming her second child, daughter Luna, three years later.



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"Penelope Cruz has admitted she felt under pressure after giving birth to her first child."