New York (dpa) - Beyonce has revealed a number of details about her pregnancy with twins, their difficult birth and her attitude toward her body since in an article published Monday in Vogue.
The 36-year-old R&B artist and actress said the babies were born in an emergency Caesarian section because their health and her own was in danger. They spent many months in intensive care, she wrote in the magazine's September issue.
She disclosed that when her twins, Rumi and Sir, were born on June 13, 2017, she weighed nearly 100 kilograms in part because she was"swollen from toxemia" and had been on bed rest for over a month. Toxemia, also known as preeclampsia, is a blood pressure disorder that happens in pregnant women.
She recalled that after the birth of her first child, Blue Ivy, in 2012 she put pressure on herself to lose the baby weight quickly.
"Looking back, that was crazy," she said. "After the twins, I approached things very differently."
For example, she said she has been patient with herself and enjoyed her "fuller curves," and she wore no wigs and little makeup for a series of photos that accompany the article.
"To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I'm in no rush to get rid of it," she said.
Her husband and the babies' father, rapper and entertainment mogul Jay-Z, 48, has been a "soldier" and a strong support system, Beyonce said. "I am proud to have been a witness to his strength and evolution as a man, a best friend, and a father."
