Naomi Watts opens up about the ‘powerful experience’ of pregnancy and motherhood
Appearing on Good Morning America earlier today to promote her new film Eastern Promises, actress Naomi Watts, 38, spoke for the first time about her pregnancy and mothering 6-week-old Alexander Pete, her son with fellow actor Liev Schreiber.
For her role in the film, Naomi, who plays a midwife, began studying pregnancy and childbirth in-depth to portray her character to the best of her ability — and scaring herself in the process. Little did she know, the information would come in handy in her personal life a bit sooner than she was expecting — two weeks into filming, Naomi discovered that she was pregnant.
It was really interesting timing actually, I didn’t know I was pregnant until…I had been in London about two weeks when I found out. I was doing all this research of midwifery and turning up at hospitals watching live births, and thinking, ‘Oh my God. This is going to be a hard thing for me if I ever get there.’
And there I was, pregnant all that time! It was just funny because I had been reading these books and then suddenly I was hiding them because I didn’t want anyone to know I waspregnant. [laughs]
However, she made it through, giving birth to Alexander Pete naturally on July 25th. Motherhood has been a transforming experience for Naomi.
He’s fantastic. He’s just gorgeous. And I’m a very proud momma! It’s such a powerful experience, and each day it getsmore and more powerful. Just getting to know that little person…and I still just can’t get over that six weeks ago this little guy was in mybody, and he’s moving [around]…it’s just such a bizarre thing!
When asked what Alexander was doing while she was appearing on the show, Naomi laughed and replied,
He’s sleeping, hopefully! I got here…you time everything. It’s all about timing now if you’re nursing. I fed him, and then here, and then race back!
Eastern Promises opens in limited release on September 14th, and goes wide on the 21st.
Source: Good Morning America; Watch the video here.
Tags: Breastfeeding, Naomi Watts, nursing
- Posted on Sep 6, 07 at 2:05PM
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September 6th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
she’s so cool! I would love to hear her analyze pregnancy and childbirth in depth.
I agree that the experience is powerful, bizarre and surreal!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
When you say she gave birth “naturally,” do you mean no drugs, or no c-section? Just curious. Different people mean different things when they say that, and the Hollywood trend seems to be c-sections, which are decidedly not natural.
Sarah’s note: I was referring to a non-surgical vaginal delivery. I know there’s some confusion/debate about the meaning of ‘natural,’ it just seemed a little too clinical for the wording on the post!
September 6th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
I just love her. You can really tell just how happy and amazed she is to be a mother. I am truly pleased for her and really hope that she and Liev have another one soon enough!