Jessica Alba ‘paranoid’ about nursing, says she’s emotional
Jessica Alba, expecting her first child late this spring, spoke with EXTRA about her pregnancy during an interview for her new film, The Eye. Although the pregnancy was an admitted surprise to the 26-year old actress and her fiance, Cash Warren, Jessica says,
It’s quite a blessing and it couldn’t be more perfect timing.
Still, Jessica is experiencing hormonal ups and downs, just like any other mom to be — she’s getting emotional and having odd dreams. When asked how she’s feeling, she replied,
Definitely a lot more emotions! Anything couldmake me incredibly angry or break down crying, and that’s not somethingI’m used to. [I've been having dreams.] They only have to do with breastfeeding, which is the only thing I’mparanoid about, more than giving birth!
As for her pregnancy plan and her concerns about baby weight, Jessica reveals that she’s taking a realistic view.
I try and eat healthy as possible, because it’s good for the baby, exercise, as longas I don’t gain too much too fast — that’s the key.
Source: EXTRA
Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth and Kitty.
Were you paranoid about anything specific during your pregnancy?
- Posted on Jan 23, 08 at 9:21PM
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January 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Oh God, what wasn’t I paranoid about? I was BAD. My main worry throughout the pregnancy was pooping on the table. (When it came time, I didn’t care.)
Then I also had the same thoughts as Jessica, about what if my boobs didn’t work. Worried about where my water would break. What if I needed a c-section? I really didn’t want one.
Then my son was late and my doctor suggested an induction, which I refused because I was really not interested in Pitocin if I could help it. Then I went home and worried about if I made the wrong decision, what if he was stillborn, what if I ended up needing a c-section because I didn’t induce…needless to say, everything ended up FINE and pretty much just how I wanted it.
You can drive yourself crazy when you’re pregnant!
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
yeah, i saw the interview on Extra tonight…. Jess is so adorable
breast feeding is so hard, i was one of these people that assume all babies latch on and go for it… wow was i wrong lol
i’m sure she’ll get the hang of it, and if not, i don’t see any harm in bottle feeding. It’ll give her more time to sleep
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Breastfeeding is one of those things that you just cannot even imagine what it will be like until you do it. I know it’s completely natural, but it also seems like the strangest concept at the same time, because humans have come up with all of these things to make life easier/faster and this is just one of those primal things that hasn’t changed since the dawn of time – very animalistic.
I was really worried about it going badly, because I was very invested in doing it. I’m sure Jessica Alba is probably feeling some of those same things. The pressure to do your best when you don’t know what’s ahead is very scary.
That said, I loved nursing and hated it at different times, but nursed for a year and I still inexplicably get teary whenever I think about how I’ll never get to nurse my little guy again.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I was super paranoid about breastfeeding during my 2nd pregnancy just because my experience nursing my 1st child was a NIGHTMARE!! It was SOOO dead set on it….and everything just went so wrong. Then when I tried it the 2nd time around….it was a little better, but I still only ended up doing it for 6 weeks. Ugh. I hate thinking about it. Definitely have a love/hate relationship with that whole deal. Good luck to Jessica! I hope she has a baby that just latches right on and she makes the perfect amount of milk!
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
At least she’s preparing herself for what lies ahead. I thought breastfeeding would be easy and natural…boy, was I wrong! It was one of the hardest things ever, but I stuck with it because it was so important to me, and ended up nursing my son for nearly two years (it gets much easier, too!). So it can be done, I wish her the best of luck!
January 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I was paranoid about EVERYTHING! But then again, I am always paranoid about everything. I lost my first child when I was 4 months along. Realistically, I knew that there was nothing I had done to cause it, but when I became pregnant again a few years later, I tried not to do anything the same I had for my first pregnancy. I wouldn’t eat the same foods I had eaten the first time, wouldn’t do the same things. I was over-the-top paranoid until I had my ultrasound. Then, worried about the delivery–mainly getting an epidural (which I did not feel in any way, shape, or form) and having my water broken.
With my second, I was so carefree– until it was D-day! I was so scared about having complications like I had during my first delivery…over-crowding at the hospital so that I had to deliver in the testing room; my daughter’s head being too big to fit through the birth canal and sitting on a nerve for over 2 hours causing excruciating pain; having to wait 10 minutes until I saw my daughter or heard her cry. But as rough a time as I had with my first delivery, my second was a natural, quick walk in the park
January 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
The first time I worried about how I was going to get a watermelon out of me. She just kept growing… I also worried about having a c-section, having a stillborn or a child with severe disabilities. I didn’t worry about giving birth w/ #2 or #3. Instead, I worried that they would be born prematurely. In fact, each one stayed in a little longer, and was a little smaller!
I never worried about breastfeeding and through some stroke of luck, I had a great experience all 3 times. I’m still nursing my third and probably last baby. It’s a special bond, but one that can be just as special if moms and dads use bottle feeding time as a time to hold and snuggle with their babies.
January 24th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I’m confused…what is she paranoid about? paranoid means thinking that something is there or is dangerous when really nothing is there or dangerous. What about breastfeeding causes paranoia, or did she just mean to say she’s worried?
January 25th, 2008 at 12:16 am
You know, when a celebrity expresses the same concerns we feel ourselves, we can just nod our millions of heads and say, “Oh, yeah.” Unfortunately, a celeb can also take a mountain of criticism. My fave thing about this blog are the generally mature and thoughtful comments left here by real moms, as if we’re all in this big mothering world with the rich and famous! There is so much to worry about, and nothing ever goes quite like you expect it to, but that is life. I couldn’t breast feed my daughter right away because she was so tiny, her mouth didn’t fit around my nipple! A couple days later, it was okay. But, talk about feeling like a big failure! It’s so nice to know that lots of other women feel the same way!