Meet Luciana Bella Bonfiglio!
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It’s baby Luci! Carnie Wilson introduces 4 ½-week-old Luciana Bella in the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands this week. Overdue by almost two weeks, Carnie underwent a c-section to deliver her second daughter on June 12th.
The arrival of Luci, as Carnie and husband Rob Bonfiglio are calling her, was a welcome conclusion to a pregnancy that had gone downhill in the final 40 days. “The last month was really, really rough,” says Carnie, who developed gestational diabetes in her third trimester. “I couldn’t turn over in bed, and I was in a lot of pain.”
Recovery hasn’t been much easier — Carnie fought off an infection in her womb after the surgery. “The problem is that I want to move too fast too quickly,” she admits. “It takes weeks to heal from a caesarean, and of course after a week I was cooking. I can’t sit around.” Age may be a factor as well. “I think [recovery is harder this time] because I’m 41 versus 36,” the singer notes.
Click below for more from the interview and additional photos!
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Once almost 300 pounds, 5′3″ Carnie had gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and then a tummy tuck in 2002 to remove excess skin after the weight-loss procedure.
However, the arrival of Luciana was more than worth the 60 pounds Carnie gained while expecting, she says.
“People gain weight when they have a baby, and someone like me, I gain more weight than I want to,” she told Life & Style during an interview in her Tarzana, Calif., home on July 1st. “I’m not hiding that. I’m not ashamed of that.”
Instead, she’s reveling in family time with Rob, their 4-year-old daughter, Lola Sofia, and the couple’s new 6 lbs., 5 oz bundle of joy.
“She’s just a few weeks old but a very good baby,” reveals Carnie. “Lola used to be up every two to three hours crying with gas. She was a little more colicky — but Luci likes to sleep.”
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Big sister Lola has become mommy’s little helper, Carnie reveals. “I knew Lola was going to be like that just because she’s so nurturing with her dolls and school friends. I haven’t seen any jealousy. Lola hasn’t wanted to leave the house in two weeks — she just wants to stay home with her sister!”
Although Carnie’s eager to get back to her Newlywed Game hosting gig by early September, she’s enjoying this bonding period with Luci. “Rob can help change diapers and help with some bottle feedings, but he’s kind of leaving it up to me,” says the singer. “For the first month, it really is ‘mommy time,’ and Rob lies low. After that, the baby’s not as fragile.”
While Carnie herself was fragile after Lola’s birth, suffering from postpartum depression, she’s experiencing less anxiety with her second newborn because she knows what to expect now. “If the baby cries, she’s either hungry or has gas or a wet diaper, and that’s it,” she explains. “It changes every month, and I just know that so far it’s been a lot easier on my mind.”
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The only hurdle left for Carnie is fitting back into her size eight jeans.
Breastfeeding every three to four hours and drinking more than two liters of water a day have helped her drop 25 pounds already, but Carnie says she has 35 more to go.
“Now I think I’m reaching a point where it’s slowed down and the hard work is going to come in,” she says. “My goal is to be somewhere between 150 and 160 pounds.”
And if Carnie has her way, this will be the last time her weight fluctuates from having a baby.
“I’d love to have a boy, but I’m not going to do it again. I can’t predict the future, of course, but right now, no,” she reveals. “I see my family as complete now.”
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Source: Life & Style
- Posted on Jul 15, 09 at 3:00PM
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July 15th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Congratulations to Carnie, Rob and Lola. Both her girls are extremely beautiful!
July 15th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Congratulations to them on the arrival of baby Luci!! Both girls are just gorgeous.
July 15th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Looks like the dad!
July 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
this is weird, but that baby has the cutest ears I’ve ever seen!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
She looks like daddy! So cute! I had no idea Lola was so blonde!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
She has cute little elf-like ears! So cute!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
What a nice interview! She seems really sweet and normal. She must have done a good job managing her GD because that baby was tiny! Good for her! I also had GD, so I know it can be a pain to manage, but obviously worth it to have an uneffected baby. Congrats to Carnie and her family!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I love the family shot…they all look so incredibly proud to be a dad, mom and big sister!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
She looks just like her dad.
July 15th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
That just doesn’t look like Carnie – especially the last picture…. Has she had “work” done?
July 15th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I didn’t even recognize her! What a cute family.
July 15th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
What beautiful pictures! I love the family pic. Thats not Carnie on the Life and Style cover if that’s what Marlee was saying
July 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I’ve always liked Carnie Wilson. She’s always seemed so down to earth. She looks beautiful in these pictures. I love the family shot. Too cute. Lola is such a cutie and has gotten so big. I think she looks a lot like Rob. And Luci is so stinkin’ adorable! I love that little bow in her hair.
Congrats to them all on their beautiful new addition!
July 15th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Carnie is SO beautiful!!! Congrats to the family!
July 15th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
The girls have the same nose. If you look at Lola’s baby pictures, you can really see the noses are the same.
The girls are both gorgeous little princesses.
Congrats to Carnie and Rob on their beautiful girls.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Marlee, I see what you’re saying. I don’t think she’s had work done, I think it’s a case of photoshopping her face to look longer and thinner.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Beautiful family.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
That doesn’t look like her at all, I agree! She looks like an older Rumer Willis to me! And “big sister” is right — she looks huge for 4.
July 15th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Beautiful baby and family she looks so alert my baby was always sleeping!! Carnie does look really different in the pic but I think that’s due t a lot of photo editing you know how they do things fo rthe cover of a magazine!!
July 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Those girls are so pretty! Good for Carnie! She has a perfect family there.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Marlee and SH – just what I was thinking. They photoshoped her beyond recognition – why? She’s a pretty woman… Shame.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Oh my gosh, how precious is she?!, Lola is adorable too
July 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Aw, that baby is so cute, she looks just like her daddy! And genetics are amazing because Lola looks just like her mom, and little Luci is all daddy. They look very happy, glad everyone is healthy
July 15th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Yes, maya, i agree. she is a very pretty woman, especially her face. i don’t get why they’d do that either. she doesn’t even look like herself. on another note, i think the baby looks like carnie’s husband and lola looks like carnie.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:04 am
That’s Khloe Karadisen on the cover, not Carnie. Anyway, Luci is beautiful!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:40 am
What a beautiful family! Congrats to all!! I had 2 C Sections. It’s important to rest and recuperate slowly after each one!! I had my last child at age 44; one month before I turned 45. He turned out perfect; Thank God!! Babies are blessings!!
July 16th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Love her beautiful Italian name.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:43 am
What gorgeous children! Carnie looks so happy. I don’t blame her for wanting to stop at two, especially since her second pregnancy and birth didn’t go smoothly. Yeah, having a boy would be nice — most parents would like to have one of each — but she’s happy with two beautiful daughters. Anyway, Carnie’s sister Wendy has four boys and no girls, so it balances out.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Yes – I guess Photoshop. I think Carnie has always been a beauty, I just don’t like that she doesn’t look like herself in these photos…
July 16th, 2009 at 9:29 am
To all of those commenters who did not like my criticism of her (and other commenters’ criticism), it is clear that we were not that far off base – 60 lb. weight gain – extremely unhealthy, with gestational diabetes. It was obvious from the posted pics that Ms. Wilson was treading in dangerous waters with her weight gain, and now she confirms it with this posting.
July 16th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Ellen-
Is that your way of saying
“I told you so”?
July 16th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Wow Ellen Smith- that’s sure a dumb thing to spend time posting on. I think she looks gorgeous, her family is gorgeous and last time I checked, you’re not her doctor. As long as her physician deemed her healthy enough for this pregnancy and weight gain, then that’s all that matters and clearly she controlled her GD.
I really dislike when people come on here for the sole purpose of negativity. I know it’s a message board with varying opinions, but there are always certain people who can never be happy no matter what! I feel sorry for you that you can’t enjoy this lovely family and wish them well.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Ellen Smith – Feeling mighty proud of yourself?
The baby is adorable and Carnie looks great!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
A really nice family.Hope mom gets a speedy recovery
July 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Ellen, marathon runners die of heart attacks all the time.
July 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
What a cute baby!
July 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Carnie is beautiful, her girls are beautiful — we shouldn’t be talking about weight gain or gestational diabetes or anything else like that. She has a beautiful, healthy family and regardless of what went on during her pregnancy, she has a healthy baby now and that’s all that matters.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Yeah the older one is quite big for for, but then dad looks kinda small so maybe its just because shes sitting on his lap.
July 16th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Absolutely loooooooove the four names she choose! Wish them the best!
July 16th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Congrats to Carnie, Rob and Lola! What a perfect little addition
July 16th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Carnie and the baby are adorable, as is the family shot. Luciana is a cute little thing.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Love all the names too. Just wish they’d call her by her full name, not just Luci, but their choice and maybe just me, lol…Congrats to all of them, they look so overjoyed with their new addition…If I was 41, had a difficult last part of the pregnancy with diabetes etc, and had two healthy girls I would stop at the two personally..
July 17th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
carnie looks like hillary duff in th first picture.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
What a beautiful family. I love the new arrival’s name – I am the proud mother of a Lucy myself.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Also – I’m wondering if the magazine did some airbrushing on Carnie in that first picture? She doesn’t look like herself!
July 17th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Cute children for sure!
July 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I knew she looked quite large during her pregnancy, and people were saying on no she looks healthy. Um no considering she herself is talking about the issues she had. At 41 and with her weight issues, this should be her last child. Both girls look like the dad more, same nose. I like the names lola and especially luciana. but not vrazy about the nickname lucy. Luciana is such a pretty name to shorten too, but that’s my opinion. Lola is big for 4.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:37 am
I love that they call her Luci! It’s a beautiful name (of course, I’m probably a bit biased as I have a family member with that name…though spelled with a Y on the end rather than an I)!
July 18th, 2009 at 1:38 am
gianna- Most of us were just saying that, unless we were Carnie’s doctor or someone close to her, we had no way of knowing about her health while pregnant, and thus had no right to judge.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I’m happy for Carnie, it’s finally over and the baby is here! Congrats! She’s a beauty.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
What a gorgeous family..the kids are very cute just adorable
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:25 am
she’s adorable
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
The older girl, Lola, looks a lot like Carnie, only difference is that her hair is lighter than hers. Other than that, Lola’s definitely her mother’s daughter. The new baby, Lucia, looks like her father. Same features as him and I can see the Italian in this little girl with her dark hair and eyes. Beautiful kids.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
wow, what a beautiful family. Carnie looks really good for just having a baby, glowing and all. Lucy is gorgeous, i wonder if theres gonna be any more in the near future. Beautiful children! I hope mine, are this beautiful!
October 11th, 2009 at 1:08 am
She’s gorgeous! Just like her big sister. God Bless her always & the entire family. Love, cousin Julie from NYC