Chrissy Teigenis standing up for her family.
On Sunday, the entrepreneur and women’s health activist shared some visual responses to a string of hateful online accusations that she secretly used a surrogate for the recent birth of her 4-month-old daughterEsti Maxine.
“Extremely realistic ‘moon bump,'” Teigen, 37, sarcastically wrote over an intimate shot taken onJan. 13after her cesarean section.
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Teigen spoke with PEOPLE about her first cesarean section in March — and why she was “so excited” about the surgery.
“I was kind of excited because I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ve done the vaginal thing twice. Let’s try this,’ " she said of her previous births with daughterLuna Simone, 7, and sonMiles Theodore, 4. “I really love surgery.”
“I like that I’ve seen both experiences,” added Teigen, who shares her children with musician husbandJohn Legend.
“The incision is a lot and you never know how your stomach’s going to come together,” she recalled of the surgery. “I think your organs are on the table for a second, but that to me is so cool. I was taking pictures above the seat. I have the craziest pictures of the cord and everything.”
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Though she is reveling in family life, Teigen also felt the need to stand up to social media trolls last month who scrutinized aphoto she sharedduring a family trip to Italy. This showed Teigen and her husband, 44, walking around Venice with Esti strapped to the musician’s chest.
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One user commented on the photo suggesting that the couple was not using the carrier “right,” tagging another user to “give them some advice” on how to wear it.
Defending her parental choices, Teigen replied to the user, asserting that “‘right’ is how she is comfortable.”
“She doesn’t like to be high and tight and likes to look around and see her daddy,” Teigen said of Esti. “She is safe and happy.”
source: people.com
