Hilary Duff: Labor with Luca Was 'Very Easy'
Hilary Duff will be spending Mothers Day with her 7-week-old son, Luca Cruz and the first-time mom certainly has a lot to celebrate.
I feel weird, because it seems like Im bragging, but he sleeps from like 11 to six. It is possible, ladies, Duff, 24, told Ellen DeGeneres and an audience filled with expectant mothers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday. It didnt happen right away, but the past three weeks, hes an 11 to 6er.
Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.Calling motherhood an amazing ride, Duff reveals she had a relatively painless delivery, despite being four days past her due date.
It was very easy, she shares. I went into labor at about one in the morning and I very calmly had my bags packed and woke my husband up after about three hours of walking up and down my hallway. Then Im like, Okay, its time to go, lets go now. We got in the car and drove to the hospital and that was it.
Duffs family her momSusan and her sister Haylie arrived at the hospital the following day and the waiting game for baby boy was on!
We wait all day and everyone is hungry. Were southern! and fro m Texas and my mom and sister actually went down to the commissary to the food court area, she says.
But while the soon-to-be grandmother and aunt were busy stocking up on snacks, Duffs doctor alerted her that the time to push had finally arrived. Im like, Now? Like now its time to go? Im like, Call my mom, call my sister, she recalls.
Things start rolling and all of the sudden the doors bust open and my sister and my mom come flying in and theyre like, We got barbeque chips and root beer, guys! Im like, What? Im pushing.
Duff says the biggest surprise about motherhood is watching the evolution of Lucas facial expressions.
Every single day, it seems like theres a new face that theyre making, she tells DeGeneres, as a picture of Luca at 3 weeks old flashed on the screen behind her. He started to smile about a week ago, and thats the coolest experience. Its all good.
What is to come is such an amazing journey, and a lot of work, Duff explains to the moms-to-be. Its just like the best thing thats ever happened to you.
Liz Raftery