If you are considering having your mom in the delivery room with you, Kate Hudson's birth story may convince you to rethink that plan. The actress's mom Goldie Hawn was by her side during her 18-hour labor with son Bingham and what went down was nothing short of bizarre. And by bizarre, I don't mean putting on bronzer and false eyelashes on the gurney -- a la Snooki. Oh no my friends, Goldie brought a whole other level of looniness (and hilarity) to the miraculous moment.
The wackiness began as soon as Kate phoned to let the First Wives Club star know she was ready to pop. "I called my mom to tell her I'm in the hospital and in labor," she said during a recent sit-down with Ellen DeGeneres. "And she was like okay, well how much time do I have because I was going to take a swim. I'm just like, 'Can you get here in an hour?' She shows up and I have not eaten in like 10 hours. She shows up with a pizza and Doritos! She's like, 'I'm starving!'"
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As if it wasn't already, the sitch gets really weird from that point on. "She wants to be in control of everything," Hudson explained. "She puts on these reading glasses that have headlights on them. So now my mom, I'm looking up. I have my doctor and my mom kind of looking over with these headlights."
Wait, there's more. Goldie, who is all about a New Age, spiritual lifestyle, pulls out a prop to help Kate get through the painful labor: "She brings a magnolia flower. She brings this large magnolia. And she starts to do these visualizations with me. She's going, 'Imagine your va-jay-jay as a large magnolia flower blossoming.'"
Crazy right? The only good thing is that this nutty scene is so funny it might make you forget all about the contractions. Gotta love mom for trying to help out, but I am not sure I would have the patience for it. I chuck this whole scenario up as yet another reason to kick everyone besides daddy and the doctor and nurses out of the delivery room.
Did you have any unusual or wacky experiences during birth?
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How is that weird? women have props to help them visualize during birth all the time. You seem like you live in a very tiny world.
I'd have never made it through either of my labors without my mother there..
I wouldnt let my mother with in 1000 foot distance of me. Now my MIL sure no problem she was there when our first son was born and seeing the joy and love on her face to her new grandson just made me glad that she was there. Now that being said my MIL is not the greatest person the planet.
my mom, sister and then husband were in the room with me while i was in labor. my mom and sister were hilarious - i'm not very vocal or dramatic when in pain, so i think they kind've forgot that i was actually having contractions lol they were cracking themselves and me (between contractions) up and even having fun with the nurses. at one point my sister put "push it" on her iphone and started singing it to me haha.
my ex husband on the other hand was totally and completely horrible. i was in labor for 38 hours, and he complained about how tired HE was, talked on the phone to his family/friends and complained about how long it was taking, talked over me and answered questions FOR ME to the nurses, etc. my nurse asked where my pain level was at and HE answered "she's at like 6 or 7", uh what? shut up! OH! and this was all before he brought his burger AND onion rings into my room to eat (the nurse made him leave, because that's just mean lol).
after 38 hours, i ended up with a c-section and my then husband was the only person in the room with me. he was horrible. when they told me i'd be feeling a lot of pressure, etc. i asked "will i be able to breathe?" (stupid question, i know, but i honestly was concerned haha) and he told me to "sssshhh!" seriously? i wish i would have had my sister or mom in the room with me.
How weird! Without thinking about it before going to the hospital, I started visualizing my you-kno-what as a flower opening up. (In Hawaii there a lots of big, beautiful flowers). The nurses liked it when I told them. I love Goldie Hawn, always have--but I'm not sure I could handle her in the room with me when I gave birth, and I wouldn't want my mom there, and I don't think she would have wanted to be there. There's something called PRIVACY.
My mom was in the delivery room with me, and she had the camera and was in like some type of trance because I had to remind her "mom take pictures of the baby!!!" so glad she was there for me, and my dd