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Kate Middletonis getting real about her pregnancy experience.
“It was fine. I got very bad morning sickness, so I’m not the happiest of pregnant people,” the Duchess of Cambridge told hostGiovanna Fletcher.
“Have you had it every time or just the first time?” the best-selling author asked.
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The princess, who is promotingher groundbreaking surveycalled“5 Big Questions on the Under Fives,”which kicked off last month, adds, “You know, William didn’t feel he could do much to help and it’s hard for everyone to see you suffering without actually being able to do anything about it.”
Fletcher, who has three kids of her own, added, “Especially since it’s such an amazing magical time but then you’re just feeling rotten!”
“Yes – utterly rotten!” the royal mom of three agreed. “I was really sick – I wasn’t eating the things I should be eating – but yet, the body was still able to take all the goodness from my body and to grow new life, which I think is fascinating.”
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To help battle her severe morning sickness, Kate took it upon herself to learn the “hypnobirthing”method for all three of her deliveries.
Kate immediately connected with hypnobirthing, which involves various relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to help relax the body before and during labor and birth. Classes generally teach participants to practice and use a combination of music, visualization, positive thinking and words and even prompts from partners to relax the body and control sensations during labor, according to theMayo Clinic.
Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Louis, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
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“It was through hyperemesis that I really realized the power of the mind over the body because I really had to try everything and everything to try and help me through it,” Kate said.
“There’s levels of it,” she continued. “I’m not going to say that William was standing there sort of, chanting sweet nothings at me. He definitely wasn’t! I didn’t even ask him about it, but it was just something I wanted to do for myself.”
Kate welcomed sonPrince Georgeon July 22, 2013. His sisterPrincess Charlottefollowed on May 2, 2015. Younger brotherPrince Louiswas born on April 23, 2018. The royal mom had all three of her children in the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital in London.
source: people.com
