Hilary Duff says she wanted son Luca (9) to watch her water birth so he could see ‘how strong women are and what childbirth looks like’.
Hilary Duff revealed why she wanted her son, Luca (nine), to witness the home birth of the new baby girl, Mae.
The younger star (33), who gave birth to Mae on March 24, made the revelation during an appearance in the podcast of Informed Pregnancy.
‘It was quite important to me [for him to be there] ‘because I’m very open and honest with him about how strong women are and what childbirth looks like,’ Hilary told Dr Elliott Berlin on Thursday.
Welcome his baby sister: Hilary Duff wanted her son Luca (nine) to witness the home birth of her daughter, Mae. Seen in 2020
“He knows of periods and it’s important to me to normalize the conversation with him for all the women who are going to be in his life.”
“He wanted to be for it, but it happened so fast he missed it,” the Cheaper By The Dozen actress said.
Hilary also revealed that her labor and childbirth lasted longer than three hours.
Happy family: Luca celebrates the Easter holidays with his sisters Banks and Mae on 1 April 2021
The actress explained that she wants to dispel the idea that women are inherently weaker than men.
‘I think sometimes a 9-year-old boy is like,’ Well, men have bigger muscles, ‘and, yes, but we bring life into this world. We’re moving a baby through our body, ‘she said.
“There’s a big conversation going on in the house right now: equality and power come from different places, except your muscles or whatever.”
Power couple: The actress and her musician husband Matthew Koma were married in 2019 after meeting each other while working together on Hilary’s fifth album. Seen in 2019
Mae is Hilary’s third child. She shares Mae and Banks with her husband and singer-songwriter, Matthew Koma (33). Matthew and Hilary started dating in 2017 and untied the knot in December 2019.
She was previously married to former professional hockey player Mike Comrie, who is Luca’s father. The Canadian NHL star and Maxim cover girl got married in 2010 after three years of dating.
In February 2015, Duff filed for divorce, citing the irreconcilable difference. The couple’s divorce was finalized a year later.
Fan Favorite: The Lizzie McGuire star can be seen in Younger’s seventh and final season on Paramount +. From the Younger premiere in 2019
Hilary became a household name after winning the title character in the Disney Channel hit series Lizzie McGuire. The program debuted in 2001 and closed in 2004. The actress watched her role in 2003 when she starred in The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
The former teenage god is also a singer-songwriter. She has released five albums, several of which have won gold and platinum. Hilary met Matthew when they were working together on her fifth album Breathe In. Exhale. in 2015.
To the delight of her fans, Duff announced in 2019 that she, as Lizzie McGuire, will return in a revival of the series.
However, the project was later scrapped by Disney + and explained that they held out the program ‘unless and until’ they could meet the expectations of fans.
Hilary can be seen in the seventh and final season of the comedy-drama series Younger which premieres on Paramount + on Thursday.