Melissa George says that she’s overjoyed with being a mum and that gorgeous 7-month-old Raphael could not be happier!
Melissa George says that she’s overjoyed with being a mum and that gorgeous 7-month-old Raphael could not be happier!
“It’s crazy that he’s always so happy and calm,” Melissa said as she took him to the park to enjoy Paris in the sunshine.
“Everyone who sees him comments on how happy he is. I get stopped by complete strangers in the street who notice his smile. They ask me, ‘Is that baby real?’ He’s just naturally cute and really, really happy. And he’s so much fun!”
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Melissa,38, and Jean-David Blanc, the Parisian-based IT entrepreneur she’s been with since 2011, welcomed baby Raphael in February this year after a marathon labour.
“My birth was four days – the longest labour in the history of the hospital without drugs – but when I heard the doctor speaking in French telling the nurses I wouldn’t have the strength to push, I became like a warrior woman and pushed for almost five minutes,” she says. “And out came Raphael.
“Once he was out, I held him in my arms and it was instant, instant love. For the first time in my life, I felt really special and loved by the whole world.
“I was just filled with love with my man, my hero, by my side.”
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While her labour was anything but fun, Melissa is certainly not complaining, because being a mum is something that she’s wanted for so long.
“I want to complain but I can’t – I wanted it so much! It’s wonderful. I’m walking around like I’m high all the time.”
Read more about Melissa’s joyful new life as a mum in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale Monday September 29, 2014.
Pictures by Michelle Day.
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