Constance Hall, who has both been praised and widely criticised for writing about her family life with a no-holds-barred approach, has taken to social media to compare her post-birth experience to that of the Duchess of Cambridge.
Taking to Instagram, the popular mummy blogger shared a side-by-side photo of herself and the beloved royal. Constance wears a red dress and surgical socks as she breastfeeds with her eyes shut in the shot, while Kate is pictured in a red dress with a white collar by Jenny Packham, her signature tresses blow-dried to perfection and natural makeup.
“Oh god Kate… the things they expect of us royals,” she captioned the pic, adding: “I hear ya babe I hear ya.”
Constance, who welcomed her fifth child earlier this week, was clearly highlighting the backlash that followed the royal’s first post-birth appearance.
On Monday, April 23rd, Duchess Catherine took to the stairs of the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London to officially introduce the world to her third child — Prince Louis.
Impressively, she stepped out with her makeup preened and her hair polished just seven hours after the birth of her precious new bundle of joy. And although she appeared flawless, some thought the pristine photo-op sent the unrealistic message to women that they needed to “snap back” after giving birth.
What do you think?
Kate looked flawless for her first post-birth appearance in a red dress by Jenny Packham.
Constance and her husband, Denim Cooke, announced the arrival of their little bub — a healthy baby boy — on Monday.
“Raja. Born at 2.46pm 38 weeks 4.2kgs. We couldn’t have dreamt a more perfect baby,” the 32-year-old mum wrote alongside a picture of her breastfeeding her newborn.
“Love you so much Denzy. We are blown away with support from you all.”
The name Raja is a Sanskrit baby name. In Sanskrit the meaning of the name Raja is ‘king’.
Denim, who is the father of two children from a previous relationship, also posted about his joy on social media.
“Raja Wolf Cooke-Hall was born today at 2.46pm. At 9lb 5oz and 56cm tall he is perfect in every way,” Denim wrote.
“Con is sitting up in bed breastfeeding him at the moment and I couldn’t be prouder of her strength and bravery and throughout this entire pregnancy.”
“Raja is absolutely adorable and feeding already and about to nap. He has barely cried and seems really content. Fingers crossed he remains chill. Thank you for all the well wishes and thank you to my beautiful wife for this amazing gift … you are a warrior woman and this child unites our crazy clan. I feel so lucky I could jump over the moon. Oceanz [sic] of love to you all.”
Constance is pictured with her husband, Denim.
With the addition of baby Raja, Constance and Denim’s family has grown to include seven children and two dogs.
Denim has two sons Zeyke and Sunny from a previous relationship, while Constance has Rumi, Snow, Arlo Love and daughter Billie-Violet from her previous six-year marriage to Bill Maher.
We send our massive congratulations to the young family!
