
Here are some new and newish photos of Pink on the Fourth of July and Pink and Carey Hart last week, all with baby Willow. Pink and Carey released two photos of baby Willow to People Magazine after the paparazzi did everything possible to try to get a candid shot – or at least that was Pink’s argument, and I agree, sort of. I don’t doubt that the paparazzi were being intrusive and annoying, but I kind of think Pink and Carey just wanted to give the first exclusive baby photos to People Magazine anyway – you can see them here. In addition to giving People the photo exclusive, Pink also did a sit-down interview where she discussed the birth and how Willow was breech and everything. Pink is very candid:
Pink and husband Carey Hart thought they had it all planned out when it came to welcoming their first child.
“We watched Ricki Lake‘s documentary The Business of Being Born early on. It was so enlightening and empowering,” the new mom tells PEOPLE. “We took all kinds of classes and decided to work with midwives at The Sanctuary … I was really looking forward to the whole rite of passage — giving birth perfectly present, unmedicated, in the way nature intended.”
However, that was before daughter Willow Sage made her own agenda known, arriving on June 2 via a Cesarean section following two nights of labor.
“She was in the frank breech position, which is head up with her legs up by her head in a pike position. We tried everything to turn her around,” Pink, 31, reveals. “Turns out this little girl had other plans — she is my daughter, after all. It all turned out perfectly in the end, even though it wasn’t what we intended, because she is healthy and happy and so am I,” the singer adds. “We’ll go for our natural birth next time, for sure.”
Deciding on the name Willow Sage for their newborn was particularly heartfelt for Pink, who turned to her love of nature for inspiration.
“The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It’s the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it — no wind, no elements,” she explains. “It can bend and withstand anything. I love that sentiment. I want that for her.”
“Sage is cleansing and sacred,” the Grammy-winner continues. “And it sounded great together. It doesn’t hurt that her last name is Hart — flexible cleansed heart.”
Settling in as a family of three, Pink admits things have gone surprisingly smoothly — despite the initial bumpy start.
“We’ve had one major meltdown the first night home. Carey couldn’t figure out who to comfort first. It was pretty funny, actually,” she laughs. “Poor guy.”
“[Willow's] been amazing. Everyone gives you this terrifying picture of no sleep at all, bickering which leads to divorce … they made it sound like waterboarding,” Pink notes. “It’s not that bad! I think I’ve cried more than she has and that’s just because I’m emotional and a little nuts.”
And just as Willow, now 4 weeks old, is flourishing, so is the love between the happy new parents.
“Carey is a natural. He calms her down like only my boob can,” Pink jokes, adding that the doting dad wakes for every feeding and diaper change. ”I knew when I met him he’d be a great father, but watching him fall in love, watching him nurture her, I’ve never been so in love with him in my life. He keeps thanking me for giving her to him. It’s a beautiful time.”
[From People]
I’ve never given birth, and as some of you know, even the idea of childbirth terrifies me. Just skimming over this article has made me sick to my stomach. That’s not a judgment on childbirth in general or Pink in particular – it’s just me being very, very queasy with the idea of something trying to come out of my body. And the pain. OH GOD THE PAIN. I don’t know how you bitches do it. If it was left up to me to repopulate the earth in some kind of doomsday situation, I would be all “Well, the human race had a good run.” *side-eying the ginger ale in case I might throw up*
Have you noticed something weird about Pink? I have – with this pregnancy, all of a sudden, she’s right up there with Jennifer Garner as far as “Hollywood moms other mothers adore.” Even my mom was happy for her and gave me a little speech about how Pink is going to be a great mom, “and her husband seems like a very nice young man too.” My mother knows who Pink is… because of the pregnancy.



Photos courtesy of Fame.