Jessica Alba talks about “horrible” post-baby weight battle

Posted by heatworld on Thursday 05 Feb 2009

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We were all wowed by how quickly Jessica Alba appeared to get her amazing figure back after giving birth to baby daughter Honor, but it seems it wasn’t quite as effortless as it appeared. The actress has spoken out about her struggle – and it doesn’t sound like much fun at all. “The workouts were horrible,” she says. “I cried. And I haven't worked out since. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band about my waist – any kind of band or girdle works, but I didn't recover as fast as she did.” We’re glad even the woman regularly voted the hottest piece of ass in the world has to cheat with clever (and painful!) underwear too. Also, she’s made childbirth sound much less scary than we thought. “Contractions aren't that bad,” she insists. “If you've ever had bad cramps? That's what they're like. But that moment when they put the baby on your chest – that's deep. It's a deep experience.” It also sounds like Jessica has become super-soppy since becoming a mum last June. “This is the first time I've been away from her,” she reveals. “It's been six days. It sucks; it's the worst thing ever. But we Skype, so I can see her on video. The worst is when you can see her little chubby hands grab the screen, and I'm not there. That's a new thing – I never cried before. Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.” We don’t know about you, but we rather like this girdle-wearing, exercise-shunning, weeping version of Jessica – she's way more normal and relate-able than the pre-motherhood version, don’t you think?