Nicole Richie Introduces Harlow Winter Kate

On motherhood:

It’s almost like I don’t even remember what life was like before her. She gives life a whole new meaning and a whole new purpose.

Now that I look back on it, I was a different person last year than I am now. And, listen, sometimes I’ll be here and I’ll think to myself, ‘I used to be fun! What if I’m not fun anymore?’ I’m still fun, just not in that way.

On the labor and delivery:
N: I don’t know [how long I was in labor], because I don’t know what time I actually went into labor, but I pushed for 10 minutes. Three pushes and she was out.

J: She came out and she was crying. The doctor goes, ‘Well, it looks like you got a little girl!’

N: Harlow came out and I knew she looked like me, and I was holding her, and it was something so much bigger than me. Now she looks a little more like Joel, but when she was born, it looked like Joel had nothing to do with it!

On choosing their daughter’s name:
N: I wanted a hippie name and he wanted a more biblical name.

J: I really like Jean Harlow the actress, and she likes Shalom Harlow the model. Harlow’s cool because it feels like a classic name.

On nursing:
N: There’s just so much I can’t eat because she’s sensitive. I eat really bland [food] — chicken noodle soup, vegetables, fish. I had to cut out milk, no tomatoes, no lettuce. You think you have to cut everything out when you’re pregnant, but you really have to cut everything out when you’re breastfeeding!

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