Any mom who has experienced childbirth knows it comes with a mixed bag of both emotions and physical feelings.
Two such cases?Jennifer GarnerandKristen Bell, who sat down to chat with other moms about a variety of parenting topics in the season 4 premiere ofMomsplaining with Kristen Bell.
One mom named Emilie Haskell, who is five months pregnant with her first child, tells the actresses that she’s “feeling pretty good” but “starting to get a little bit nervous about labor.”
“I think it is the most romantic day you’ll ever experience,” replies thePeppermintstar, 47. (She and exBen Affleckare parents to sonSamuel Garner, 7½, plus daughtersSeraphina Rose Elizabeth, 10, andViolet Anne, 13).
“You’re a better person than I am because I was gonna say, ‘It’s gonna look like a homicide,’ ” counters Bell, 39, who shares two daughters with husbandDax Shepard: 4½-year-oldDeltaand her big sisterLincoln, 6½. “Way more blood than you think there should be.”
Jennifer Garner (L) and Kristen Bell lead a conversation onMomsplaining.
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“The answer’s never. You’re not gonna,”The Good Placestar tells her flatly after looking at Garner, who purses her lips and shakes her head knowingly. “Because you’re a different self. And it’s important to talk to others. Momming is hard, but it’s worth it.”
“You have to just be like, ‘Can you believe this little s— is having a tantrum?’ ” says Garner, and the women laugh. “I would say that is the mindset.”
Jennifer Garner (L) and Kristen Bell.
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In reality, Bell takes the advice of husband Shepard, 44, whose hilarious approach to instances when their daughters exhibit less-than-ideal behavior is respectably effective.
“He says, ‘Sometimeswhen they’re having a tantrum, treat ’em like the hot girl in high school: Just ignore ’em and then they’ll come to you,’ ” she shares. “I thought that was so silly when he said it, and then it actually works.”
Elsewhere in the 6-minute episode, Bell tells the women that when she went into labor with her first child, daughter Lincoln, she thought her water had broken, but instead she had just “peed [her] pants.”
Garner then asks their waiter to fill up a large strip of condoms with water, and the group plays a game called, “Did My Water Break or Did I Pee My Pants?” —where they hold the “water balloons”between their knees and race around the restaurant. As the only one whose balloon doesn’t break, Garner is declared the victor.
source: people.com
