A home birth, a movie, an inflatable bathtub … Gigi Hadid confides in her childbirth

In the columns of Vogue US magazine, the top spoke about the happiest day of her life. Always natural and honest, a few striking details should surprise you.

It was September 19, 2020, Gigi Hadid gave birth to her first child, a little girl named Khai ("the chosen one" in Arabic), with her companion Zayn Malik, singer and ex-One Direction. While the announcement of the pregnancy, as well as its precise progress, took a long time to leak, the details of the delivery have just been exposed by the top herself. Asked in the columns of Vogue US, which she covers for the month of March 2021, she spoke about the exact circumstances of this very special day.

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Contrary to what one might think, Gigi Hadid did not give birth in an overpriced clinic in New York City, where she normally resides, quite the contrary. Covid-19 requires, in September, she was confined to the farm of her mother, Yolanda Hadid, in the state of Pennsylvania. So it was there that she gave birth to her daughter. Even though she was barely an hour and a half from Manhattan, she says she feared she could not have her mother and sister, Bella Hadid, with her because of the increased sanitary conditions in hospitals.

The decision to have a home birth also came with Zayn, watching the documentary "The Business of Being Born," released in 2008, which criticizes medical interventions and praises home birth. "We both looked at each other and said to each other, it's a sign", she said.

A childbirth surrounded by her own

Regarding the delivery process, the top also gives more details. After placing an inflatable tub in their bedroom, the midwife present asked her and Zayn to get their three cats and their border collie out to prevent them from piercing the tub with their claws. They then spent the first few hours of work watching an animated film they both love, The Indian in the closet.

Gigi Hadid gave birth

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Video by Juliette Le Peillet

The work lasted no less than 14 hours and Zayn was very stressed the whole time. "We feel so powerless to see the person we love suffer", he told Gigi, recalling those intense moments. Her mother and sister were also there to support her. "I know my mom, Zayn and Bella were proud of me, but at times I saw them all terrified", she admits. She continues: "After that, Zayn and I looked at each other and we were like 'we're going to wait a bit before we do it again'." The model therefore experienced a natural birth and her companion himself caught the baby when he came out!

And if you still doubt that Gigi Hadid is a celebrity apart, know that she does not have a nanny to take care of her daughter, despite a ministerial schedule. Little Khai is entrusted in turn to her father, her mother or that of Zayn. Rather rare in the people stratosphere.