The 29-year-old model shared the happy news on Instagram on Monday, October 26. She also opened up about the gender of her baby, in a column given to the American Elle.
Pink notebook! Emily Ratajkowski and her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard are expecting their first child. To announce the pregnancy, the supermodel appeared in videos produced by the American version of Vogue magazine. At the same time, she confided in the sex of her baby.
“When my husband and I tell friends I'm pregnant, their first question after 'Congratulations' is almost always, 'What do you prefer?' We like to tell them that we won't know the gender of our child until they turn 18 and that they will let us know at that time ”, says the actress. “I like the idea of imposing as few gender stereotypes as possible on my child. But as progressive as I can hope to be, I understand the desire to know the sex of our fetus; it's the first real chance to catch a glimpse of who he can be. As my body is changing in strange and unusual ways, it is heartwarming to hear any information that might make it seem like what is happening is more real. ”
"I'm afraid a girl has a lot to go through"
Emily Ratajkowski says she is worried if she had a daughter, especially because of her experience as a woman and what society imposes on her. "I'm afraid a girl has a lot of things. It's a lot of pressure.", she confides. “I prayed for beauty, pinching my nose on either side before I fell asleep, wanting it to stay small. […] I think about the way women constantly compare themselves to each other, doing acrobatic calculations in their heads: This way I am similar to her, this way I am not; this way i'm better, this way i'm not. ”
"Girls watch football too!"
During her testimony, the young woman confides on the stereotypes she continues to encounter in her marriage, since pregnancy. “One Sunday, while watching football, he made a remark that it would be fun to have a little boy to watch with”, she remembers about her husband. "Girls watch football too!", the model told him. Because yes, women can also be a footballer, a top-level swimmer or even a handball player. These professions are not the property of men, women are also able to flourish by practicing a sport.
“EVERYBODY HAS OPINIONS on what to expect from a boy or a girl”
A world punctuated by stereotypes and preconceived ideas that the young woman does not deny, but which she intends to change with the arrival of her baby. “EVERYONE HAS OPINIONS about what to expect from a boy or a girl “, she confides. “I don't necessarily blame anyone for these generalizations – a lot of our life experiences are gendered, and it would be dishonest to try to deny the reality of a lot of them. But I don't like us forcing people, let alone babies, have preconceived ideas about their gender. ”
For the young woman, the most important thing is that her child can feel comfortable and secure. “I want to be a parent who allows my child to show himself to me.”
Such a positive and inspiring speech on education!