Hilary Duff explains why she wanted a "natural birth at home" for her new baby

The actress and singer gave birth to her new daughter on October 25th.

Hilary Duff just gave birth and the experience was very different from the first time she was in labor, People reports. Duff, who was already the mother of six-year-old Luca Cruz, gave birth to a daughter, Banks Violet, on October 25th. While Luca, her first child, was born in the hospital, Duff opted for the baby Banks. House. Duff explained that she had begun to consider this option during her first quarter.

"I just started thinking that I wanted to live a different experience," said Duff.

"I'm older now. I love motherhood more than anything. I never thought it could be so. I would never have thought to be so happy and fulfilled. And I told myself that I wanted to have the full experience of what it is to put a baby in the world and the incredible way our body is made. My body gave me this amazing little boy and now I can have this little girl and I want to experience it to the fullest. "

Although she had an epidural during the delivery of her son, this time, Duff wanted the experiment to be drug-free. After watching the documentary, she consulted her boyfriend, Matthew Koma, about home birth The profession of being born. Duff said that Koma was supportive and even conducted his own research. Duff also had to do a lot of prep work and watched tons of online videos about home births to get an idea of ​​what it was. She also had to make sure that the house was suitable for giving birth and sterilizing the house.

In addition, she recruited three midwives and a doula to help her deliver at home. However, she was nervous about "persistent contractions" and events not going as planned. If she were finally to go to the hospital and not give birth at home, she would admit that she would have felt as though she was "failing". Koma again gave her support and reassured her.

"If we go to the hospital and you get an epidural, then what?" She remembered. "You worked at home and then you go to the hospital to give birth. There is no failure here. We are going to end up with a baby at the end of that, "he said.

Much to Duff's delight, she was able to have the child at home. The actress and singer has already uploaded many photos to her Instagram account of what she said to be a "magical" little girl.