Beatrice of York speaks for the first time of her daughter Athena, born premature: “I cried for weeks, her feet were as small as those of a plush bunny”

BEAtrice of York and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi They became parents for the second time, of a girl called Athena Elizabeth Rose on January 22nd. Even then we had known that the little girl had come to light in advance of the scheduled times (early spring) and that was just weighed Two kilos. “He is tiny and absolutely perfect,” Father Edoardo wrote on Instagram presenting it to the world. Only now, however, mom Beatrice of York has spoken in public of his complicated pregnancy and the concerns related to the premature birth of the second son.

The real thirty -six year old, in an article written for British Voguerevealed that during pregnancy he needed a “careful monitoring“Doctor, and that she and her husband knew that they had to be” ready for a premature arrival “:” Nothing prepares you at the moment when you realize that your son will be born too early. You can’t control practically anything, you wonder if it is in good health, if there are complications, “explained the firstborn of Andrea di York and Sarah Ferguson. Adding: «Like a huge number of mothers, I spent the weeks before childbirth without sleepingtrying to control every movement of the baby I brought on the womb, and asking me continuously: “What if this happens, what if that happens?“»

Athena came to light at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London a few weeks before the expected date. Fortunately, he was born healthy, but he was “tiny”: “i his feet were as small as the paws of a plush rabbit of my first daughter (Sienna3 yearsed). I cried for weeks Before realizing that life with this new arrival was real ». Fortunately, the time of fear has passed. And today Beatrice can enjoy his beautiful family in total serenity, which also includes little Wolfie, which Mapelli Mozzi had from a previous relationship.

Fear has passed, but Beatrice does not forget “the families who are going through the same path”. And he decided to tell his experience precisely “to reassure them on the fact that they are not sun”. Since she became Athena’s mother, then, the thirty -six year old has chosen to become patron of Borne, A charity engaged in premature birth research. It is no coincidence that the first public release of the princess together with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi took place on March 6 on the occasion of Wonderland Gala organized by Borne at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London: «The work of Borne It is something for me incredibly close and personal after the recent birth of my daughter, “Beatrice of York told the event. Adding: «Every year in the United Kingdom, 60,000 children are born too early, with little information or research on why this happens. That’s why I can’t wait to support Borne And its innovative research program, which I hope will help thousands of parents and children in the future ».