The Big Questions, where we ask, well, the big questions (and the smaller ones too) and this week, we’re diving deep with Millie Mackintosh.Despite getting her start on UK scripted reality TV stalwart Made In Chelsea, the 32-year-old has gone on to become quite the influential voice on social media.While pregnant with daughter Sienna, two, and then welcoming second daughter Aurelia in November 2021, Millie has shared a no-holds-barred account of her journey to motherhood – the good, the bad and the bodily-fluid-covered.The star gave birth via C-section – or, as Millie calls it, ‘abdominal birth’ – for both daughters and wants to quash the stigma around caesarian births and recovery, with the star enthusing her experience with the Pico dressing: a vacuum-packed dressing which helps reduce the chance of infection and improves the overall recovery process – and something Millie is keen to spread the message of.So what better time than C-Section Awareness Month to unpack all there is about her journey around birth with some *big* questions, eh?For me, I think there definitely is a bit of a negative stigma out there attached to having a C-section, which is so, so ridiculous and outdated, and it just really frustrates me.I’ve had two amazingly positive birth experiences… I know every birth is different and there’s lots of different reasons people have C-sections, so, I can’t speak for [others].
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