Beyoncé Opens Up About Difficulties Of Carrying Twins And Giving Herself 'Self-Love'

Beyoncé's September Vogue distribute was already historic. The superstar artist was reportedly given "unprecedented control" over the cover, according to The Huffington Post. She tapped 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell to photograph her, which makes him the initial African-American photographer to shoot the cover in the style magazine's 126-year history. Bey kept the surprises coming as soon as it came to the issue's content, which sees her detailing the struggles that came soon after her pregnancy with Blue Ivy.


immediately after the birth of my first child, I imagined in the things society mentioned about how my body should look," Bey explained. "I put pressure on myself to lose all of the baby weight in three months, and scheduled a little tour to assure I would do it. Looking back, that was crazy."


Beyoncé continued to describe the complications that arose birthing the twins and why Jay-Z was there every step of the way.


"I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth to Rumi and Sir," she continues. "I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section. We spent several weeks in the NICU. My partner was a soldier and such a strong support system for me. I am overjoyed to have been a witness to his strength and developments as a male, best friend, as well as a father. I was in survival mode and did not grasp it all up until months later."


Thankfully, Bey came out the other side healthy and stressed the necessary for "self-love self-care" as well as embracing "being curvier." The Everything Is Love star rarely gets this candid about her personalized life, yet any time if she does, it is routinely eye-opening.


Read the rest of the interview in Vogue.