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“Four weeks after giving birth, I was supposed to start rehearsals for a fall tour withBruno Marsand I couldn’t even squat down,” the “Be Careful” rapper, 25, explained in her cover story forWmagazine’s Art Issueof her decision todrop out of Mars’ tour tospend more time with daughterKulture Kiari, whom she and husbandOffsetof Migos welcomed on July 10.
“People don’t really talk aboutwhat you go through after pregnancy,” said the new mom. “They don’t tell you that you get stitches down there or that your first two weeks you’re constipated. Or that you get contractions because of breastfeeding. I wasn’t expecting that. When Kulture was born, I felt like I was a kid again; everything was making me cry, and I needed a lot of love.”
“I be feeling like, Do babies know who’s they mom? I feel like babies love whoever is giving them the milk, and I want to give the milk the whole time. I want her toknowme,”Cardi Bcontinued of why she wanted to be the one feeding Kulture.
“I feel better now, but sometimes I just feel so vulnerable, likeI’m not ready for the world yet. It’s weird.”
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BeforeCardi Band Offset, 26, became parents, theytied the knot, in September 2017. And onceCardi Bgot pregnant, there was a decision to make.
Not that their relationship hasn’t had its ups and downs. AsCardi Bexplained, “Every single day there’srumors about me and my dude. And it almost drives me crazy, because I start to believe them. I don’t have no proof. I don’t have receipts. But I just got to know my man. We practically on the phone 24 hours a day.”
“If I can’t find him, I’m going to find his friend. Somebody going to answer the phone,” she added. “But I cannot be feeling insecure, to a point that I would drive my dude away, because these people want that to happen.”
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Nominated for eight awards,Cardi Bis set to make her return to the stage Tuesday with a performance at the2018 American Music Awards, which will air from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. EST.
source: people.com
