I think it’s safe to say, most moms believe that baby number two, three and four are the charm when it comes to giving birth. Baby number one is always the crash course in parenting, similar to a “learn as you go” experience. No matter how many books and articles you read, no matter how much advice your mom and best girlfriend with a blossoming tribe of her own give you, there is never enough information to truly make one feel ready.

Most moms and couples express feeling better prepared for their second child, and celebrity moms are no different. During an interview with fellow celeb mom and bestie, Amber Rose on her Loveline With Amber Rose podcast on Play.It, Blac Chyna (Angela Renee White) says she is more comfortable as a mother the second time around. Chyna expressed she has been toying with the idea of breastfeeding, stating she feels, “obligated, in a sense.”

With the ever -growing support in both social and medical communities, the promotion of breastfeeding has brought to light great benefits for both mother and baby in the African American communities as well. In addition to providing the optimum nutrition for your baby and being extremely cost effective, it also helps reduce the mom’s belly after birth. Breastmilk can clear up baby and mom acne, prevent baby from having allergies, pink eye and so much more. The soon-to-be Mrs. Kardashian also mentioned some “cool stuff” about placenta. In the interview, Chyna said: “Just reading and knowing the pros of breastfeeding for your baby, and just recently, I found out some new, cool stuff about not cutting the cord and sending your placenta, you can get these pills to take them after to make you and the baby healthy. If you notice dogs and cats, when they have their babies, they eat the placenta. You’re like, ‘No, don’t do that!’ But they do, it’s a healthy thing. … I feel like with my second baby, I’m more educated than the first one.”

As of recently, it has been suggested that it’s most beneficial to  leave the umbilical cord attached to the child after birth to aid your child in attaining optimal health. In prior episodes of the Kardashian entertainment saga, Kourtney also came upon the idea of saving and consuming her placenta after giving birth. Placenta consumption, or placentophagy, is an age-old practice women have been doing for centuries. Some benefits of placenta consumption are said to include regulating hormones, aiding in increased breast milk production and energy, and reduced risk of insomnia and PTSD.

While research, dulas, grandmas and friends offer great advice, tips and tricks to help you bring and raise a thriving child into the world, what’s best for mom is what ultimately matters. Research and advice are great but can be overwhelming. The best way to survive motherhood and parenting is to simply do what works best for you and your child. No two experiences are the same. It is no secret that which ever birthing methods you choose, if mom is good, then baby is good.

What was your birth experience like? Did you choose to breastfeed or eat your placenta? Comment below and share what worked for you!

Earlier this week, we told you about an interview that Adrienne Bailon did with Latina magazine in which she discussed her failed relationship with Rob Kardashian and how it had a negative impact on her career.

“To be stuck with that Kardashian label, that was so hurtful to me and to my career,” expressed Adrienne. “I probably realized that too late—not that it would’ve affected my decisions in terms of who I dated, but it would’ve affected my decision to appear on the show. At the time, I didn’t think anyone would even care. To this day, people will still say, ‘You ruined Rob’s life!’ and I’ll think, Damn, I was still playing with Barbie dolls when I met him.

It’s common knowledge that he cheated on me, and it always bothered me that people were like, ‘Pero, why couldn’t you forgive him?’ Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, ‘You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.’ But women, we’re supposed to be like, ‘He messed up. He made a mistake.’ And, in my situation, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God! I made a mistake!’ He strategically planned things out so that he could cheat on me, and that to me was so disloyal.”

Rob’s sisters, Khloe and Kim, were not thrilled about Adrienne’s comments about their brother, who seems to be in a bit of a depression right now. The reality stars quickly took to Twitter to defend their baby bro as well as to shade Adrienne. You can check out their responses here, but in short, Kim seemed to imply that Adrienne is only relevant because of her relationship with Rob. Adrienne recently responded to Kim in an Instagram post that went a little something like this:

“Fame and a Career are two different things. I’ve always had a career. I have been working hard since I was 15 years old. Being someone’s ‘girlfriend’ was never what I wanted to be famous for.

What makes you ‘famous’ isn’t always what you want to be ‘labeled’ as, or known for. If anyone should understand that…it should be you.

I also stated in the article that none of this would have stopped me from being in love and being in that relationship. I just would have gone about it differently. You can love someone just as much in private. We all learn from our first loves.”

What are your thoughts on Adrienne’s response?

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We told you earlier today that Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe had some words for Adrienne Bailon after she said being connected to the Kardashian label after dating youngest brother Rob hurt her career. Just a quick reminder of the statement that really set things off, Kim said this on Twitter:

“Funny how she says being with a Kardashian hurt her career yet the only reason she has this article is bc she is talking about a Kardashian.”

We forgot to mention that big sis Kourtney jumped in the mix with “STILL talking about us?!” and according to NecoleBitchie, Tyga’s girlfriend and new Kardashian BFF, Blac Chyna, threw a little shade too, saying “STFU … Adrienne … Girl bye”

While Bailon still hasn’t responded to such foolery (and she shouldn’t really), it’s her best friend and former “Empire Girls” co-star, Julissa Bermudez (who also hosted “106 and Park” for a short time before Rocsi and Terrence came on board) who is coming to her defense.

She got gully on Twitter this morning and said this to Miss Kimberly:

 

In response to this, Khloe Kardashian posted this on her Twitter account just a couple hours ago: “FDB”

Yes, that stands for “f**k dat b***h”

I’m just really confused at why Bailon’s comments were taken as such malicious ones. They were a little shady, but not worth a day full of back and forth keyboard thuggin’. But do you know who the real winner in all of this is?

Latina Magazine! Go pick up that new issue to check out Bailon’s full interview!

See, this is what happens when folks start dating rappers and think they’re trill…

We told you that Adrienne Bailon got her cover girl on for Latina Magazine, and looked gorgeous while doing so. But aside from talking about love and marriage, she talked about past love and heartbreak. If you’ll recall, for a time there in 2008, Bailon was featured on Keeping Up With The Kardashians because she was in a serious relationship with Rob Kardashian. So serious I guess, that Bailon got a tattoo on her butt with Rob’s name. Unfortunately, that relationship was shot to hell when Kardashian cheated on her, and even though it ended a long time ago, and she is in a committed relationship with producer Lenny Santiago, she still brings up Kardashian’s name quite a bit.

So in the Latina interview she decided to talk about the time they were dating, and went as far as to say that being attached to him and the Kardashian name even after they broke up hurt her career…

“To be stuck with that Kardashian label, that was so hurtful to me and to my career.  I probably realized that too late—not that it would’ve affected my decisions in terms of who I dated, but it would’ve affected my decision to appear on the show. At the time,  I didn’t think anyone would even care. To this day, people will still say, ‘You ruined Rob’s life!’ and I’ll think, Damn, I was still playing with Barbie dolls when I met him.

It’s common knowledge that he cheated on me, and it always bothered me that people were like, ‘Pero, why couldn’t you forgive him?’ Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, ‘You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.’ But women, we’re supposed to be like, ‘He messed up. He made a mistake.’ And, in my situation, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God! I made a mistake!’ He strategically planned things out so that he could cheat on me, and that to me was so disloyal.”

Someone who didn’t appreciate these comments was not Rob, but his famous sisters, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. Interesting enough, both women boldly took to Twitter to say that she was kicking their brother while he is down (Rob is allegedly suffering with depression and an extensive weight gain). But really, it seemed like they were actually mad at the fact that she said being attached to the “Kardashian label” put a dent in her career:

A follower of Khloe told her that Bailon shouldn’t have said anything about Rob, and Khloe agreed, proudly sticking by the shade that her big sister threw.

 

What do you think though? Was Bailon doing too much? Or is it the Kardashian sisters who are doing the absolute most?

Breaking up is rarely easy, but having to do it while in the public eye can make things even more complicated. Unfortunately, “The Real” host Adrienne Bailon was faced with this obstacle when her relationship with Rob Kardashian fell apart.

“It’s common knowledge that he cheated on me,” Adrienne tells Latina in their September issue, which she appears on the cover of. “And it always bothered me that people were like, ‘Pero, why couldn’t you forgive him?’ Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, ‘You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.’But women, we’re supposed to be like, ‘He messed up. He made a mistake.’”

Even if she were to consider infidelity a mistake, Adrienne says that she couldn’t simply forgive Rob because his betrayal was premeditated.

“In my situation, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh my God! I made a mistake!’ He strategically planned things out so that he could cheat on me, and that to me was so disloyal.”

Thankfully, Adrienne has not allowed the betrayal to taint her outlook on love. Since the Rob split, the former “Cheetah Girl” has been in a loving relationship with a photographer named Lenny Santiago for five years. However, the Rob situation left her reluctant about going public with their relationship.

“When I was doing the reality show [Empire Girls] with Julissa [Bermudez], the producers wanted me to show my relationship with Lenny, but I didn’t want to do that; I didn’t want a repeat of what happened with Rob.”

However, now that they have five solid years under their belts as a couple, Adrienne says she felt more comfortable opening up about their love.

“I wanted to let people know that we’re not a secret—we’re just private. Secret relationships are shady, and it’s never been that. Five years into our relationship, we’re no longer at the beginning—we’re established now. We’re in a great, strong place where any negativity cast our way won’t affect us. It was a big birthday for him—he turned 40—and I felt like, ‘I want people to know that I love you, and I think you’re freakin’ amazing.’”

Of course, five years is a pretty long time, so naturally, folks are wondering why Adrienne and Lenny haven’t tied the knot yet. But it seems that the actress’ career may be what has their marital plans on pause at the moment.

“If by some miracle we started taping The Real in New York tomorrow, I’d marry him, like, right now. I want a family. I see my sister and she’s on her second baby, and I’m like, That’s success. Having a family—I can’t wait for that.”

She seems to be in a really great place. We’re happy for her. You can check out her full interview in the Sept. issue of Latina magazine.

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Yesterday, Torrei Hart promoted her new reality show, Atlanta Exes on Entertainment Tonight and during the interview, she recounted (for the millionth time) how Kevin Hart committed adultery during their marriage.

“It does hurt that my kids have to be around a woman who broke up a marriage. I was with [Kevin] when he was selling sneakers for five dollars an hour. I was at every show. I was at his first show where he ever did standup … I was his muse. I was there from the beginning.”

Kevin respectfully told his side of the story via Twitter and while fans pick sides or hope Torrei would stop uttering her ex-husband’s name, we’re looking at other Hollywood exes who showed their bitter side once their relationships, ended.

When Rob Kardashian and Rita Ora split up back in Dec. 2012, he sent a clear message that this was not an amicable breakup. The troubled reality star blasted his singer ex-girlfriend on Twitter, going as far as accusing her of cheating on him with 20 different men.

“She cheated on me with 20 dudes while we were together, I wonder how many she will sleep with now that we apart. I mean 20?!” he tweeted at the time. “How can a woman who is so busy trying to start her own career have time to be with so many dudes all while in a relationship?!?!”

“I’m actually disgusted a woman could give up her body to more than 20 dudes in less than a year’s time while trying to start a career.”

During a recent stay in New York, Rita stopped by Power 105.1 where she had a chat with The Breakfast Club about Rob’s public meltdown.

“I’m still waiting,” she said in response to Rob’s allegations. “I’ll let you know when I [do have sex with that many people]. But I didn’t.” “What I think is that people react to things differently and like to express their feelings in certain ways,” she continued. “I don’t tend to use social media. So when that whole situation happened, silence for me is the biggest form of flattery. And I love to keep it moving unless I need to say something.”

For quite a bit of time following their split, Rob’s life appeared to be on somewhat of downward spiral. And apparently some folks have been blaming Rita his recent misfortune—including the large amount of weight he has gained since the split. Rita, however, says she has nothing to do with it.

“Why is everyone blaming that [on me]?” the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress questioned. “Look, I don’t want to talk about this too much because people move onward and upward. But you know, it was a phase. It was a moment in my life. And you know, now it’s onward and upward.”

Speaking of controversy, Rita also discussed rumors that she’s beefing with fellow RocNation artist Rihanna.

“First of all, I love her,” Rita reasoned. “I think she is dope. And all these kind of comparisons, it’s kind of pretty flattering. But I know it’s not that. Being from London, there is only so much that you can learn about this [person] from this side of the pond. But it’s better to be compared to [Rihanna] than being compared to Shrek or somebody.” “It’s rumors. It’s all rumors,” she continued. “Good thing is though, I’m own my own thing, she’s doing her own thing. We don’t need to watch what each other is doing. We just do our own thing.”

As for those pesky rumors that she’s carrying on a secret affair with Jay Z, Rita says:

“Don’t you dare disrespect Beyoncé like that ever again in your entire life.. You should know better than that. That’s just straight up disrespect, you can’t even go there. That’s not even a question.”

Watch Rita’s full interview on the next page.

I better not find my mother posting pictures of herself in a bikini on Instagram. But then again, she’s still getting the hang of e-mail and using emoticons, so I think I’ll be okay…

But Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall and Kylie (oh yeah, and Rob) need to come get momma Kris because she’s out here trying to show the Internet what she’s working with. Coincidentally, her 17-year-old daughter Kendall posted a photo yesterday of herself modeling a bikini for Colombian clothing line Agua Bendita, next to a pool, all greased up and fabulous. And less than two hours later, Kris Jenner decided that she wanted to show the world that she too can rock a bikini, and posted the above picture with the caption, “Last day of summer. Gonna miss you.” As you can see, in the photo, Kris is rocking a blue bikini top, a chunky statement necklace, and a face full of makeup, so this photo must have been for some type of photoshoot (or a lil somethin’ somethin’ for Bruce? *shudders at the thought*)

I’ll give Kris some credit, she doesn’t look bad at all. However, the thirst to expose every ounce of herself and her life to the world as if to say, “Look at me! I can do that too!” is a bit much. It never hurts to keep some things to yourself.

Since landing a spot on new daytime talk show The Real, it seems like we’ve heard more from Adrienne Bailon about her relationship with Rob Kardashian than we did during the past four years that they’ve been broken up and the time they were together combined. During a recent interview with the Jasmine Brand, the I’m in Love with a Church Girl actress shared why she’s still talking about that relationship so many years later, even though there’s a new man in her life. According to Adrienne, she never really discussed the relationship or break-up until now.

“I think, you know, as of lately, it takes a lot of courage to be real. And I think people don’t realize that it also takes an open heart and open mind and not to judge. You never know what somebody else’s life experiences, you know – what’s not and then there. It’s an hour’s show. I can’t tell you my whole life in an hour, but what I will say is that you know, I’ve also heard a lot of things like, ‘Why is she talking about Rob?’ I have to speak from a personal standpoint – I have only had 3 relationships in my entire life – like boyfriends. So it was my 1^st boyfriend, that was there for 10 years, Rob and then the man I’m with now. I can’t speak to you about what someone else’s experience – I can only talk to you about my life, my experience and Rob happens to be a part of that,” she started.

The 29-year-old actress went on to say that she hopes her experiences can keep someone else from making similar mistakes.

“I think it’s sad that people will judge and be like ‘Well, why are you talking about him years later?’ Well, it’s actually my 1^st time ever talking about it. He got his chance to speak about it on his reality show, where he read emails about me and talked about me – entire episodes that were about me that really didn’t get my approval. So four years later, for me to just share my experience, I’m not trying to hurt anybody. If anything, I want people to be able to learn from what I went through. Getting a tattoo on my A$$ – not the smartest idea. But hopefully there’s a young girl out there that is considering that, saying to herself ‘That’s not a smart idea. Adrienne did that. Rob did that – not a smart idea.'”

She adds that she believes Rob probably shares similar sentiments.

“I think he’d agree with that too so I’m sure he doesn’t want my name on his body either. Years later, I don’t think it’s saying anything negative but just keeping it real. And that’s my reality, that’s my life, that’s what I went through, and well, yeah.”

So what do you think of Adrienne’s explanation?

Sometimes it’s hard to even remember that Adrienne Bailon and Rob Kardashian were an item, especially considering all of the relationship drama he’s been through since they split back in 2010. But the truth of the matter is that they were a pair and Bailon has a little souvenir to keep their memory alive: a “ratchet” booty tattoo. The I’m in Love with a Church Girl actress confessed during an episode of The Real that during the height of her relationship with Rob, the daring pair went and got each other’s names tattooed on different parts of their bodies.

“I clearly can’t talk about tattoos.I’ve gotten pretty bad tattoos before,” Adrienne confessed to her co-hosts.

“Everybody knows I have the ratchetest booty tattoo of an ex-boyfriend. I don’t know what I was thinking. Laser tattoo removal, we are in the process. It’s awful, ten letter last name: Kardashian. It’s pretty bad, yeah. Now that is a ratchet tattoo. I made a very bad decision.”

“It actually says Robert A. Kardashian. He has Adrienne Eliza Bailon on his rib. That was pretty bad, too.”

When her clearly intrigued co-hosts asked how she managed to fit such a long name on her tush, she responded:

“Mr. Cartoon did my tattoo. It was sized down so much to where it almost started looking like a little black blob. It’s bad.”

The 29-year-old singer-turned-actress then went on to jokingly discourage anyone who may be considering following in her footsteps.

“Don’t follow my example.”

“Booty tattoos, names of other men, it’s all ratchet. Don’t do it.”

In case you were wondering, Rob and Adrienne split back in 2010 because he was unfaithful.

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