Exclusive: Karina Smirnoff said she was 'panicking' before her son's birth.
“I love babies, but when I would come to my friends who had a newborn and they were like, ‘Here, hold,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, how do I?'” the formeron Thursday, May 28, while promoting NAMI and One Mind’s Stronger Than You Think virtual mental health event.
Karina Smirnoff arrives for the Premiere Of Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man Far From Home” held at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 26, 2019 in Hollywood, California.She added, “I wouldn’t even know how to grab him or her. So, I was panicking thinking, ‘OK,and I’m not even going to know how to change a diaper.” And everybody’s like, ‘It comes instinctively, don’t worry.'” Despite her friends’ reassurances, Smirnoff found herself “going through a lot of anxiety” leading up to her son’s birth. The Ukraine native decided to move in with her parents to help her navigate the challenges of first-time motherhood. However, Smirnoff noted that it’s been a struggle with everyone under one roof amid the coronavirus quarantine.“I think when you are not used to living with your parents for a long time as an adult and then suddenly you are, wow, that’s a whole different set of skills that you have to attain,” she explained. “And I love them to death, they’ve been so incredibly helpful and I wouldn’t be able to do it without them, but that’s 24-7 in closed doors.” The biggest lesson Smirnoff has learned while quarantined with her parents is to “take a minute and take a breath” noting that she likes to play music to help ease her stress. “I mean, you can always lock yourself in one of the rooms and put on the song that you like and the music takes you to a different place and then you come back out and everything is good again,’ Smirnoff said.
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