Check out Jennifer Garner in the new Allure

[AuntNi]

The April Allure has Jennifer Garner on the front, and an interview with her in the issue. About a third of the issue is about her nursing Violet. At the time of this interview, Violet was 14 months and they're still going strong. She even left EBM with Ben for Violet while she was gone! My favorite quote: "nobody ever said, 'You are not going to believe how emotional this is,' . . ."

As if I wasn't already totally girl-crushing on her. So sweet to hear more confirmation of what a great mommy she is!

[rmzbm]

She's an AWESOME mama, and I DID see that - her pics are STUNNING! She's a beautiful woman, with a beautiful babe!

[flminivanmama]

it's so sweet how they look so much alike - those dimples!

[Sarah102383]

I just typed up the highlights for our site - what a fab article!

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007..._garner_3.html

On nursing being different than she expected:

All I ever heard was everyone bitch about it - nobody ever said, 'You are not going to believe how emotional this is.' It's like, I'll say I'm going to stop, and then I'm in there, feeding her.

On being a working mom - doing both press and filming: [Interview took place in late January when Jen was away from Violet overnight for the first time while doing press for Catch and Release].

[Ben has a stash of two-ounce bottles of breast milk.] I'll be back tonight, and I haven't been gone 24 hours. 'I'm home!' I can't wait. I'll wake her up.

[While filming The Kingdom over the summer], Violet would be there on set, and I would feed her and then go back out. I was covered in blood and mud and dirt, and so her little sweet pink outfits would be caked in fake blood by the time she went home. She had blood across her forehead, and you don't want to see that on a little one.

Nursing wasn't the weight-loss solution Jen was expecting:

It happened to a lot of my girlfriends and sisters, and I really thought, 'This is the ticket, the best diet in the world' - and it just wasn't. I kept waiting, and I just didn't lose weight. It took six months before I did. I also, though, used breastfeeding as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted. I've always had a flat stomach, and now everyone's just always going to think I'm two months pregnant for the rest of my life.

However, she found she didn't care - and actually liked her newfound curves:

I could not motivate myself to work out. I wasn't going to give up that time with Violet, and if she was asleep, I wanted to sleep, because I was working. It just didn't seem important. [And] my body felt so much more balanced out. Because I've always had a biscuit [her term for her butt] and I've never had boobs, and so I finally felt like, 'Oh, this is how it's supposed to be.'

Jennifer laughs when shown a photo and asked to recall her embarrassing turn at the Academy Awards in 2006, when she tripped on stage.

Oh, that's me almost tripping. See, that's when I had knockers. That made me nervous. I was in a rush during the fitting because I wanted to be with Violet. Jack Nicholson was in the audience in front of me, and halfway through the night he said, 'Jennifer Garner's going to be able to feed the whole row.'

[St. Margaret]

But isn't "biscuit" Jen-speak for her butt? I've watched the Alias DVD commentaries and she says this when she watches herself hanging from the wires, her fanny in the camera...

Love her!!!!

[Sarah102383]

Oops, you're right!

[martiesmom]

However, she found she didn't care - and actually liked her newfound curves:

I could not motivate myself to work out. I wasn't going to give up that time with Violet, and if she was asleep, I wanted to sleep, because I was working. It just didn't seem important. [And] my body felt so much more balanced out. Because I've always had a biscuit [her term for her small breasts] and I've never had boobs, and so I finally felt like, 'Oh, this is how it's supposed to be.'

OMG. She's my hero.

[lizanneh]

I LOVE JENNIFER GARNER!!!!

[ksera05]

she is my hero, that is so awesome to hear!!

[SleepyMamaBear]

total crush on her.
what a rad mama

[hunnybumm]

Awesome!

[ap mom]

LOVE her!! I was so glad to see this, and I was equally as happy that the writer didn't make it seem anything but normal and wonderful that she BF at 14 mo! Hope she keeps going and normalizing EBF! It IS so emotional, and she seems like such a great mama!

[ollineeba]

aww.. that's awesome

[melikahiwa]

That is awesome!
I also just read in (People I think) a magazine about McDreamy and his twins.... he made a comment about them breastfeeding too
I'm loving the breastfeeding celebs!

[inkedmamajama]

what an awesome article!

(and now i want biscuits, lol)

[WannabeaFarmer]

Thats too cool!! Thumbs up too her and all the celebrities like her too!!

[SPOpa]

Awesome.

[linclane]

That's awesome. I knew I liked her.

Now I have to go out and get the mag so I can read the whole article.

It's great to hear her talk about it so naturally and to choose time with her dd over perfecting her body. I like that girls that look up to her and are influenced by her are getting such good/healthy info.

[St. Margaret]

Originally Posted by Sarah102383

Oops, you're right!

So glad I can offer important info on this board :

[annalaura]

thats awesome!