{"id":67379,"date":"2020-10-27T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T01:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67379"},"modified":"2020-10-27T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T01:13:07","slug":"emily-ratajkowski-announces-pregnancy-says-husband-wont-know-gender-child-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67379","title":{"rendered":"Emily Ratajkowski Announces Pregnancy, Says She and Husband &#8216;Won\u2019t Know the Gender Until Our Child Is 18&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0Vogue\u2019s latest digital cover,\u00a0Emily Ratajkowski\u00a0has revealed that she\u2019s\u00a0pregnant. The model penned an open letter about the ins and outs of her pregnancy\u2014and that she doesn\u2019t want to know her baby\u2019s\u00a0gender\u00a0until her child is 18 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p>She writes, \u201cWhen my husband and I tell friends that I\u2019m pregnant, their first question after \u2018Congratulations\u2019 is almost always \u2018Do you know what you want?\u2019 We like to respond that we won\u2019t know the gender until our child is 18 and that they\u2019ll let us know then. Everyone laughs at this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continues, \u201cThere is a truth to our line, though, one that hints at possibilities that are much more complex than whatever genitalia our child might be born with: the truth that we ultimately have no idea who\u2014rather than what\u2014is growing inside my belly. Who will this person be? What kind of person will we become parents to? How will they change our lives and who we are? This is a wondrous and terrifying concept, one that renders us both helpless and humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG0VrbyjznL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG0VrbyjznL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-10-26T19:03:52+00:00\">Oct 26, 2020 at 12:03pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>She explains that she prefers \u201cthe idea of forcing as few gender stereotypes on my child as possible. But no matter how progressive I may hope to be, I understand the desire to know the gender of our fetus; it feels like the first real opportunity to glimpse who they might be. As my body changes in bizarre and unfamiliar ways, it\u2019s comforting to obtain any information that might make what\u2019s coming feel more real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to everyone&#8217;s opinions on what to expect from a boy or a girl, she writes, &#8220;I don\u2019t necessarily fault anyone for these generalizations\u2014a lot of our life experiences are gendered, and it would be dishonest to try to deny the reality of many of them. But I don\u2019t like that we force gender-based preconceptions onto people, let alone babies. I want to be a parent who allows my child to show themself to me. And yet I realize that while I may hope my child can determine their own place in the world, they will, no matter what, be faced with the undeniable constraints and constructions of gender before they can speak or, hell, even be born.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Ratajkowski is expecting her first child with husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. The pair had a surprise courthouse wedding in February 2018 after dating for just a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0Vogue\u2019s latest digital cover,\u00a0Emily Ratajkowski\u00a0has revealed that she\u2019s\u00a0pregnant. The model penned an open letter about the ins and outs of her pregnancy\u2014and that she doesn\u2019t want to know her baby\u2019s\u00a0gender\u00a0until her child is 18 years old. 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