Beyoncé is opening up for the first time about giving birth to her twins, Rumi and Sir, in June 2017 — and the story is powerful.
The music superstar shared details of her motherhood journey and more for her Vogue September cover, starting with the toll pregnancy took on her body.
“I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth to Rumi and Sir,” Beyoncé revealed in the lengthy captions the accompany the images shot by Tyler Mitchell in the issue.
Continued the 36-year-old, “I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section.”
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