Beyonce is getting personal.
The superstar opens up about everything from motherhood and her body to her performance goals for herVogueSeptember cover story.
I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month.
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My health and my babies health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section.
After the C-section, my core felt different, she explains.
I needed time to heal, to recover.
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During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier.
I accepted what my body wanted to be.
I was patient with myself and enjoyed my fuller curves, she says.
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My kids and husband did, too.
To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller, she says.
I have a little mommy pouch, and Im in no rush to get rid of it.
I think its real.
But right now, my little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.
Thats why I stripped away the wigs and hair extensions and used little makeup for this shoot.
After a few days of humming the anthem, I realized I had the melody wrong.
I was singing the wrong anthem.
But they understood the feeling it gave them.
Knowles rounds off the as-told-to story by reflecting on motherhood and her own legacy.
Im in a place of gratitude right now, concludes the superstar.
I am accepting of who I am.
I will continue to explore every inch of my soul and every part of my artistry.
I want to learn more, teach more, and live in full.
Read theVogueSeptember issue cover story in fullhere.
