Deepika Opens Up About Her Life As A Mom

‘Every
couple
of
days
she’ll
be
sleeping
and
Ranveer
and
I
will
look
at
her
and
then
just
look
at
each
other
and
be
like,
we
can’t
believe
this
has
happened
to
us.’

Deepika
Padukone
recently
opened
up
about
her
life
as
a
mom,
and
what
made
her
and
husband
Ranveer
Singh
name
their
daughter
Dua.

In
an
interview
with

Marie
Claire,
Deepika
says,
‘I
do
have
to
tell
myself
that
your
life
doesn’t
end
the
minute
you
have
a
child,
and
that
you
do
need
to
get
back
to
your
life,
or
at
least
a
part
of
your
life
before
you
had
a
baby.
But
every
moment
where
I’m
not
able
to
be
with
her,
there
is
guilt.’

Dua
was
born
in
September
2024,
and
Deepika
admits
that
she
‘went
through
a
lot
in
the
eight,
nine
months
of
being
pregnant’.

Deepika
and
Ranveer
didn’t
name
her
immediately
after
her
birth.

In
fact,
Deepika
says
it
wasn’t
until
November
that
they
picked
her
name.

‘I
think
what
was
more
important
for
us
was
to
first
hold
the
baby
in
our
arms,
allow
her
to
sort
of
see
this
new
world
she’s
come
into,
allow
her
personality
to
start
developing
a
little
bit,’
Deepika
tells

Marie
Claire.

She
asked
Ranveer
over
a
text
message
at
night,
when
he
was
on
a
film
set:
‘Dua?’

He
said
yes,
and
‘that
was
it.’

Dua,
the
couple
explained
later
on
social
media,
meant
a
prayer
because
‘she
is
the
answer
to
our
prayers.’

Deepika,
who
is
on
maternity
leave
now,
spoke
about
how
she’s
trying
to
balance
her
life
as
a
working
woman
and
a
mother.

When
she
told
a
director
that
she
couldn’t
meet
him
because
she
needed
to
be
with
her
daughter,
she
found
his
response
‘surprising’.

‘He
turned
around
and
said,
‘Oh,
looks
like
she’s
taking
motherhood
very
seriously’.
I
don’t
know
if
that
was
a
compliment
or
a
jab.
What
does
that
mean,
taking
motherhood
seriously?
Yeah,
of
course,
I
am!’
Deepika
says.

Deepika
makes
sure
she
takes
care
of
herself
both
mentally
and
physically.

The
actor,
who
opened
up
about
her
struggle
with
depression
in
2014,
says,
she’s
‘okay
so
far’
mentally.

‘Everyone
around
me
has
been
really
kind
and
nice
enough
to
sort
of
check
on
me.
I’ve
been
very
lucky
to
also
have
that
support
system
that’s
more
than
happy
and
willing
to
step
in
whenever
I
need
it.’

She’s
working
on
her
physical
health
too.

She
makes
sure
to
drink
three
litres
of
water
daily
and
believes
in
keeping
herself
active.

In
her
third
and
‘uncomfortable’
trimester,
Deepika
tried
yoga.

Post-delivery,
she
started
swimming,
then
Pilates,
then
functional
training.

Next,
she
will
add
cardio
and
weight
training
to
her
schedule.

Sleep,
which
she
considers
the
‘number
one
health
tool
or
hack
that
I
think
is
so
underrated’
is
never
the
same
for
a
new
mom
but
Deepika
has
been
tracking
her
hours
of
sleep.

The
interview
ends
on
a
note
of
awe,
as
Deepika
says,
‘You’ve
always
wanted
something.
And
there
it
is
in
your
hands.
Every
couple
of
days
she’ll
be
sleeping
and
Ranveer
and
I
will
look
at
her
and
then
just
look
at
each
other
and
be
like,
we
can’t
believe
this
has
happened
to
us.’