Hilaria Baldwin is detailing how motherhood transformed her body.
The Yoga Vida co-founder—who shares kids Carmen, 11, Rafael, 9, Leonardo, 8, Romeo, 6, Eduardo, 4, María Lucía, 4, and Ilaria, 2, with husband Alec Baldwin—recently revealed she had a breast lift after having her seventh child in late 2022.
“Since I was breastfeeding for so long, it was one of these things I decided to do,” the 41-year-old said in the April 6 episode of The Baldwins. “I’ve been pregnant and/or breastfeeding for over a decade, and I think this is the first time that I’ve not been pregnant and/or breastfeeding since I’ve started having kids.”
According to Hilaria, she made this cosmetic decision after noticing a few changes in her body.
“It almost felt like my body wasn’t my body anymore, because I was so used to my body being a certain way,” she continued, before confirming the procedure helped her feel confident again. “It was just to make myself feel okay, and that’s okay.”
And while the Manual Not Included author is openly embracing her breast lift, she doesn’t want her kids to feel pressure to undergo plastic surgery to fit an unrealistic beauty standard.
“Anytime I do something in the realm of vanity, I don’t want them to feel that they have to be a certain way,” Hilaria added. “I want to try to protect Carmen because I’ve experienced a lot of self-doubt and listened to the criticism more than I should have.”
This isn’t the first time Hilaria has opened up about navigating motherhood, as she shared that she and Alec—also dad to Irene Baldwin, 29, with ex-wife Kim Basinger—always try to evenly distribute their time with their kids.
“Making sure my other babies feel they have mama time too,” Hilaria wrote in a September 2022 Instagram Story, shortly after having her youngest daughter Ilaria. “I am trying to balance [being a] new mom again, with breastfeeding, healing, and hustling to make sure all my children feel that I am there to be the best mama I can be.”
Keep reading to learn more about Hilaria and Alec’s full house…
Summer Lovin’
Alec Baldwin told the New York Times he gave his future wife, then Hilaria Thomas, his number upon meeting her at Pure Food and Wine in New York in February 2011. The two played phone tag until they finally arranged a time to meet for dinner.
That August they enjoyed their first US Open together, one of Alec’s favorite events.
Black Tie Date Night
Alec looked into his future and saw Hilaria at the 10th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation’s “An Enduring Vision” benefit at Cipriani Wall Street in October 2011. They moved in together the following month.
Swept Away
Hilaria accompanied Alec to the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. “I’ve dated a lot of people since my divorce, and have thought a lot about what I wanted and what I wanted to do,” he said. “I thought about it too much, I suppose. I wasn’t really ready to take that chance and to act until I met Hilaria.”
He Put a Ring On It!
In April 2012, Alec’s rep confirmed to E! News that he and Hilaria were engaged.
Daughter-Approved!
Hilaria and Ireland Baldwin frequently tweet about their friendship. Ireland joked on the social networking site she was going to serve as a “flower girl” in the wedding, but actually was a bridesmaid.
They Do!
On June 30, 2012, the happy couple tied the knot in front of family and friends at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan. The bride wore a silk magnolia trumpet Amsale gown and the groom donned a tux from Tom Ford.
Full House
The couple are now parents of seven, welcoming Carmen Gabriela (Aug. 23, 2013), Rafael Thomas (June 17, 2015), Leonardo Ángel Charles (Sept. 12, 2016), Romeo Alejandro David (May 17, 2018), Eduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas (Sept. 8, 2020), María Lucía Victoria (Feb. 25, 2021, via surrogate) and Ilaria Catalina Irena (Sept. 22, 2022).
The whole family will be starring on TLC’s The Baldwins, premiering Feb. 23, 2025.
