At 44 and pregnant with her 6th child, model Natalia Vodianova reveals her baby bump

An essential figure on the podiums, Natalia Vodianova recently announced her sixth pregnancy. It’s on the cover of French Vogue that the model revealed her baby bump. After the birth of Viktor, Neva and Lucas – fruits of her union with Justin Portman, an English aristocrat – and those of Maxim and Roman, from her marriage to Antoine Arnault, the Russian top model and her husband are preparing to welcome a new child.

In the pages of French Vogue, Natalia Vodianova proudly displays her rounded belly. A new stage for the forty-year-old for whom family occupies a special place. For the magazine, she says: “I am very aware of how lucky and privileged I am to have been able to choose a large family.“

At 44, Natalia Vodianova reveals her sixth pregnancy

In Converse sneakers and fitted Maison Alaia dress, Natalia Vodianova displays her sixth pregnancy on the cover of French Vogue. A new chapter for the model and her husband who did not think of expanding their family once again. “Antoine (Arnault, editor’s note) and I thought it was over for us, and we were happy like that with our family. And then last summer, questions started to come back“, assures the model before adding: “If I could go back ten years, what would I change? What kind of mother would I be today? This question gave rise to a curiosity in me: what if it wasn’t too late? What if we didn’t close the door definitively…?“

For the mother-to-be, this pregnancy has its share of challenges. “I joked for the first three months that it was like my first pregnancy. It was really difficultbut I feel better today! I had to slow down“, confides Natalia Vodianova. “I was ready for this pregnancy to be different from others. I don’t get upset about anything because I was mentally prepared. I welcome all this differently, through the wisdom and experience I have gained, I suppose. And then, the simple fact of being enthusiastic, happy about this pregnancy…“An important development that Antoine Arnault’s wife is preparing to fully experience!

Natalia Vodianova: her poignant confidences about her mother Larisa Vodianova

Today a satisfied mother, the model had a childhood marked by the trying daily life of his mother. Having to take care of their sister suffering from a severe form of autism and working to eat, their days were not always rosy. In the columns of ELLE Francethe model returned in 2014 to this complicated era. “Sometimes I missed school to go to work with my mother, selling vegetables in the markets of Nizhny Novgorod. […] My life was not light.“

A few lines later, the model confided in her mother’s overwork. “God knows what would have happened to us if I hadn’t left and if I hadn’t succeeded in life. […] My mother was falling apart. She was 36 when I left home, but she looked like she was 60. She was tired of life.“A difficult milestone for Natalia Vodianova who today knows where she draws her strength.