Gigi Hadid Gave Birth to Her Daughter with No Epidural, Reveals Details From Her Labor & Delivery

Gigi Hadid is on the cover of Vogue‘s March 2021 issue and she’s revealing so many details about the birth of her four-month-old baby Khai with Zayn Malik.

Present at the birth were Zayn, her mom Yolanda, her sister Bella, her midwife and the midwife’s assistant.

Gigi revealed she had a completely natural birth with no epidural, and she gave birth at home at her farm in Pennsylvania. An epidural is a “regional anesthesia that blocks pain in a particular region of the body” that is often given to women during childbirth.

“When you see someone do that, you look at them a bit differently. I probably looked crazy, actually,” Gigi said about her natural birth. “I was an animal woman.” When Khai finally entered the world, Zayn caught her.

“It didn’t even click that she was out,” Gigi continued. “I was so exhausted, and I looked up and he’s holding her. It was so cute.”

“What I really wanted from my experience was to feel like, Okay, this is a natural thing that women are meant to do,” Gigi said, adding that she had planned to give birth at the hospital in New York City before COVID-19 hit.

“I know my mom and Zayn and Bella were proud of me, but at certain points I saw each of them in terror,” Gigi continued. “Afterward, Z and I looked at each other and were like, We can have some time before we do that again.”

She added that she has no nanny, no baby nurse, none of the traditional celebrity crutches of new motherhood.

Gigi and Zayn officially revealed their daughter’s name last month BUT fans did not realize that she secretly revealed Khai’s name in November!