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The 2017 MTV VMA Red Carpet, Celeb Mama Edition

It has been a minute since I did a red carpet review! Thank goodness for tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at The Forum in Inglewood, California for breaking the drought.

Eudoxie Agnan and hubby Ludacris (real name Chris Bridges) are crusing through their honeymoon stage of their marriage and she is looking hawt on his arms on red carpets always. I did notice that she always wears black and never deviates but each time, she wears dresses with nice cuts that hug her curvaceous figure. I love the simplicity of the t-neck on this dress.

Heidi Klum always dresses like a pageant queen to me and tonight, she looked went with one of those trending lace see through dresses with a peekaboo cleavage, also a hot trend. I don’t like the color of that dress on her as I feel it washes her out and is too neutral and I don’t think it flatters her shape.

I do love the dress, however. It is by Dundass. She accented it with Lorraine Schwartz jewels and some hot strappy  metallic gold colored Giuseppe Zanotti heels.

Pink (real name Alecia Beth Moore Hart) is being honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award tonight and to celebrate, she brought 3/4ths of her family along including husband, former motorcross professional Cary Hart and 5-year old daughter Willow. Eight month-old baby Jameson, her second child, is probably home with nana. They wore matching pen stripe man cut suits! Yup! Even little Willow! It was cute!

I’m not sure if Mel B was sending a message to her estranged soon-to-be ex husband with a colorful glittery pencil length dress that reads “You Will Never Own Me” or paying homage to Lesley Gore‘s 1967 song “You Don’t Own Me” or Grace’s hit cover, but it was eye catching and I loved it.

She wore her hair in a sandy brown blunt messy half bob and red pumps. She and Klum arrived at the show together, according to her Instagram feed. 

Amber Rose threw everyone for a loop by ditching her signature blonde buzz cut for wavy auburn brown side swept hair. She wore a figure hugging sheer see-through gown. I was not feeling the deep burgundy lip but if she was going for sexy goth then it works!

 

Influential Celeb Moms help Promote Breastfeeding among Black Women

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I was stalking the Instagrammed wedding photos from our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum Yandy Smith, the music manager and e-magazine publisher who stars in the VH1 show Love and Hip Hop. I stopped at a glorious photo of the beautiful new mom breastfeeding her infant daughter Skylar right before the ceremony.

She captioned the photo: “OMG @timefrozen you captured my life in a nutshell in this pic. Baby Skylar started crying right before I walked. I had to walk down the isle a little late because I had to feed her. I love this picture. Thank you for capturing this without me even knowing. Lol. #smithharriswedding2015 #moderndomesticegl”

Marvelous! I love Smith’s IG because in all of her photos she comes off genuinely happy and full of life. She seems nurturing, in love with her new husband and children and she embraces her beautiful and curvy new mom body and is confident in her skin even as she amps up her work out routine in recent weeks to gradually get back to her pre-baby size. She’s a great IG follow.

This discovery came the day after I also spotted an equally wonderful breastfeeding support IG pic from rapper Chris “Ludacris” Bridges wife, Eudoxie Bridges, who is an independently accomplished woman in her own right, having recently received a Master’s degree and pursuing a Medical degree.

The photo featured stacks of breast milk the Gabonese new mom to daughter Candace had recently pumped so dad could feed baby while Eudoxie caught up on some sleep.

“Got the supply ready for daddy’s shift ?? #gotbreastmilk #liquidgoldastheycallit #bestdadever #heismrmom #takesnightshifts,” she captioned the photo.

I think both are serving as wonderful ambassadors to breastfeeding to their community of followers that include lots of black and African American women.

This demo stops breastfeeding earliest out of all other racial groups, partially because of culture stigma.

The Centers for Disease Control  reports that African Americans are less likely to breastfeed their children. “Black infants consistently had the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration across all study years,” the CDC statistics note.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reports that Blacks stop breastfeeding sooner than other races, setting up their children for higher incidences of illnesses and diseases that non-breastfed children succumb to at a higher rate than those who were nursed. The report also links higher rates of infant mortality and low birth weight to lack of breastfeeding.

There is a taboo about it among the black community, perhaps, and those who nurse for too long are not encouraged or supported and are sometimes egged on to stop breastfeeding after a few weeks or months.  Although to be fair, shorter breastfeeding times are also linked to working wage-earning mothers who have little to no maternity leave who all have to report to work earlier.  Also, moms who have shorter maternity leave and/or work in settings where they do not have a private place to pump and store their milk for their babies, also stop earlier.

Kim Durdin-James, national president of the African-American Breastfeeding Alliance (AABA), summed it up well in saying, “In the best of times, breastfeeding is the optimal feeding choice for young children because it provides babies with all vital nutrients for growth and development, but in times of disaster, breastfeeding can mean the difference between life and death.”

So it is great to see influential women sharing their experience breastfeeding which perhaps could encourage more to do the same, if they do not face any other impediment to breastfeeding like low supply, extreme discomfort or other problems.

Kudos Eudoxie and Yandy!

ThrowBack: Eudoxie Agnan Bridges’ African Tribal Maternity Shoot

 

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This is not necessarily new, but still I am crushing on the tribal print skirt, head band and bandeau top in a maternity shoot that Eudoxie Agnan Bridges wore in a maternity shoot she did while pregnant.

It juxtaposed nicely with the traditional Western shot the Gabonsese beauty  took with her American husband, Fast and Furious franchise actor and rapper  Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges  and in with a floor-length lace lounge jacket, also during her final trimester of her first pregnancy.

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Also, still loving the tranquil lilac nursery she decorated for their newborn daughter Cadence Gaëlle, that the philanthropist and Med-School student shared on her Instagram.

Atlanta-based photographer Donna Permell of Prime Phocus Photography did a superb job on the shoot!

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Eudoxie Agnan and Ludacris welcome daughter, Cadence Gaëlle

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It’s a girl for rapper and Fast and Furious star Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and his wife Eudoxie Agnan (Mbouguiyengue)!

The couple welcomed their first child together, Cadence Gaëlle.

The former model and med student shared the news on her Instagram page with a photo of the couple’s dog with a balloon tied around its neck that read “baby girl”. She captioned the photo, “#blessed #grateful”.

Bump Watch: Eudoxie Agnan Bridges, 9 months preggers, celebrates birthday

File this under missed! Happy Belated birthday to Fast and Furious actor and rapper Ludacris‘ African queen Eudoxie Agnan who celebrated her birthday back on May 13th with her hubby, her 13-year old step daughter Karma Bridges and a group of friends that included Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum, Monica Brown.
The beauty, who hails originally from Gabon, West Africa, looked gorge in a colorful Pucci-style print halter maxi dress cradling her bump.  
But the 9 months preggers med student and philanthropist also comes off in pics as being so “over” being pregnant.  She can barely force a smile in her latest Instagram pics.
Like above and this one below taken a few days ago on her way to pick up her husband from somewhere. 
Almost there, mama. Hold on! (smile)

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Inside Ludacris & wife Eudoxiee’s Secret Garden Baby Shower (PHOTOS)

This weekend, rapper Ludacris and his brand wife Eudoxie Agnan celebrated the impending birth of their first child together at a “Secret Garden” themed baby shower.
It was a celeb-studded affair as well with attendees including a couple of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums, singer Monica Brown and famous ex-fiance to Ne-Yo, Monyetta Shaw who stars in VH1′s Hollywood ExesLaura Govan, star of VH1 reality TV show Basketball Wives star and former Destiny’s Child member and BET‘s Single Ladies actress LaToya Luckett were there too.


Also in attendance was Ludacris’s 13-year old daughter from a previous relationship Karma Bridges who joined in the festivities celebrating her soon-to-be-born sibling.  The Fast and Furious star is also custodial parent to 1-year old daughter Cai Bella Bridges.


Guests were treated to donuts dangling from a doughnut tree, and other exquisite treats.
Ludacris and his medical-student and philanthropist ex-model wife got hitched on Christmas Day in a surprise Engagement-turned-wedding event.
photo credit: Donna Permell of PrimePhocus, Instagram

A photo posted by eudoxiee (Eh-dox-ee) (@eudoxiee) on Apr 27, 2015 at 8:42am PDT
A photo posted by eudoxiee (Eh-dox-ee) (@eudoxiee) on Apr 27, 2015 at 8:24am PDT
Happy Family: Ludacris, Eudoxiee, and Luda’s 13-year old daughter Karma.

Monica and Basketball Wives star Laura Govnan

Hollywood Exes star Monyetta Shaw, guest and Govnan

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Ludacris and Wife Eudoxie are expecting their first child together

As many speculated and suspected, Ludacris and his new wife Eudoxie Agnan are expecting their first child together. 
“Beautiful day on the beach,” is how the Gabon, West Africa native, medical student and philanthropist captioned the above Instagram photo of herself in a bikini with the rapper-actor kissing her bump.
Sources close to the couple confirmed to E! that the couple are indeed expecting though there is no source as to the date of the photo. 
Ludacris, [ real name Christopher Brian Bridges] is already a dad to two daughters  including a one-year old he won exclusive custody rights to recently. 
E! also reminded us that Robert Griffin III and Justin Timberlake also announced their respective wives’ pregnancies in a similar fashion. Call it a “trend.”
Not that this mode of a pregnancy announcement hasn’t been overdone by thousands of men before them and was not pioneered by either of them but yeah. (smile) 

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BumpWatch Round Up: Jennifer, Jessica, Molly & Beyonce

Here is what is new in the world of celebrity pregnancy and bump watch:





Jennifer Love Hewitt is expecting her second child with her actor husband Brian Hallisay (US Weekly)

Jessica Biel looks to have “popped” as a bulbous belly can be seen through her work out gear in recent paparazzi pics (US Weekly)

Molly Sims had a fashionable day yesterday showing off some fab mini dresses while during promo events for her new book, “The EveryDay Supermodel“. (Daily Mail)

Blue Ivy celebrated her 3rd birthday (Happy Birthday Blue!) while mom Beyonce is being plagued by new second pregnancy rumors (Realty Today)





Ludacris proposed and married his longterm girlfriend Eudoxie Agnan, who I am officially obessed with and she is officially on Bumpwatch (JJBraids)

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