So Gisele Bundchen has a new blog, maybe, according to Us Weekly. And on this blog she has written out a long statement about what becoming a mother means to her. Now, I like Gisele. She’s not my favorite person in the whole world, but I think she gets a raw deal a lot of the time, I think people pick on her unfairly sometimes, and I actually find her pretty funny. Like, she’s not joke-y or anything, but she seems to be in the habit of giving overly-enthusiastic interviews, and sometimes I find her phrasing and her speech habits absolutely charming/funny. Like this: “When [the baby] finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditional love. I felt a huge sense of accomplishment.” Now, I totally get what she’s saying, and the emotion and sentiment she’s trying to convey, but her phrasing is funny to me. I’m not mocking her for not speaking English as a first language, at all – I’m impressed with all of the languages she speaks, and how well she does. I’m just saying, the way her mind works cracks me up.

Gisele Bundchen may have said that labor didn’t hurt “in the slightest,” but she does admit that her natural childbirth was “a powerful experience.”

The 29-year-old supermodel — who gave birth to Benjamin with hubby Tom Brady in December — is opening up about being a mom in her brand-new blog!

“Being committed to building a family, becoming a mother and raising a child with love and awareness is for me, the single biggest responsibility a woman could have,” she wrote in her first post Monday. “Giving birth was the most intense and life-changing experience of my life… I never felt so vulnerable but so strong at the same time.”

She also writes that she was “blessed” to welcome Benjamin into the world at home “where I was able to feel safe.”

The star recalls “allowing my mind and my body to let go and be free to experience the changes taking place within” while she was “surrounded by love.”

And how was seeing her son for the first time?

“When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditional love,” she writes. “I felt a huge sense of accomplishment. ‘We did it! We did it together!’ He and I. I never felt so complete and empowered in my life.”

Becoming a mother makes her appreciate the dedication of her own mom, Vânia Nonnenmacher.

“My mom devoted her entire life to her family and did it with such grace,” she writes.

“She couldn’t have been more of a loving and caring mother. She is the reason why I believe that a woman is the core of a family. I can only hope to be for my kids what she will and always be for us.”

[From Us Weekly]

Well, bless her heart. She’s been keeping a pretty low profile since giving birth, although rumors abound of her upcoming modeling projects. I don’t know if she’ll end up being like Cindy Crawford or Christy Turlington, and still be an in-demand, working model post-baby. She probably will.

Here’s the magazine cover Quem, which got the first photo of Gisele and baby Benjamin: