Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr, One Life to Live; ex-Starr, General Hospital; ex-Kiki, GH) and fiancé Taylor Crousore welcomed daughter Kiera Skye Crousore on January 29, 2024. In an exclusive sit-down with Soap Opera Digest, the new mommy talks about her almost “too perfect” new normal.
Kristen Alderson On Motherhood
“It’s literally a thousand times more than I could have expected,” enthuses Alderson. “Everyone is like, “There’s nothing like it, you’ll never love anyone more in your life, and it’s all true! Everything is 100 percent true. It almost feels like I’m a crazy person because I literally just look at her and cry… I’m just so in love…
” I’ve always wanted to be a mom and I’m so glad that I’m doing it at my age, you know? I was fully ready for it and I have the most amazing fiancé, and it feels like everything about life right now just aligned perfectly. Sometimes I get really worried like, “Oh, gosh, everything is too perfect!” At the end of my pregnancy, I was like, “I just want her to be here and be happy and healthy.” And she is! And I never take a second of it for granted.”
Baby Crousore was born via a semi-planned C-section that saw mom and dad both present and accounted for. Explains Alderson: “My due date was January 30th, and my doctor said that I was showing signs of going into labor on a Thursday. Well, Taylor, my fiancé, works every weekend January to April doing these boat shows, so he was going to be in Detroit, MI the week of her due date from Wednesday to Sunday.
“The week beforehand, when I was showing signs of maybe going into labor, my doctor was like, “You’re going to go into labor when he’s away and he’s going to miss it.” She said, “You’re 39-and-a-half weeks [pregnant]; I could see if they’re available this weekend for you to get induced. It’s completely safe, and if you want him to be there for her birth, [this how we ensure it]…
“I was like, “I don’t want to play God and make this happen before it’s supposed to.” …So I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do and on Saturday morning I woke up and I was crying, and I was praying about whether I should go and get induced the next day or not. I fell back asleep and when I woke up, I got a call from the hospital saying, “Hey, we’re actually available tonight. I think you should come in because we’re fully booked this week at the hospital.” And I was like, “You know what? I prayed for a sign, and they called me and said to come in. Okay, I think I’m gonna do it!”
As for how Daddy is coping, Alderson could but coo, “Oh my God, he’s the best…He was incredible. It’s just so cool to not only be engaged to your best friend but then to watch your best friend become a dad. It was really special.”
Please join Daily Drama in sending Alderson and Crousore our sincere congratulations and well wishes on their growing family.
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