POSH& BREAST; 'Earth mother' Victoria to breastfeed for first time.
Byline: SUSIE BONIFACEEXPECTANT Victoria Beckham plans to change her ways... and breastfeed her baby daughter.
The eight-months pregnant star has decided that, after bottle-feeding her three boys, her longed-for first girl is to have an "Earth mother".
And she won't be needing a nanny either, taking the summer off from her fashion business to play full-time mum to her new baby and sons.
"I'm doing everything differently this time. I want it all to be natural and perfect for my little girl," 37-yearold Posh Spice told a friend. "I'm so proud to be pregnant and I feel so blessed and so happy."
Victoria, who launched a lower-cost range last week as part of her fashion label, is due next weekend.
The family have rented an amazing pounds 16million Malibu mansion where they intend to spend the summer in seclusion with only close relatives invited to meet the new arrival.
The friend said: "Victoria is confident and chilled this time around and she wants to enjoy it.
"When she had her first child she was only 24 and had a lot to deal with as a Spice Girl.
"She and David had demanding careers and had to have some help. Now they are older, wiser and more relaxed and they want to enjoy every moment they can with their new baby.
"The fact it is finally the girl they have both longed for just makes them more determined to ensure the whole family can enjoy the experience."
The Beckhams - and sons Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, six - will be joined in California by their extended families.
Victoria's parents Jackie and Tony, sister Louise and brother Christian are flying out to join the couple this week.
The only person who cannot make it is David's mum, Sandra, who is staying in the UK for now because his sister Lynne is due to give birth at around the same time.
After Victoria gave birth for the first time in 1999 she lost all the baby weight to marry David four months later before opting to have a boob job to go from a B cup to a DD. Doctors say breast implants should not affect breastfeeding, though she preferred to raise her sons on the bottle.
But six months ago Victoria revealed she'd had her implants taken out, telling Vogue: "No more torpedo bazookas. Look! Gone!" Days after the interview it was announced she was pregnant and insiders say when she decided to expand the family she wanted to go down the natural route.
This summer could be the last the Beckhams spend in the US.
Their three sons are enrolled at top private schools in the UK in September and David's five-year contract with LA Galaxy ends in November. He hopes to return to the Premier League, with Spurs favourites to sign him.
Victoria's new collection of "cheaper" clothes - priced from pounds 343.75 to pounds 562.50 - will not be formally launched until next spring. The range, called Victoria, was previewed in fashion bible Women's Wear Daily last week.
Victoria started designing the collection around the time she fell pregnant.
She said: "One of my team said, 'It would be funny if you found out you were having a girl.' Because this is the most girly collection I've ever created."
HER 'AFFORDABLE' DRESS RANGE
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| Publication: | Sunday Mirror (London, England) |
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| Date: | Jul 3, 2011 |
| Words: | 583 |
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