Interview from Holla Magazine, translated by me. Since Im brazilian and dont speak a perfect english some things probably will seems weird, but I tried my best. let me know if you dont understand something, I can try to explain better
Question: How was the pregnancy Adriana? You look amazing!
Adriana: I dont feel amazing, but thank you! I was so sick. I got sick for five months! and I had preeclampsia thats why Valentina born too early. But thank god she is healthy.
Q: You Practice boxing as a workout. Did you practive during the pregnancy too?
A: I tried but I was all the time sick and with the preecampsia it was impossible. At the end of my pregnancy I couldnt move, if I moved from room to kitchen, I feel like I had run in a marathon. I couldnt sleep, sit, stand up. I was exhausted. But even with this hard pregnancy, was worth it. Its just look at her face.
Marko: During the pregnancy Adriana said: ''I need to wait 2 or 3 years before we have another baby, it's so complicated!'' But as soon she saw Valentina, she said: ''I would do everything again''.
Q: How was the labor?
A: It was easy. It took 16 hours but was everything ok, she is perfect. Just perfect.
Marko: The funny thing is that when we first saw Valentina Together, we were the higher parents from the whole hospital with the smaller baby.
Adriana: But she is proportional. and Smart. I think she is in front of all the babies. She is so smart and already is trying to stand up - she have only 7 months!
Marko: But every mom and dad think their baby is smart.
Q: How do you feel when saw Valentina for the first time?
A: He cried! actualy we both cried for almost 2 months! well, until today we cry, its just to look at her.
Marko: To me was so exciting but Adriana.. she put all her energy in this pregnancy and was exhausted. She said: "Let me see my baby before I sleep for 2 months".
Q: How is Marko as a dad?
A: He is the best! I'm so lucky with him. Because I was exhausted after I gave birth and he helped me. He could hold her, he helped me in feed her.. even changing diapers! and he is better then me on this. He is amazing.
Q: And how is Adriana as a Mom?
Marko: First, she used to say: ''Valentina is so small. I dont know if I can hold her''. Two days later no one could even touch in Valentina. We beg a chance to change diapers and hold her but Adriana got so protective just like a lioness.
Adriana: She was so small when she born that I only thought she needed a lot of me.
Marko: She used to protect Valentina so much that when Valentina started to cry, Adriana started to cry with her so I had to hold Valentina and make adriana stop to cry. It was all about emotion in our home since was the first time we had to care of a baby alone. I always hated spoiled babies and parents that exaggerate to much creating their child but now I understand why it happens. You love so much your baby and you join this 100% and want to give only the best to them.
Q: You back to work 4 months after you had Valentina. How was it?
A: Wasnt easy to back in shape so fast. 45 days after the labor I started to boxing again. But I'm so close to my baby and
to go out from home 2 or 3 hours everyday wasnt easy.
Marko: Adriana is an amazing professional. Her jobs were coming and she didnt stop until she was back in shape.
Q: Do you feel the pression to be beautiful all the time?
A: It's something so annoying because I'm a normal woman and I have bad days, just like everybody else. Sometimes I wake up
and yes, I have an eye circle and my skin isnt ok. It's normal! I'm not always pretty and I dont want to feel the pression to be always beautiful
beautiful and beautiful. I cant to be perfect everytime. it's insane. specialy now I have a baby. When I go to anywhere
I dont want to be the center of attention. Sometimes I wear simple outfit because I dont want attention. What you see, my job,
my pictures it's just an image. There is no person in the world that can live in that way.
Q:It's important comeback to the work?
A: Yes. To be Happy, I need a lot of things. I need my family, my friends, I need to have my own time to my job. When I'm with
Valentina I can give her my best.
Q: You did some tv shows. Do you think in be an actriss?
A: In the future, yes. I would love to study about it. I did some things as an actriz but I had to stop because I like to focus
in one thing only. To be a good actriz is hard and I dont want to be just a beautiful girl that cant act.
Q: Are you enjoying madrid?
A: I love this city, the people. everybody is so kind and we are so happy: me, marko valentina even our dogs! Spain is amazing
an adorable surprise in our lifes. It make me feel like home, like in brazil. It look so much like bahia.
Q: Your family comes to visit you?
A: Yes, all the family comes on spring, Marko's parents, my mom, cousins, friends.. always have someone. It's important to Valentina
to have family close to us.
Q: Do you miss Brazil?
A: yes. Brasil is and always will be my home, no matter how far I am. I spend so much time with my family and with brazilian
friends that I feel like I never left brazil. I really appreciate my Mom that has been so wonderful in spend time with us, first
in New York and now here in madrid. I think Valentina's first words will be in portuguese because she hear me and my mom talking
all the day. I learned so much with my family in salvador, I grow up in a home with so much love from my mom and my grandparents
We didnt had much money but I'm so thankfull because I had love and this was the most important thing from my childhood.
Q: Children are important to you, you support the orphanage "Caminhos da Luz" in Salvador.
A: I grow up in a poor place and I helped this since I started to work. It's more then a orphanage because when the parents go out
to work and nobody can take care of their kids they left their childs there until they come back to home.