--- title: Chrissy Teigen: Women Shouldn't Be Pressured to Have Kids description: Discover Chrissy Teigen's opinion on the pressures facing women to have kids and her advice for mothers coping with postpartum depression. canonical: https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T15:33:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:25.601Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Says No Woman Should Be Pressured to Have Kids og:description: She offered advice to women coping with postpartum depression og:url: https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3788dd44985709c/6988bd8b97cdff483f6afc1c/chrissy-teigen-postpartum-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Premiere Of WGN America's "Underground" Season 2 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Says No Woman Should Be Pressured to Have Kids twitter:description: She offered advice to women coping with postpartum depression twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3788dd44985709c/6988bd8b97cdff483f6afc1c/chrissy-teigen-postpartum-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Says No Woman Should Be Pressured to Have Kids by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Apr 12, 2017 3:33 PM UTC  Chrissy Teigen arrives at WGN America's "Underground" season 2 held at Westwood Village on February 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Chrissy Teigen arrives at WGN America's "Underground" season 2 held at Westwood Village on February 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Michael Tran—FilmMagic by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Apr 12, 2017 3:33 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/4643290/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-escape-the-room/) thinks motherhood should be a choice. [Teigen](http://time.com/4684411/oscars-2017-chrissy-teigen-sleeping-john-legend/), mother to daughter Luna with husband [John Legend](http://time.com/4643290/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-escape-the-room/), talked with [Refinery 29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/149512/chrissy-teigen-exclusive-feature) about challenging the assumption that women should want to have children “I think it’s really commendable to even doubt the process out loud, ” she said of the expectation on women to become mothers, “because I don’t feel like people should be pressured to have children.” Since becoming a mother, Teigen has been vocal about coping with [postpartum depression](http://motto.time.com/4702079/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-postpartum-depression-support/). She offered advice to women in similar situations. “Know that there’s a light on the other side,” she said. “Just when you think it’s really, really bad, it’s going to get better. So hopefully, if you’re going through something tough you can find some peace in knowing that.” Teigen is now looking ahead and is busy with numerous projects, including a cookbook and the new season of TV show [_Lip Sync Battle_](http://time.com/4304567/haley-atwell-lip-sync-gaga/)_._ “I feel like everything’s coming together really well right now, so I’m feeling really good,” she said. “I’m in a much better place!” \[[Refinery 29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/149512/chrissy-teigen-exclusive-feature)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Says No Woman Should Be Pressured to Have Kids","datePublished":"2017-04-12T15:33:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:25.601Z","description":"She offered advice to women coping with postpartum depression","url":"https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/","keywords":["motto","Chrissy Teigen","Parenthood","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3788dd44985709c/6988bd8b97cdff483f6afc1c/chrissy-teigen-postpartum-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3788dd44985709c/6988bd8b97cdff483f6afc1c/chrissy-teigen-postpartum-divorce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of WGN America's \"Underground\" Season 2 - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of WGN America's \"Underground\" Season 2 - Arrivals","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4735951/chrissy-teigen-women-shouldnt-be-pressured-to-have-kids/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Says No Woman Should Be Pressured to Have Kids"}}]}] ```