She welcomed her first child, a baby boy, last August.
And Lea Michele looked like she was perfecting the art of motherhood while taking her son Ever to upscale Sag Harbor in the Hamptons in New York City.
The talent of Glee, 34, beamed as she took her little boy and mom to lunch on Tuesday.
Mum on the go: Lea Michele had lunch with her son Ever and mom Edith in the upscale Sag Harbor part of the Hamptons on Tuesday
In the cool summer air, Lea donned a sleeveless striped maxi dress with sandals.
She pulled her brunette locks back into a low, sleek bun while still keeping a fresh face, half obscured by sunglasses.
Lea’s mother, Edith Thomasina, walked next to her with a shopping bag as her daughter pushed Ever’s stroller.
She went casual for lunch, rocking a navy off-the-shoulder top and matching joggers.
Summer chic: Looking fresh, Lea donned a sleeveless striped maxi dress with sandals
Lea was all smiles, clearly enjoying parenthood.
But her path to motherhood hasn’t been easy, as the star revealed during an Instagram Live with Katherine Schwarzenegger in March.
“I have never shared my experience with anyone, what I think is something that now that I’m a mom I see myself doing so many ways, not sharing for fear of not looking perfect or just to be afraid, ”star admitted.
After stopping contraception four years ago for the first time in 15 years, the actress said she was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Maternity: Lea opened up about her ‘horrible’ and ‘very scary’ pregnancy on an Instagram Live with Katherine Schwarzenegger in March
She added: “I have retained a lot of my experience.”
After undergoing a number of surgeries to treat polyps, cysts and scar tissue, she remembers almost giving up on trying to conceive.
“I really felt like maybe it wasn’t for me right now,” the Grammy nominee said, revealing that her “biggest fear” was “not being able to become a mom.”
Miracle baby: After stopping contraception four years ago for the first time in 15 years, the 34-year-old actress said she was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome
Speaking of trying to start a family with her husband Zandy Reich: “This is what I wanted more than anything. And, emotionally, it just started to build and build.
During this time, she was simultaneously working on The Mayor, which ran from 2017 to 2018, and the movie Same Time, Next Christmas.
While keeping her fertility issues private, she struggled to appear on camera and suffered from side effects of taking hormones, such as bloating.
“I have never shared my experience with anyone, what I think is something that now that I’m a mom I see myself doing so many ways, not sharing for fear of not looking perfect or just to be afraid “, admitted star
Dream come true: Speaking of trying to start a family with her husband Zandy Reich: “This is what I wanted more than anything. And, emotionally, it just started to build and build ‘
“For multiple reasons, it really started to affect me mentally,” she told Schwarzenegger, after discussing the pressure of “looking pregnant” but still having to wear a swimsuit in the dark. job.
After she and Reich officially decided to take a break from their active attempts at having a baby, she “unexpectedly” found out that she was expecting in December 2019.
After the “happiest 72 hours” of her life, she began to bleed profusely just before a performance in New York.
Best news ever: After she and Reich officially decided to take a break from their active attempts at having a baby, she “unexpectedly” found out she was expecting in December 2019
The heavy bleeding continued throughout her first trimester and forced her to take an “extreme” amount of medication and stay in bed.
During her 20-week appointment, some red flags regarding the health of her unborn child were raised and, due to the COVID-19 protocol, she had to go to all her hospital exams on her own.
“It was just awful. It was absolutely, absolutely horrible, ”she said, while becoming visibly moved.
Soul mate: some nights when she was “really, really afraid” of losing her baby, she would wake her husband up to ask him to hold her
“I finally announced that I was pregnant and I still didn’t know if the pregnancy was going to last,” she said, nodding at her first baby bump on Instagram in May. ‘Oh my god I’m going to cry. I just woke up and was like, ‘I just wanna be a mom right now. I want this time.
She sighed, “It was the lowest I’ve been in my life.”
Some nights when she was “really, really scared” of losing her baby, she would wake her husband up to ask him to hug her.
Two months before giving birth, she heard the good news that her baby was healthy, which finally gave her some fun.
Real conversation: in retrospect, she regrets not having been more open on her journey and relying on her loved ones out of fear
After joking about the ways she tried to prevent a Caesarean, like crawling on all fours and diving into her pool every day, her baby remained in a breech position.
“I felt so weak and helpless during my pregnancy,” she said. “I felt that if I could experience a vaginal birth, I could show my strength… I felt it had to end there, for some reason.”
Looking back, she regrets not having been more open on her journey and relying on those close to her out of fear.
Michele also said his son was “such a fighter”.
Strong as mom: Michele also gushed that her son is “such a fighter”