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Gwyneth Paltrow has shared the moment that she "almost died" giving birth to her eldest daughter.

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The Oscar-winning actress welcomed Apple in 2004 with ex-husband Chris Martin but has now emotionally opened up on the cesarean surgery she had to have as part of an emergency labor.

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"I had two cesareans," Gwyneth told Dax Shepherd on his Armchair Expert podcast, adding: "My daughter was an emergency.

It was crazy — we almost died. It was, like, not good."

The mom-of-two then shared that the biggest concern for her after the birth was the surgical scar, a new change to her body which took her some time to get used to.

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