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"Kristen Bell&amp;apos;s pregnancy with daughter Lincoln was filled with a lot of worry. The 33-year-old actress became a first-time mom in March when she welcomed her baby girl with now-husband Dax Shepard. In the December issue of Flare magazine, the 33-year-old actress admits that she only bonded with her baby after giving birth -- and not much at all during her pregnancy.\r\n&amp;quot;I kept saying to Dax in all sincerity during my pregnancy, &amp;apos;I just don&amp;apos;t know how I&amp;apos;m going to like her as much as I like the dogs.&amp;apos; I was being serious,&amp;quot; Bell confesses to the magazine (via Just Jared). &amp;quot;Because I f--king love my dogs; they are my children.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFor the Veronica Mars star, it took all nine months -- and a little time after -- to feel close with her daughter.\r\n&amp;quot;I love people the more I know them, and I didn&amp;apos;t know her. It could&amp;apos;ve been a water bottle in my belly, that&amp;apos;s about how connected I felt to her during my pregnancy,&amp;quot; she shares. &amp;quot;But within about 24 hours after she came out, my hormones reset, and they reprogrammed my feelings about her.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBell and Shepard, 38, wed last month in a no-frills ceremony at the Beverly Hills County Clerk&amp;apos;s Office after six years of dating. The couple got engaged in 2009, but vowed not to marry until same-sex marriage bans were overturned.\r\nThe secret to their strong relationship? &amp;quot;Our main rule is: Check your ego at the door, and be aware of when the other person is spinning out,&amp;quot; Bell tells the magazine. &amp;quot;As artists, everything is vanity -- and narcissism -- driven: my career, the strategy behind it, the next level I want to hit, my photo shoot, how I was in my acting scene, my premiere. So we try to do a really good job of being human beings in the rest of our life.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAt the Gorilla Love event in Beverly Hills on Monday, Nov. 4, Bell told Us Weekly that married life is &amp;quot;wonderfully the same.&amp;quot; When asked about baby Lincoln&amp;apos;s latest milestones, she joked, &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s still a blob!&amp;quot;\r\nFor more of Bell&amp;apos;s interview with Flare, pick up the December issue on newsstands now."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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