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Gisele Bundchen to moms: Put yourself first -- before your kids

Model compares priorities to oxygen mask order on planes

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Gisele Bundchen to moms: Put yourself first -- before your kids
Model compares priorities to oxygen mask order on planes
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has some advice for mothers: Put yourself first -- before your children.The wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is drawing some controversy after comparing mothering to instructions given on an airplane in the event of an emergency."It's very important to nourish yourself, take care of yourself," Bundchen told The Sunday Times Style magazine. "You know how they say on the plane that you have to put the oxygen mask on first and then put it on your child? So, I think it is the same, as a mum, to take care of myself."The model who makes more than $100,000 per day, according to Forbes magazine, told the magazine that being a mom is her most important job, but she tries to put herself first.Images: Highest paid modelsBundchen, who has a 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter, admits that mothers do struggle "You can feel a bit guilty -- you feel guilty if you do and if you don't.," she said.

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has some advice for mothers: Put yourself first -- before your children.

The wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is drawing some controversy after comparing mothering to instructions given on an airplane in the event of an emergency.

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"It's very important to nourish yourself, take care of yourself," Bundchen told The Sunday Times Style magazine. "You know how they say on the plane that you have to put the oxygen mask on first and then put it on your child? So, I think it is the same, as a mum, to take care of myself."

The model who makes more than $100,000 per day, according to Forbes magazine, told the magazine that being a mom is her most important job, but she tries to put herself first.

Images: Highest paid models

Bundchen, who has a 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter, admits that mothers do struggle 

"You can feel a bit guilty -- you feel guilty if you do and if you don't.," she said.