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" Katherine Heigl has revealed that she found it difficult to connect with her young daughter Naleigh in the months after the child&amp;#039;s birth. The star told In Style that going back to work so soon after giving birth initially made it difficult to form a bond with the baby. &amp;quot;I had a lot of complicated emotions about it because I chose to go back to work,&amp;quot; she said. Heigl further explained: &amp;quot;I love what I do and - this isn&amp;#039;t just making excuses - if I weren&amp;#039;t fulfilling this thing in me to perform, to live out my passion, I don&amp;#039;t know that I would be the mom I need to be.&amp;quot; The Killers actress added that she has now reached a balance between her career and motherhood by only working three months of the year, which has improved her relationship with her daughter. &amp;quot;Naleigh learned with me that the word &amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039; was synonymous with kisses. So when she first started saying,&amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039;, she would also make a little kiss sound. &amp;quot;She started saying it maybe a month or two ago. I would come into the room and she&amp;#039;d go, &amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039;! And it was like, &amp;#039;thank God&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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