Three months after giving birth to her first child, daughter Naya Dafni, Israeli actress Dana Frieder returned to work for the first time and said the experience left her emotional, exhausted, and eager for more children. In an interview on "Good Night with Guy Pines" from a Bepanthen campaign shoot, she described motherhood as intense and immediate, saying she is "living the cliché" and "celebrating it."
Frieder said Naya was born during the peak of Operation "Roar of the Lion," while the hospital moved operations down into the parking garage because of air-raid threats. She recalled giving birth "under missiles" and said that in that moment "you are bringing life into the world" despite the danger. She also explained that she and her partner, Yehuda Levy, spent time trying to choose a name before settling on Naya Dafni Levy, because "it was clear she was Naya and nothing else."
Levy, she said, had been away filming "The Amazing Race," and at home he takes on parenting duties such as diaper changes, putting Naya to sleep, and bathing her. Frieder said they have a natural division of labor, with her mostly with the baby because she feels that is the right arrangement for now. She added, "I am only three months after," and admitted she is not the cool, relaxed mother image she once projected, but a worried first-time mom who reacts physically when she hears her daughter cry.
She also described late-night breastfeeding sessions and frequent use of ChatGPT for baby advice, from gas, growth at three months, sleep, hormones after birth, and diapering, to whether a baby photo would work on travel websites. Frieder said her social media has shifted from fashion, food, culture, and film to parenting topics. Looking ahead, she said she definitely wants more children, but does not have the luxury to "drag out the time" or romanticize the process. "I need to put in the work," she said.
