First pictures of Christina Aguilera and baby Max

Proud mum Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman have shown off her new bub Max for the first time.

The singer, who says she's "head-over-heels in love" with the baby, posed with the newborn for the cover of Hello! magazine.

The 27-year-old gushed: "He's completely changed my life."

But she also admits she was terrified of giving birth naturally - which is why she had a caeasarean.

Aguilera told Hello! magazine: "I'd heard horror stories about tearing. I really wanted a calm and peaceful environment. I didn't want any surprises."

The star is not alone in her fears. An estimated one in 14 prospective mothers is afraid of giving birth.

Another study has found that almost half of women having an elective caesarean are so terrified of childbirth that it affects their health.

Max was conceived during the U.S. leg of Aguilera's 2007 world tour, and was born last month in LA. She and Bratman married in 2005.

Despite his wife's sensitivities over giving birth, Bratman had no such qualms.

Aguilera recalled: "Jordan wasn't squeamish at all. He had the video camera ready to go."

She added: "The most reassuring thing for me was hearing that first beautiful cry. I just welled up with tears.

"We can't stop staring at him. We study him, he studies us back. It's just an unbelievable experience, the whole journey. It's just a beautiful time in our lives."

The couple revealed in the interview that Max underwent a bris - a Hebrew baby naming and circumcision ceremony - because Bratman is Jewish.

Aguilera also said she would consider adopting to expand her new family, as Angelina Jolie has done.

Still, she's keen to get back to work and has revealed she is already inspired to write a new album.
"This whole incredible thing that's taken part in my life, between the pregnancy and the birth, I've got so much to be inspired about and so much in my life to write about.

"I've been brainstorming for the last nine months of my pregnancy. This next album will have a whole new me. A different me."

Via news.com.au