New mom Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today show on Monday 12 weeks after giving birth to daughter Vale. The 42-year-old anchor was welcomed back in the New York studio by colleagues Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Natalie Morales after having her first baby on August 13. She said: 'It's so great to be back to see all of our friends here behind the scenes' adding that if too many clips of her daughter were shown 'you may have some waterworks'. In a first-person essay about her experiences as a new mom returning to work after maternity leave, she wrote: 'I feel like my heart is outside my body because Vale is in this world and she's my heart.'
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The 42-year-old anchor was back in the New York studio after giving birth to her daughter on August 13
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She tweeted: 'How to get through first morning post maternity leave? FaceTime during commercials'
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The news anchor said being a new mom had left her feeling 'basically like myself, but hopefully a little bit better. Softer. More patient. Kinder. Gentler'
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