Gemma Atkinson who welcomed her first child with Strictly star Gorka Marquez revealed that she ‘gained just two and a half stone’ during her pregnancy.
The 34-year-old shared the picture of her post-baby body in an Instagram post along with a lengthy caption.
She wrote: ”Loudly and proudly rocking my post baby curves. This is me 6 weeks and 4 days post emergency C section. After a section there’s no physical activity or lifting for AT LEAST 6 weeks.”
”Exercise has been a big part of my life for the last 10 years, so mentally at first I found it tough not being able to move like I wanted.”
”Part of training well though is training smart & recovering long term. Not just a quick fix to “snap back”. At my heaviest carrying Mia I was 89kg.”
”I usually sit comfortably around 72kg so I gained just over 2 and a half stone. I’m currently 76kg so I’m just over half a stone off my pre pregnancy weight. Obviously everything is a lot softer, my body fat is higher and my muscle mass lower, so scales aside (I hate scales) I have a lot of work to do! Today I’ve been given the go ahead to start gentle exercise.”
”I can do 30 min walks with the pram, glute bridges & my pelvic floor exercises. From 10weeks PP I can start my Pilates again but I won’t be weight training until after 16 weeks.”
”I want to do it sensibly and ensure my ab separation closes. I’m lucky that my abs only parted 1cm when it could have been over 6cm. Despite the madness & trauma getting Mia into this world she actually caused very minimal damage.”
”I hope new moms realize they don’t have to be back to their post baby body so quickly. Growing a human for 9 months is a big deal and it’ll take longer than a few weeks to get your body back to how you want it.”
”I’m happy I can now start to introduce light training back into my day, but the bigger picture is that even if I couldn’t and I had to wait even longer, it’s ok because I have the most beautiful little healthy girl and the last 6weeks at home have been wonderful.”
”I said I’ll keep you posted on my pre baby training so I will. It starts tomorrow with a 30 min walk with mum and Mia and I’m going to be more aware of my food choices and eat like I did before being pregnant.”
”In the mean time, I’m happy taking training slowly and it’s actually quite nice to rock some curves, Gorka loves them ? Congrats to all moms and moms to be! We’ve done ace, we’re wonderful and our little humans think we’re the best thing in the world.”