Blake Lively: 'Post-pregnancy slim down pressure is so unfair'
Blake Lively has joined Anne Hathaway and urged women not to feel pressured to lose weight after pregnancy, insisting the expectation to bounce back is "so unfair".
New mum Anne, who welcomed her first child, son Jonathan, in March (16), took to Instagram on Monday (08Aug16) to share an empowering message with her fans, after revealing she can no longer fit into her pre-pregnancy denim shorts.
"There is no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy (or ever),"
the Les Miserables star wrote. "There is no shame if it takes
longer than you think it will to lose the weight (if you want to
lose it at all)."
Now Blake, who is expecting her second child with husband Ryan
Reynolds, has added her thoughts on the subject after an Australian
TV presenter complimented the actress for her bikini body in new
film The Shallows, which she shot just months after giving birth to
her daughter James in December, 2014.
"It's so unfair though, because it's so celebrated," the
28-year-old told the Sunrise host in response to the compliment.
"It's like, 'This is what someone can look like after a baby'. I
think a woman's body after having a baby is pretty amazing."
Blake went on to claim new mothers shouldn't be expected to slim
down so soon after pregnancy, because giving birth to new life is a
"miracle".
"You don't need to be Victoria's Secret (lingerie) ready right away
because you just did the most incredible miracle that life has to
offer," she continued. "I mean, you gave birth to a human being! So
I would really like to see that celebrated."
Lively's comments suggest she will be taking her time to shed her
pregnancy pounds once she welcomes baby number two later this year
(16).
The news of her pregnancy first surfaced in April (16), and she
debuted her growing baby bump at the world premiere of her Woody
Allen film Cafe Society at the Cannes Film Festival in France in
May (16).