Serena Williams has highlighted the necessity for “self-love” as she posed in a bikini photograph to rejoice her post-partum physique.
The tennis legend posted herself on Monday along with her second daughter who she gave start to only six months in the past.
Williams, 42, has been vocal about spreading physique positivity since her retirement from tennis in 2022.
And she has highlighted to her followers the necessity for “self-love” in her current Instagram put up.
The American captioned the photograph: “Loving yourself is essential. I find that I have to remind myself of that self-love through all different stages in my life.
“Right now I love that my body is not picture perfect. I love that I smell like milk – that milk sustains Adira Ohanian.
“I love getting to know a new version of my body. It is a change, but it’s a change that has been well worth it.
“So start this week, knowing that you are loved, and that starts with you.”
The put up has practically 500,000 likes at time of writing.
The tennis celebrity revealed to Vogue in 2020 that she was raised “without positive body image” and spent her complete profession struggling to just accept her physique.
Williams, who has 23 grand slam titles to her identify, is married to Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.
And in 2017 the couple had their first daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr in 2017.
Less than a 12 months after giving start to Alexis Williams made a Grand Slam look on the French Open.
But Williams revealed how was needed to endure an emergency caesarean in addition to having surgical procedure for blood clots in her lungs.
The former world No1 has additionally opened up about her struggles with despair since having youngsters.
Williams instructed Harper’s Bazaar UK: “Honestly, sometimes I think I still have to deal with it.
“I think people have to talk about it more because it’s almost like the fourth trimester, it’s part of the pregnancy.
“I remember one day, I couldn’t find Olympia’s bottle and I got so upset I started crying … because I wanted to be perfect for her.”
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.
Source: www.news.com.au
