MODEL Ashley Graham has proudly showed off her stretch marks as she embraces her new post-partum body.
The 32-year-old welcomed baby Isaac with husband, Justin Ervin, four-weeks-ago, and has been documenting her pregnancy and parenting journey online.
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The first-time mum shared a snap of her belly with her 10 million followers on Instagram, saying: “Same me. few new stories.”
She showed off her purple stretch marks across her stomach, which has been liked more than one million times.
Fellow parents and celebrities have praised Ashley for being so candid about her post-baby body, with Karlie Kloss, Lily Aldridge, Iskra Lawrence and Doutzen Kroes among the A-listers commenting on her post.
One dad said: “As a husband of 3 beautiful children and wife that went through all of this for us… this is so beautiful. Women need to see this. Salute to all of you.”
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Another wrote: “This is beautiful! You have made me (and thousands of other women) feel more confident about our postpartum bodies with this post!
A third said: “Amazing to see. I got identical stripes when pregnant and hated them…. keep reminding myself that my body is beautiful and did the most amazing thing by producing my daughter.”
While this mum wrote: “Omg this is literally everything!!! Beautiful! Wish I could embrace my new body the way she does!”
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Ashley has been very candid about her pregnancy, sharing breastfeeding snaps as well as recovery photos.
In a recent post she posed in a pair of disposable underwear, as she said no one talks about the “messy” parts of motherhood.
She said: “Raise your hand if you didn’t know you’d be changing your own diapers too.
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“After all these years in fashion I never could’ve guessed that disposable underwear would be my favorite piece of clothing but here we are!
“No one talks about the recovery and healing (yes even the messy parts) new moms go through. I wanted to show you guys that it’s not all rainbows and butterflies!”
Ashley welcomed baby Isaac on January 18, after enduring a six-hour labour during a water birth at their home in New York.
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She announced the birth on Instagram along with a black-and-white snap of Isacc’s hand, saying: “At 6:00PM on 01/18/2020, we welcomed 7lbs 5oz of love into our world.
“Meeting our son has made our hearts incredibly full and we can’t wait to introduce him to you .”
The new parents didn’t announce the name until a few weeks later, with the tot’s full title Isaac Menelik Giovanni Ervin.
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And the model recently shared a snap of her bundle of joy after announcing the birth of her son with Justin Ervin.
And Ashley proudly showed off her post-partum body while posing in a pair of pants.
While the model showed off her changing body while pregnant – completely naked.
