<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12137272" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ashley-graham" source="Orion">Ashley Graham</keyword> opened up about giving birth to her twins in an op-ed for Glamour.</li><li>Graham, 34, said she blacked out and "remembered seeing darkness." </li></ul><p>Ashley Graham almost died while giving birth to her four-month-old twin boys, saying she "blacked out" and "lost liters of blood." </p><p>The mother-of-three shared the candid details in an op-ed with Glamour published Friday. Graham, 34, and Justin Ervin, 36, <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-home-births-2020-10#ashley-graham-delivered-her-son-isaac-in-a-birthing-pool-inside-her-brooklyn-home-in-2020-she-just-announced-she-also-gave-birth-to-twin-boys-at-home-on-january-7-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welcomed their first child, Isaac, in February 2020. </a>She gave <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-home-births-2020-10#ashley-graham-delivered-her-son-isaac-in-a-birthing-pool-inside-her-brooklyn-home-in-2020-she-just-announced-she-also-gave-birth-to-twin-boys-at-home-on-january-7-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">birth to their twins, Malachi and Roman, in January 2022. </a></p><p>Graham wrote that she <a href="https://www.insider.com/bleeding-during-pregnancy">hemorrhaged</a> the night she gave birth to Malachi and Roman in a home birthing tub in her apartment. Graham said the mood was celebratory after the birth, but things quickly shifted. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjVn98JaCQ" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>"The next thing you know, I looked at my midwife and I said, "I don't feel good. I think I need to lay down," and I blacked out," Graham wrote. "All I can remember is feeling a light touch on my cheek, which I found out later was actually somebody smacking the crap out of my cheek, someone holding my hand, my husband Justin in my ear, praying, and someone jabbing me with a needle in my arm. And I remember seeing darkness and what seemed like stars."</p><p>Graham continued that she woke up later and "saw blood literally everywhere" while people trying to reassure her that she was OK.</p><p>"They didn't want to tell me, right then, that I'd lost liters of blood. They didn't want to tell me that one of the midwives had to flip me over, press her finger down right above my vagina bone to try and stop the bleeding," Graham wrote. "And they didn't want to tell me that the vein in my arm kept collapsing and they couldn't get the needle in for the Pitocin, so they'd had to put it in my hand." </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-tkjGLkhG" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Graham laid in bed for four days, couldn't walk for a week, and didn't leave her home for almost two months.</p><p>In the same op-ed, Graham revealed that she had a miscarriage at the end of February 2021, calling it "devastating." </p><p>Representatives for Graham did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.</p><p>In February 2020, she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hjVB0AFZD/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> an Instagram picture of her breastfeeding Isaac in a café. She later <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated her stretch marks in a September 2020 Instagram video after giving birth to Isaac. </a></p>

Ashley Graham says she nearly died while giving birth to her twins and someone had to smack her cheek to keep her awake

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Supermodel <keyword id="12137272" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ashley-graham" source="Orion">Ashley Graham</keyword> is pregnant with twin boys, she revealed on Instagram Monday. </li><li>Graham and husband Justin Irvin have a 1-year son and announced their second <keyword id="6357793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pregnancy" source="Orion">pregnancy</keyword> in July. </li><li>"We're going to have three boys!" Graham said during the ultrasound. "You're kidding me," Irvin said. </li></ul><p>Ashley Graham and husband Justin Irvin are expecting twin boys, the 33-year-old model <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDElDYlijq/">revealed on Instagram</a>. They are already parents to a one-year-old boy, Isaac, and announced Graham's second pregnancy in July. </p><p>Then on Monday, Graham shared a video of her and Irvin finding out she was pregnant ("I guess two confirmed tests means I'm pregnant!" she says), followed by another video at a more recent ultrasound appointment. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDElDYlijq" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>"Is that <keyword id="12037533" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="twins" source="Orion">twins</keyword>?" Graham asks the technician, who says "yeah." </p><p>"That's a penis," Graham says, which the technician echoes. "And that's a girl?" Graham says. "Nope, that's a boy too," the technician says. </p><p>"You're joking me," Irvin is heard saying while Graham throws her head back with laughter. "We're going to have three boys," Graham says in disbelief. "You're kidding me," Irvin says. </p><p>Within an hour, Graham's post had more than 1.7 million views and 12,000 comments. </p>

Ashley Graham reveals she's pregnant with twin boys

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The supermodel Ashley Graham said she exclusively breastfed her oldest child.</li><li>But when she had twins, she realized she couldn't feed them both with just breast milk, she said.</li></ul><p>When Ashley Graham <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-nearly-died-while-giving-birth-to-her-twins-2022-5">gave birth</a> to twin boys, Malachi and Roman, in January, she realized she wasn't going to be able to exclusively breastfeed two babies, she said.</p><p>"It was this daunting feeling of: I can't feed my babies," the model said in a <a href="https://www.hibobbie.com/pages/your-best-is-best?utm_campaign=combofeedingcampaign_09.2022&amp;utm_medium=redirect&amp;utm_source=direct">video</a> filmed with the formula company<a href="https://www.hibobbie.com/"> Bobbie</a>. "I gave birth to you, but I can't feed you."</p><p>Graham exclusively breastfed her son Isaac, born in 2020, for 13 months. But she said that as soon as she saw two babies on an ultrasound screen, she worried about breastfeeding twins.</p><p>"I said, 'Mom, how am I going to <a href="https://www.insider.com/things-no-one-tells-you-about-breastfeeding-2018-9">breastfeed them</a>?'" Graham said. She added that her concerns were confirmed when the boys had trouble latching.</p><p>She found a solution that she says not enough people talk about: combo feeding with formula and breast milk. She said she wants other people to understand that combo feeding is a great choice for many families.</p><p>"We don't have to do it all," she said. "We don't have to breastfeed. We don't have to pump constantly. We don't have to solely give our babies breast milk. Sure enough, my babies drink breast milk, they drink formula, and everybody's OK." Graham said that while she combo-fed for six months, she ultimately switched to just formula for her boys.</p><h2>Many babies in America are combo-fed</h2><p>While social media might have us believe that breastfeeding is all or nothing, research suggests that most babies in America get a combination of breast milk and formula. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm">has found</a> that about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/baby-formula.html">75% of infants</a> receive some formula by the time they're 6 months old.</p><p>"In this 'breast is best' versus 'fed is best' feeding culture we have, parents are told by society that it's one or the other," said Laura Modi, the CEO and cofounder of Bobbie. "No one is addressing the fact that most parents choose both."</p><p>Often, how a baby is fed is fluid — pun intended. Graham said she found this to be true; she decided to switch from combo feeding to using solely formula after six months for her boys.</p><p>"For many parents, there's often a series of decisions that play out over the course of <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-to-know-about-breastfeeding-2018-8">your feeding experience</a> — and no matter where you are on that journey, there is no wrong choice," Graham said.</p><p>Modi said that how parents feed their babies isn't black-and-white. "How you're feeding at month two may not look the same way as feeding on month eight," she said. "Or how you're feeding your first baby may be completely different with your second."</p><p>Modi, who has three kids, is also familiar with the choice to incorporate formula. "You walk into parenthood — motherhood, in my case — just assuming you'll breastfeed and it will be this beautiful experience," she said. "But for the majority of us, that's not the reality. It certainly wasn't for me."</p><p>Frustrated by her experience and the conversation around infant feeding, Modi started Bobbie.</p><p>"I wanted to change the parenting conversation from one of comparison to one of confidence," she said. "When it comes to feeding, whatever is best for you and your family — that is what's best. No matter what your feeding journey looks like, as a parent, you deserve to feel good about it. Full stop."</p><h2>Breaking down shame over formula feeding</h2><p>Graham said she had to push aside her hesitations before combo-feeding her boys and ultimately switching to formula fully.</p><p>"It took me really getting over the stigma I had put on myself that, you know, breast milk is best," she said.</p><p>Though many parents combo-feed, many feel shame about using formula, Modi said. She added that some parents even feel compelled to lie about their infant's <a href="https://www.insider.com/baby-formula-shortage-parents-searching-products-2022-05">receiving formula</a>.</p><p>"A majority of formula-feeding parents are combo-feeding, and yet no one's talking about it," she said.</p>

Supermodel Ashley Graham: When I couldn't exclusively breastfeed my twins, I had to get over the stigma of combo feeding

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Since giving birth to her son in January, <keyword id="2795333" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ashley-Graham">Ashley Graham</keyword> has worked to break taboos around post-baby bodies.</li><li>On Saturday, the body positivity model shared a video of her forming a heart around her loose skin and stretch marks.</li><li>It served as a reminder that a mother should be able to love and respect her body after what it accomplished.</li></ul><p>Since giving birth to her son in January, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shows-stretch-marks-in-swimsuit-photos-2020-7">Ashley Graham </a>has expanded her body-positivity mission to focus on mothers, too. On Saturday, the plus-size model managed, without saying a word, to remind moms that they are beautiful no matter how their bodies may have changed.</p><p>Graham zoomed the camera in on her abdomen and then shaped her hands into a heart around her stomach, highlighting her loose skin and stretch marks. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAh16XDMWn/">She shared the clip to Instagram</a> and captioned the post with numerous colorful hearts. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFAh16XDMWn" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">❤️</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham) on Sep 11, 2020 at 12:39pm PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-09-11T19:39:10+00:00">Sep 11, 2020 at 12:39pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>The mother of one's post comes at a time when moms still feel overwhelming pressure to lose weight quickly after giving birth. A survey of 7,000 moms conducted by Baby Center, a resource for parents, found that <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/baby/postpartum-health/the-new-mom-body-survey-7-000-women-tell-it-like-it-is_3653252">61% of moms</a> expected to be back at their pre-pregnancy weight by the time their babies turned one.</p><p>Graham, and others, aren't just working to empower mothers. The way a mother feels and talks about her body can also significantly impact how her children feel about theirs.</p><p>Children between the ages of five and eight who think their moms are dissatisfied with how they look are more likely to <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/children-teens-body-image-media-infographic">think negatively about their own bodies</a>, according to Common Sense Media.</p><p>Through her work, Graham tries to flip the script to demonstrate the grit and strength required to carry and give birth to a baby.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-a-photo-giving-birth-to-her-son-2020-3">"This is the face of my greatest strength,"</a> Graham wrote in a caption on International Women's Day accompanying an image of her giving birth. "The greatest pain I've ever known and the greatest accomplishment that I've ever achieved." </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-video-pumping-breast-milk-in-uber-2020-3">Ashley Graham shared a video of her pumping breast milk in an Uber — a reminder of how demanding breastfeeding is</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/katy-perry-kylie-jenner-how-bodies-changed-pregnancy-2020-8">Katy Perry, Kylie Jenner, and 6 other celebrity moms on how their bodies changed during pregnancy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kylie-jenner-clapped-back-at-criticism-her-post-baby-body-2020-4">Kylie Jenner clapped back at commenters who criticized her post-baby body</a></li><li><a href="http://static.insider.com/katy-perry-shared-pregnancy-grandmother-before-she-died-2020-3">Katy Perry was able to share her pregnancy news with her 99-year-old grandmother right before she died</a></li></ul>

Ashley Graham formed a heart around her loose skin and stretch marks to remind moms to love their bodies

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Supermodel <keyword id="2795333" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ashley-Graham">Ashley Graham</keyword> opened up about how she and husband Justin Ervin are keeping up their <keyword id="6355231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sex">sex</keyword> life as busy new parents. </li><li>Graham, who gave birth to her son in January, told People she and Ervin schedule everything from date nights to sex to make sure they get quality time. </li><li>She oftentimes gets asked if she was scared to have sex again after giving birth, but Graham says this was never the case for her. </li><li>"The reason I wasn't was because I know my vagina was made to have a baby and to push it out," Graham told People.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><ul class="summary-list"><li>Supermodel Ashley Graham opened up about how she and husband Justin Ervin are keeping up their sex life as busy new parents. </li><li>Graham, who gave birth to her son in January, told People she and Ervin schedule everything from date nights to sex to make sure they get quality time. </li><li>She oftentimes gets asked if she was scared to have sex again after giving birth, but Graham says this was never the case for her. </li><li>"The reason I wasn't was because I know my vagina was made to have a baby and to push it out," Graham told People.</li></ul><p>Supermodel Ashley Graham recently discussed how she and her husband Justin Ervin have jumped back into their sex life after the birth of their 9-month-old son, Isaac.</p><p>In an interview with People, she said she and Ervin plan their sex around Isaac's nap times. </p><p>"When you have a newborn, they usually sleep for a couple of hours, so we'll put him in the bassinet on the other side of the room and get it going," <a href="https://people.com/parents/ashley-graham-husband-justin-ervin-keep-spark-alive-after-baby-exclusive/">Graham told People. </a></p><p>Sex isn't the only thing the two plan. Graham and Ervin have scheduled date nights every Thursday, where they get creative on how they spend time together. </p><p>"We'll take a walk, go to dinner, take a drive," she told People. "That has been something that's been really great because 24/7 it's about Isaac and we're both working parents now, so we need that extra time for ourselves that we used to have all the time."</p><h2>Graham has continued to promote a message of body positivity throughout her <keyword id="6357793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pregnancy">pregnancy</keyword> and afterward</h2><p>The 33-year-old said she often gets asked by other women if she was scared to have sex again after Isaac was born in January. </p><p>"The reason I wasn't was because I know my vagina was made to have a baby and to push it out," Graham told People.</p><p>Graham has <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-ashley-graham-is-this-generations-body-positive-icon-2019-9">always openly promoted self-love and body positivity</a>. She has only expanded that message since she became pregnant with her son, documenting the changes her body has gone through during pregnancy, from stretch marks to loose skin.</p><p>In September, the supermodel <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9#:~:text=On%20Saturday%2C%20the%20body%20positivity,parenting%20newsletter%20Insider%20Parenting%20here.">posted a video to Instagram</a> forming a heart around her stomach with her hands, encouraging a message of body positivity for people who have gone through pregnancy. </p><p><em><strong>Read More:</strong></em></p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-selfie-nude-instagram-comment-body-2020-10">Ashley Graham responded to an Instagram follower who said they 'hate' how she referred to herself as a 'big girl'</a></p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-wears-tops-get-her-boobs-out-fast-nurse-2020-9">Ashley Graham said she only wears clothes that 'get my boob out fast enough' to breastfeed</a></p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9">Ashley Graham formed a heart around her loose skin and stretch marks to remind moms to love their bodies</a></p>

Ashley Graham revealed how she keeps up a healthy sex life as a new mom

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Supermodel <keyword id="2795333" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ashley-Graham">Ashley Graham</keyword> is no stranger to encouraging her fans to celebrate their bodies, and she often shares unfiltered pictures that showcase real, raw moments.</li><li>On Saturday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfQ89Yjbc5/?utm_source=ig_embed">Graham posted a selfie via Instagram</a> where she's posing in the mirror without clothes. In the caption, she wrote: "nakie big girl."</li><li>One Instagram user commented: "I hate that this is seen as 'big girl.' I see nothing but a beautiful, naturally curvy woman in all her glory...super-sexy and womanly."</li><li>Graham responded: "I hear what you're saying. But if you look at 'big' as a positive or love then you can see it like I do. i love my big strong beautiful body. Love you girlie."</li></ul><p>Supermodel <a href="http://insider.com/category/ashley-graham">Ashley Graham</a> is known for celebrating her body, and she inspires other people to do the same through candid pictures she's posted in past that show her <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9">embracing her stretch marks,</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-candid-nude-photo-stretch-marks-pregnancy-fans-2019-8">posing nude,</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MYIp2AIIb/?utm_source=ig_embed">showing off her baby bump</a> when she announced she was pregnant in 2019.</p><p>On Saturday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfQ89Yjbc5/?utm_source=ig_embed">Graham posted a selfie on Instagram</a> where she's seen posing in the mirror without clothes. In the caption, she wrote: "nakie big girl."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfQ89Yjbc5" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">nakie big girl </a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham) on Oct 18, 2020 at 7:38am PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-10-18T14:38:25+00:00">Oct 18, 2020 at 7:38am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Graham's selfie garnered applauds from her Instagram followers and star-studded <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Celebrity">celebrity</keyword> friends, including supermodel Emily Ratajkowski.</p><p>Graham's picture also sparked a conversation in the comments section. One Instagram user wrote: "I hate that this is seen as 'big girl.' I see nothing but a beautiful, naturally curvy woman in all her glory...super-sexy and womanly."</p><p>In a comment, Graham responded to the user: "I hear what you're saying. But if you look at 'big' as a positive or love then you can see it like I do. i love my big strong beautiful body. Love you girlie."</p><p>Graham is no stranger to encouraging her fans to celebrate their bodies, and she often shares unfiltered pictures that showcase real, raw moments.</p><p>Following the birth of her son with husband Justin Ervin in January, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-praised-for-instagram-photos-showing-post-partum-body-2020-2">Graham took to Instagram to share pictures of her wearing disposable underwear and breastfeeding in a cafe</a>.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hjVB0AFZD" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">☕️&amp;</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham) on Feb 13, 2020 at 2:43pm PST<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-02-13T22:43:32+00:00">Feb 13, 2020 at 2:43pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><p>But she's also spoken about how she doesn't like being referred to as a "real woman." <a href="http://www.elle.com/fashion/celebrity-style/news/a33586/ashley-graham-nydj-2016-campaign/">In a 2016 interview with Elle,</a> Graham explained why she believed all types of women should be free from certain labels. </p><p>"There are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people," Graham said. "At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or <keyword id="6404377" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="models">models</keyword> or actresses or whatever."</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-praised-for-instagram-photos-showing-post-partum-body-2020-2">Ashley Graham is getting honest about her postpartum body on Instagram, posting photos of her stretch marks and disposable underwear</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-video-pumping-breast-milk-in-uber-2020-3">Ashley Graham shared a video of her pumping breast milk in an Uber — a reminder of how demanding breastfeeding is</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-candid-nude-photo-stretch-marks-pregnancy-fans-2019-8">Pregnant model Ashley Graham posted a nude Instagram photo that showed off her stretch marks, and fans are loving it</a></li></ul>

Ashley Graham responded to an Instagram follower who said they 'hate' how she referred to herself as a 'big girl'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-video-pumping-breast-milk-in-uber-2020-3">Ashley Graham</a> shared in a recent episode of her podcast that her clothing options are much more limited now that she's breastfeeding her son.</li><li>The body positivity model said she often wears V-necks and button-down shirts, so she can <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7DZ9YDVB6/">quickly undress and nurse.</a></li><li>"Anything that gets my boob out of my dress or shirt fast enough for Isaac, that's all that matters," she said.</li></ul><p>When her main job was to model gorgeous clothes, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9">Ashley Graham</a> had her pick of the best brands and designs. </p><p>But now that <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-video-pumping-breast-milk-in-uber-2020-3">she's breastfeeding her son</a>, the body positivity activist said that her wardrobe's much more limited. When a baby is hungry to feed, they won't have patience to wait for their mom to slip out of a fitted dress or high-neck top. </p><p>"At this point in my life, anything that gets my boob out of my dress or shirt fast enough for Isaac, that's all that matters," Graham said while recording a recent episode for her podcast, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7DZ9YDVB6/">"Listen Up With Ashley Graham. </a>"V-neck, button down — it's my jam. It's definitely modified what I'm wearing and how I can wear stuff."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7DZ9YDVB6" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Had a very special guest for today’s podcast talk!! @jayshetty thank you for joining me to talk all things podcasts, On Purpose and Think Like a Monk!!  We sat down to share our favorite mindfulness podcasts including lessons from the *one and only* @michelleobama’s podcast AND to learn a little bit about self care from @TyAlexander and her podcast @SelfCareIRL! @spotify @spotifypodcasts #SpotifyPartner</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@ashleygraham) on Sep 9, 2020 at 9:36am PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-09-09T16:36:12+00:00">Sep 9, 2020 at 9:36am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Since giving birth in January, Graham has worked to pull the curtain back on all things related to the postpartum experience, encouraging parents to love and appreciate their changed bodies, and to feel empowered by all they've accomplished.</p><p>While pregnant, she wore <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-grahams-maternity-fashion-photos-2019-11#one-of-ashley-grahams-first-maternity-looks-was-a-form-fitting-dress-made-from-red-latex-1">sexy and form-fitting clothes</a> that accentuated the changes her body was experiencing. That included a tight <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-grahams-maternity-fashion-photos-2019-11#at-the-savage-x-fenty-fashion-show-graham-turned-heads-in-a-strapless-leotard-6">red latex dress</a> and a strapless leotard. After her son was born, she showed off her stretch marks in a<a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shows-stretch-marks-in-swimsuit-photos-2020-7"> swimsuit ad</a>.</p><p>In a video she posted to Instagram, Graham recently <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9">formed a heart around her loose skin</a> and stretch marks.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-a-photo-giving-birth-to-her-son-2020-3">"This is the face of my greatest strength,"</a> Graham wrote in a caption on International Women's Day accompanying an image of her giving birth. "The greatest pain I've ever known and the greatest accomplishment that I've ever achieved." </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/katy-perry-kylie-jenner-how-bodies-changed-pregnancy-2020-8">Katy Perry, Kylie Jenner, and 6 other celebrity moms on how their bodies changed during pregnancy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-formed-heart-around-stretch-marks-make-a-point-2020-9">Ashley Graham formed a heart around her loose skin and stretch marks to remind moms to love their bodies</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ashley-graham-shared-video-pumping-breast-milk-in-uber-2020-3">Ashley Graham shared a video of her pumping breast milk in an Uber — a reminder of how demanding breastfeeding is</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/paris-hilton-plans-use-her-frozen-eggs-to-have-twins-2020-9">Paris Hilton plans to use her frozen eggs to have twins, including a daughter named London</a></li></ul>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11898473" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cardi-b" source="Orion">Cardi B</keyword> and <keyword id="12039604" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="offset" source="Orion">Offset</keyword> revealed their son's name on Friday and shared the first photos of his face.</li><li>The <keyword id="11908491" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="baby" source="Orion">baby</keyword>, their second child together, was born on September 4, 2021. </li></ul><p>Cardi B and Offset have finally revealed the name of their 7-month-old son: <keyword id="13627101" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wave" source="Orion">Wave</keyword> Set Cephus.</p><p>Cardi revealed that the unique name was suggested by Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus. "When Set suggested Wave, I was sold! THAT HAD TO BE HIS NAME," she <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1514795631662968841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514795631662968841%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fparents%2Fcardi-b-and-offset-reveal-name-of-baby-boy-share-first-photos-of-his-face%2F">tweeted</a> when sharing a clip of the child's jewel-encrusted chain. </p><p>The rappers welcomed Wave, their second child together, on September 4, 2021, but they did not reveal the name of the baby boy or post images of his full face to social media in the months since his birth. The <keyword id="11932650" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="couple" source="Orion">couple</keyword> appears on the <a href="https://www.essence.com/celebrity/cardi-b-offset-a-safe-house/">cover of Essence magazine</a>, released Friday, with their entire blended <keyword id="11909916" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="family" source="Orion">family</keyword>, including Wave, their 3-year-old daughter Kulture, and Offset's children from previous relationships, Kalea and Kody, both 7, and Jordan, 12.</p><div type="image" title="offset cardi b" height="1507" width="2010" msid="90868981" hostid="261"></div><p>The parents shared why they chose to enjoy the newest addition to their family on their own for a while in the interview. "So many people will post mean, disgusting things, just to get a reaction from us," Cardi said. "We want to protect our feelings, because we get very, very angry and upset."</p><p>The couple are not the only celebrities to draw lines about their children. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard shield their kids' faces with <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-parents-kids-no-photos-social-media-online-2020-6">emojis</a> on social media. Orlando Bloom, Ashley Graham, Chris Pratt, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrity-parents-kids-no-photos-social-media-online-2020-6">others</a> do as well. Halle Berry has posted her children without exposing their faces on several occasions, and Adele has been known to obscure her son's face in public.</p><p>Berry, Adele, Jennifer Garner, and other famous parents have worked to establish a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/halle-berry-and-jennifer-garner-fight-for-anti-paparazzi-laws-2013-8?_ga=2.9084403.713931619.1649686016-1996747788.1647018266">bill</a> protecting <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="celebrity" source="Orion">celebrity</keyword> children from harassment by paparazzi.</p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12127526" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports-illustrated" source="Orion">Sports Illustrated</keyword> <keyword id="13907811" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="swimsuit" source="Orion">Swimsuit</keyword> featured a <keyword id="6355606" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="model" source="Orion">model</keyword> with a visible <keyword id="11976615" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="c-section" source="Orion">C-section</keyword> scar, for the first time ever.</li><li>Model Kelly Hughes said she was "speechless and so honored" to be making history this way.</li></ul><p>Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is featuring a model with a visible C-section scar for the first time in the magazine's 58-year history.</p><p>On Wednesday, the magazine shared a photo of model and jewelry designer Kelly Hughes pulling down her bikini bottom to expose her scar. </p><p>"Let's give some love to all our moms out there to acknowledge the power of the female body and the beauty of motherhood!" the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda2Ds1OHoF/">Instagram</a> caption read.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda2Ds1OHoF" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@si_swimsuit)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Many social media users showed their support for both the model and the brand in the comments.</p><p>"Thank you from this momma with a big, beautiful scar from my two gorgeous boys!" one person wrote.</p><p>Hughes shared the same picture on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda3TF5uzae/">own Instagram</a> account and said she was "speechless and so honored" to be the first woman to expose her C-section scar in the magazine. </p><p>"I struggled with insecurities from my scar, being that I'm a model and my incredibly difficult recovery, but it wasn't until I embraced my scar that I experienced the true power in it," she wrote.</p><p>The Miami-based model, who has a three-year-old son named Harlem, <a href="https://swimsuit.si.com/swimlife/kelly-hughes-embraces-power-of-her-scars">told the magazine</a> that she cried when doctors first told her she would have to have a C-section as it was not her birth plan. </p><p>"It was my first lesson in motherhood. Even though I had my plans of what I wanted, I didn't want to put my baby at risk out of my selfishness," she said.</p><p>After going home with her baby, she developed a serious infection that required her to return to the hospital and have her scar cut open again, the outlet said. </p><p>"It took time to heal physically and mentally and embrace all that I had gone through in order to find the strength in it. I truly haven't felt as empowered by my scar as I do today," she continued. </p><p>Insider has reached out to her for comment.</p><p>In recent years, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit has been trying to champion diversity by featuring models of different body types and races. </p><p>Last year, tennis star <a href="https://www.insider.com/naomi-osaka-first-black-female-athlete-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-cover-2021-7">Naomi Osaka became</a> the first Black female athlete to be on the cover. She was one of three cover models, along with Megan Thee Stallion and transgender model and actress <a href="https://swimsuit.si.com/swimnews/meet-your-cover-model-2021-leyna-bloom">Leyna Bloom</a>. In 2016, Ashley Graham became the <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/ashley-graham-talks-2016-sports-illustrated-cover-drama-details/">first plus-size model</a> to appear on the magazine's cover. </p>

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