Do you remember Chontel Duncan? She was the fitness model from Australia who still had abs when she was pregnant thanks to her intensive training programme.
Well, she is in the headlines again after hitting back at the people who criticised one of her most recent snaps on Instagram.
Over the weekend, Chontel shared the below photograph of her and her 13-day-old son Jeremiah (Miah).
In the caption, she wrote: “Today little Miah is 13 days old & my c-section incision is healing nicely. It’s larger then a normal one due to the doctors struggling to get Miah out at the time of my operation where my core held him in very tightly.
“Scar, stretch marks, wider hips, heavy “not so perky” jugs WHO CARES I have a baby & though I was very lucky to not have many of those I did receive a large scar which I am very proud of [sic]”.
While she got a lot of positive responses, some weren’t so kind. They criticised her for both the way she was holding her son and talking about her post-partum body.
One follower commented: “Omg that babys poor neck. Hold ur child properly! More important than a selfie [sic]”.
Another said:” You’ll note that we can’t see any of these imperfections she speaks of… So why doesn’t she celebrate what she has, rather than being yet another self-deprecating woman? That’s what I think is sad.”
Some people stood up for Chontel, arguing: “Did you ever wonder maybe the baby lifted his head up? Babies do that… She is a new mom this is wrong for people just jumping on her. If you want give her advice but no need for hate! Seriously rude.”
She also stood up for herself by uploading the above image and writing: “Reposting this due to the number of dumb dumbs ripping on my first image… Sorry but I’m not going to be nice about what I think about your belittling attempts to educate me on the safety or better yet my intentions as a new mum.
“As explained earlier Miah lifted his head up an for that second that he did so, I just happened to have caught it on camera, before he then laid his head back down on my chest. New borns can lift their own heads up its not me standing there with his head flicked back shooting away…
“So have faith people and if you honestly don’t like my page just CLICK UNFOLLOW!!!!! As I’ve always said, any negative comments will be deleted and I will block you! [sic]”.
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Top image via Instagram/Chontel Duncan
