Love Island star Olivia Bowen loved and embraced her pregnancy body, but after giving birth, she struggled her new look, even injuring herself in an effort to 'bounce back'
Olivia Bowen has opened up about struggling with her body image after giving birth to her son, Abel, two years ago. In a candid and emotional chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Olivia, 30, told how she 'knew' she'd struggle with the look of her body after giving birth, with the star constantly comparing herself to other new mums.
"The fact that you can look at yourself when you're pregnant and absolutely love the way you look and think, 'wow, I'm incredible. I'm carrying this baby'. But then after it was like I was comparing myself to other girls that were in the public eye, that had had kids around the same time as me. And I was looking at them thinking, "oh my God, you look amazing" and not thinking about myself and thinking, 'I need to bounce back'.
Olivia recently spoke to OK! about struggling with being a new mum and letting go of her old life - confessing she just wasn't ready for what a life-changing experience it can be. Olivia has been very honest about her mental health battles before and, at times, her struggles with crippling anxiety - and opened up with us about how becoming a mum impacted her mentally.
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