“My body is not picture perfect. I smell like milk” Serena Williams encourages new mums to love themselves as she shows off post-baby body

Serena Williams has urged new mums to love themselves amid the changes in their body.

The tennis legend who welcomed her second child in August 2023, said self-love is important.

She shared a photo of herself in a bikini, with her bulging tummy on display and wrote: “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 @adiraohanian 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. 

“Ok, now I’m about to go to the gym.”