Linda Mtoba opens up on postpartum body: ‘My body was a stranger’

Linda Mtoba embraces her body in a bikini.


Former Isibaya and The River actress Linda Mtoba took to her Instagram yesterday and posted a picture and video of herself in a postpartum pregnancy bikini.

“So I wrote something. Took some time to get to this point in my postpartum journey,” she captioned.

 

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The post spoke about how Mtoba took time to adjust to her new body now that she was a mother and how she had to reintroduce herself to her new body after giving birth to her daughter.

“So I took the time and reintroduced myself tried to get reacquainted with this stranger my soul inhabits. So bruised, so stretched. So not me. It took a while but soon I could bear looking at her with the lights on,” she said.

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Although the actress said it took some time for her to recognise her postpartum body, she enjoyed being a mother and the moments she shared with her daughter.

 

She also said it was sometimes surreal that she was a mother.

 

Mtoba gave birth to her daughter Bean in 2019 and is also the ambassador for Huggies.

“They say you learn from the best and I have been blessed with a phenomenal mom. She shows me every day what unconditional love is and I am able to translate that to my daughter effortlessly,” Mtoba said.

 

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Last month the actress showed gratitude as she celebrated her anniversary with her husband.

 

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