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Love Island star Montana Brown revealed she is 'so proud of her body' and what it has achieved seven weeks after welcoming a beautiful baby boy, Jude Isaiah O'Connor. Montana revealed she was expecting a baby with her partner Mark O'Connor on Christmas Eve.
Montana, 27, has been sharing small updates on her motherhood journey and recently posted a series of snaps of how her body changed after giving birth. She confessed it has been difficult "not to focus on getting back into shape" but has been "in awe" of her body's achievements.
Writing to her 1.2million followers, the star wrote on Instagram : "I am so proud of my body. Pregg > an hour after birth > a day after birth > the best gift in the world. It’s very hard to not focus on getting back into shape but looking back at these pictures makes me so in awe of my body and what it’s achieved.
"I grew a human. So grateful to have been able to do that. I had a positive experience with birth and pregnancy, I absolutely loved it and I am sending all the pregnant ladies, fellow parents and people that want children so much love. Greatest gift of all time with a sprinkle of pain and burning ."
Montana shared a series of snaps of her pregnancy and post-pregnancy body (Montana Brown/Instagram)
She said she is 'so proud' of what her body has achieved (Montana Brown/Instagram)Montana shared the news of her welcoming her son in a sweet Instagram post in June. She shared a black-and-white photo of her bundle of joy. Her adorable photo shows the tot sleeping peacefully as he lays on his mum's chest.
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She announced: "Welcome to the world Jude Isaiah O’Connor we’re so smitten with you little man 23.06.23". New mum Montana also shared the photo on her Instagram story and gushed: "The light of our life has arrived".
The star later returned to social media to explain why they named their son Jude Isaiah O'Connor She told followers on her Instagram Story: "Lots of people asking about Jude's middle name. He is named after my grandad Isaiah who was a pretty spectacular activist at the time of the apartheid."
The star welcomed her son at the end of June (Montana Brown/Instagram)
The star later returned to social media to explain why they named their son Jude Isaiah O'Connor (Montana Brown/Instagram)She went on to share a link to an article on her grandfather Isaiah Stein, who was a freedom fighter and considered the first person in the struggle against the apartheid to be placed under 24-hour house arrest.
He first shot to fame as boxer Boston Tabby, but around 1960 - after the horrific Sharpeville Massacre - Isaiah became the chief organiser for the Coloured People's Congress. Through this position, he led marches and protests along the Western Cape. However, as an activist, he was frequently tortured by police and he was jailed many times over the years.
In 1964, he was put under 24-hour house arrest - around the same time that Nelson Mandela was sent to Robben Island. He left Cape Town with his wife and all but one of their children two years ago as they moved to England. He died in January 2011 after struggling with dementia towards the end of his life.