Serena Williams shows herself in a bikini after her second pregnancy and does not fear judgment.
In what is an invitation to self-love and self-esteem, the tennis champion shares her postpartum journey after the birth of her second child, Adira River, with her husband Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social news site, Reddit .
In a post on Instagram, Williams shows herself aboard a yacht holding her six-month-old baby.
"Self-love is fundamental - she writes - I have discovered that I have to remind myself of it throughout the different stages of my life."
"At the moment - she explains - it's okay that my body is not a perfect image. I even like that it tastes like milk, that milk nourishes @adiraohanian (her daughter, ed.). I like that I'm discovering a new version of my body , it's a change worth it."
She closes her post by reminding everyone that she is loved but you have to start with yourself and jokingly says, 'I'm going to the gym now'.
The athlete has another daughter, six-year-old Olympia.
During the two pregnancies she was always sincere in sharing her ups and downs and she once said that she used her milk to treat her skin.
"I have burns under my eye," she said a few months ago, "they suggested I put my milk everywhere and I have enough. I'll try it for a week and see what happens."
She later explained that after a week it was all over and that it had therefore worked.
Last year she also shared her mental health struggles.
"Today I'm not well - she wrote in a post on
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