This post deals with postpartum depression and could be triggering for some readers.

New mums often experience complex feelings about their postpartum bodies, which is why Ashley Graham is being celebrated this week for thanking her tummy in a series of unfiltered photos on Instagram.

The model mum of three-month-old twins Malachi and Roman, and two-year-old Isaac, wrote in a short post to her 17.7 million followers, "Hi, new tummy. We've been through a lot. Thank you."

The comments from her celebrity friends and fans applauded her unfiltered and honest approach to her postpartum journey.

"Thank you for this because I'm two months postpartum and seeing how beautiful you look is really empowering for those of us struggling with the way we look," one woman wrote in the comments.

"Thank you for posting the real you. This makes people going through this feel like they are not alone," another wrote.

In January 2020, Ashley spoke about the "BS" expectations of postpartum motherhood.

"Everybody told me if you breastfeed, the weight falls off," Ashley said in an interview with Parents. "Well, that was BS. And I'm still working on like 20 pounds.

"When I say working on, I just kind of look at it every day like, 'Hello, new body,'" she corrected herself. "And that's just kind of how I go on with it."

She also opened up about another unexpected side effect of postpartum - hair loss.

"I think it was like around four months, my whole hairline fell out," Ashley shared.

"And that was more traumatic than even birth because I was like, 'My hair's falling out in clumps - what am I doing?' Then I realised it's actually a thing," she said.

Postpartum recovery is hugely varied from mum to mum.

From experiencing severe hair loss, to dealing with postpartum depression, here's what five other celebrities have shared about the reality of postpartum recovery.

Kylie Jenner

Six weeks after the birth of her second child, Kylie Jenner opened up about her postpartum recovery.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcomed their son, Wolf Webster, on February 2, 2022.

"I just want to say to my postpartum mums that postpartum has not been easy," Jenner shared on her Instagram Stories.

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"It’s very hard. This experience for me, personally, has been a little harder than with my daughter," she continued.

"It’s not easy mentally, physically, spiritually... it’s just crazy."

Kylie added that she didn't want to get back to life as normal without sharing that she's been struggling.

"I didn’t want to just get back to life without saying that, because I think we can look on the internet, and for other mums going through it right now, we can go on the internet and it might look a lot easier for other people, but it hasn’t been easy for me.

"It’s been hard. And I just wanted to say that... it’s okay not to be okay."

Chrissy Teigen

In a 2017Glamour UKessay, model Chrissy Teigen shared that she experienced severe postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Luna in 2016.

"Most days were spent on the exact same spot on the couch and rarely would I muster up the energy to make it upstairs for bed," she wrote.

"John would sleep on the couch with me, sometimes four nights in a row. I started keeping robes and comfy clothes in the pantry so I wouldn't have to go upstairs when John went to work. There was a lot of spontaneous crying."