I was so desperate to get my size 10 body back I even worked out while in labour – people who shame me are just jealous

A MUM has told how she was so desperate to regain her pre-pregnancy body she worked out in her birthing suite while in labour.

Yanyah Milutinovic, 34, carried out squats while in her hospital gown at 41 weeks pregnant and in active labour.

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Yanyah, working out on the day she gave birthCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

Just hours later she delivered 9lb 9oz healthy baby Smilljana on November 8, 2017.

Then, against doctors’ advice, she was back in the gym two-and-half weeks later – having also exercised throughout her entire pregnancy.

“I know medics say you should wait six weeks but I chose to go back,” she told Fabulous.

“I wouldn’t recommend everyone does this though. 

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Yanyah with her boyfriend Risel Martinez and their daughterCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

“This was my decision and I was aware of what I could manage.

“It was fine and both me and Smijla are healthy

“I exercised throughout my pregnancy too. I had terrible morning sickness and would be at the gym, lifting, go to the toilet to throw up and then go back to exercise. 

“It made me feel better.”

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Lifting heavy weights while heavily pregnantCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

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Shortly after giving birthCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

Yanyah, originally from Sweden but living in New York City, visits the gym six days a week, spending two hours working out and weightlifting. 

As a result she has got tight abs and killer thighs and has gone from 16-stone when she was pregnant to 10-stone now. Her ‘mum tum’ is long gone. 

But her dedication to her body has had an impact on her life, meaning her only mates are people she knows from the gym… and that is the only place she sees them.

She even met her partner, Risel Martinez, 30, there – falling pregnant two months later. 

I don’t hang out with friends or watch TV. I don’t get a lot of sleep. To have the body I have and want you have to prioritise the gym and can’t focus on anything else.

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“I’ve sacrificed a lot,” she explained. “I don’t hang out with friends or watch TV.  I don’t get a lot of sleep. To have the body I have and want you have to prioritise the gym and can’t focus on anything else.” 

She said people who wanted her body had to make the same sacrifices – realising it didn’t come easily.

“I am not superhuman,” she said. “Anyone can look like me if they really, really want to.

“But it takes an enormous amount of willpower to do so.

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A heavily pregnant Yanyah was still working outCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

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She admitted she had little time for socialisingCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

“You can’t decide not to go to the gym so you can see friends – that won’t work.

“Instead you must exercise. It is the only option.

“Our bodies are fundamentally the same – the difference is what we prioritise.”

She has been accused online of having had a tummy tuck post-baby but says that is nonsense.

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Yanyah grew up in SwedenCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

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The couple pictured in 2017Credit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

“Sure, you can have a tummy tuck after birth but it won’t give you a body like mine,” she said. “That is only the result of working out. It takes effort.”

Yanyah, who was a sporty teenager, has been trolled online by people who think she’s had surgery and also say she shouldn’t have worked out during pregnancy.

But she doesn’t care – adamant she knows her body best. 

“Women are largely supportive, she said. “The trolling is mainly by men. 

Men tell me off for exercising when pregnant and act like they know my body better than me… but I bet half of them don’t even know where the clitoris is.

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“They tell me off for exercising when pregnant and act like they know my body better than me. 

“They shame me, but I bet half of them don’t even know where the clitoris is so they have no right to.”

She told how her fascination with exercise started around 2013. 

“I had been in an abusive relationship,” she said. “After loving sport as a teen, I got interested in boys around 19 or 20 and everything changed. 

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When pregnant in 2017Credit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

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She told how she felt into a bad crowd at one pointCredit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

“I moved into a bad crowd and would eat and drink the same crap day after day. 

“I was always hungover. I would wake up every morning, my face smeared with makeup. 

“I was low, my head would hang low.

“One day I woke up and I looked at myself and realised I needed to change.”

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Pictured happy and healthy at the end of 2019Credit: yanyahgotitmade/Instagram

She said exercise had improved her life hugely, leading to her relationship with Risel and her daughter. 

“I’ve never been happier,” she said.

“So maybe I am addicted.

“But it is a good addiction.”

Exercise during and after pregnancy

According to the NHS, the more active and fit you are during pregnancy, the better.

“Exercise is not dangerous for your baby,” The NHS said. “There is some evidence that active women are less likely to experience problems in later pregnancy and labour.”

But there are exercises to avoid including some martial arts, exercises with risk of falling and scuba diving (because the baby has no protection against decompression sickness).

You can try gentle exercise, such as walking, as soon as you feel up to it.

But you should ideally wait until six week. “It’s usually a good idea to wait until after your 6-week postnatal check before you start any high-impact exercise, such as aerobics or running,” the NHS said.

“If you exercised regularly before giving birth and you feel fit and well, you may be able to start earlier. Talk to your midwife, health visitor or GP.

“If you had a more complicated delivery or a caesarean, your recovery time will be longer. Talk to your midwife, health visitor or GP before starting anything strenuous.”

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