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A month after baby Blue, Geri shapes up
By TOM BRYANT, Daily Mail

After giving birth to her daughter Bluebell Madonna, Geri Halliwell insisted she was in no rush to lose weight.

But four weeks later, she seems to have done just that.
Power-walking in a London park, her figure showed little sign of being a new mum.


Left: Geri looking swell in the park last month.
Right: power walker Geri has slimmed down

In fact, wearing a tight-fitting vest and shorts, she appeared slimmer than before she got pregnant.

The 33-year-old was happy to smile for photographers as she listened to music on her iPod. Yet days after giving birth by caesarian, she said 'all vanity had gone out of the window'.

"I haven't looked at myself because I'm looking at her all the time," she told Hello! magazine. "My breasts are huge but for a purpose. And apparently, I'll have a tummy for a while, which is OK too. I'm sure I shall want my body back, but right now it seems really unimportant."

Miss Halliwell joins a growing band of celebrity mothers who regain their figures within weeks of giving birth.

Penny Lancaster and Victoria Beckham were criticised for losing weight too quickly, the former in just nine days.

But Professor James Walker, of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, said there was no reason why Miss Halliwell shouldn't be keeping fit.

"If she exercised during pregnancy, there's no reason why she can't be doing gentle jogging now," he said.

"Although physical healing after a C-section takes about six weeks, jogging puts pressure on the legs rather than the pelvis."

Miss Halliwell, who has a history of eating disorders, split from her daughter's father, writer Sacha Gervasi, early in her pregnancy.

From UK Daily Mail