VIDEO-Studio 10 host Sarah Harris warns post-baby shamers

Sarah Harris Talks Pregnancy Complications on Studio 10.

TV mums ... Studio 10's Sarah Harris with The Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges before they both gave birth to sons. Picture: Supplied / Network Ten

STUDIO 10 host Sarah Harris is set to introduce her sweet new son, Paul to his “extended TV family” on Monday’s show on the Ten Network but has a warning for the body shamers she took on during her pregnancy — back off about her baby weight.

The first-time mum who revealed she put on 25 kilograms before giving birth to her 4.25kg baby, was papped recently when “we made it out of the house a couple of weeks ago” only to have her appearance immediately come under scrutiny.

“The headline with the photo was ‘Sarah flaunts her post-baby body’ and I went, ‘no, I’m not flaunting it at all. I’m leaving the house, I haven’t brushed my hair and if I wasn’t wearing these Spanx I’d look three sizes bigger,” she told News Corp Australia.

“What I look like is the last thing I’m thinking about right now ... I’m still healing.”

SARAH HARRIS: ‘I NEARLY LOST HIM’

SARAH HARRIS SHARES FIRST BABY PHOTOS

Little dude...Harris drank raspberry leaf tea, had Chinese foot massages and ate carry to bring on the birth of her 4.25kg “bruiser” Paul. Picture: Sam RuttynSource:News Corp Australia

Cradling her precious seven-week-old son, Harris admits she was not prepared for the experience of child birth, and “didn’t even know I was in labour” until she was well-advanced.

“I went a week early because he was so big,” she said, laughing about the various methods she tried to fast-track her special Christmas delivery.

“I don’t know if it worked or not but I was drinking that raspberry leaf tea, I was getting Chinese foot massages. It was so hot, I was so over it. I was eating curry, walking up and down the stairs ... doing whatever I could to get this kid out.”

Husband Tom Ward, an IT specialist, had been apprehensive about attending the birth, but proved her greatest supporter.

New parents ... Harris credits husband Tom Ward, an IT specialist, with being her greatest supporter in the delivery ward. Picture: James HoranSource:Supplied

“He’s very squeamish at the sight of blood but he stepped up and ended up cutting the cord. It was a really good experience for us to go through and to have this little dude at the end of it.”

The placid bub was named after Ward’s father Paul and her grandfather William.

“I lived with my grandfather for a while, we were born on the same day and were very, very close. I think it’s nice that he’ll have a special relationship with his grandad, who likes to come around and take him for walks in the park...it’s so sweet,” she said.

Wearing booties knitted for him by an audience member to his first photo call, Harris is hopeful his TV debut will go as quietly as he goes when she props him up to watch the show at home.

“When you have a baby, you realise it’s a noisy show ... there’s applause, there’s Joe Hildebrand sitting there talking the whole time, there’s so many sounds he heard all the way through the pregnancy, so when you sit him in front of the telly, he actually goes a bit quiet. The applause, the people chatting and the music, it’s a comfort to him...that’s pretty cool.”

Harris’ appearance back on the Studio 10 panel on Monday is just a cameo, but she plans to return to full-time work after Easter.

Radiant mum and bub ... Studio 10 host Sarah Harris and her seven-week-old baby Paul. Picture: Sam RuttynSource:News Corp Australia

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