Cardi B said she is ‘keeping active’ and ‘exercising’ after giving birth to her third child in an effort to ‘avoid postpartum depression‘.
The rapper, 31, welcomed her second daughter and third child with estranged husband Offset, 32, on Thursday.
She opened up about her recovery on social media when responding to a fan who wrote about ‘the pressure on women in the industry’.
Mother-of-three: Cardi B has opened up about her post-pregnancy recovery after giving birth to her third child last week
Cardi wrote: ‘This is my third baby and postpartum is a little different from my first two. I’m not doing heaving lifting, no muscle straining, squatting none of that… just cardio.
‘Sometimes to avoid postpartum depression you gotta keep your mind busy and for me that’s work and staying active.
‘But you know what’s funny?? Y’all dragged me down when I gained [15lb] because I was five months pregnant but now yall fake concerned and wanna talk about pressure???’
Hitting back: Cardi discussed her recovery in response to a fan who wrote about ‘the pressure on women in the industry’ on social media
No rest for the wicked: It came after the rapper shared a workout video on Instagram
She added: ‘Y’all said I was pregnant to avoid working now that you see I’m still at it it’s something else?? So yeah I’m taking this personal but its FOR ME because either way y’all are gonna have something to say.’
The fan then wrote back to say they were speaking in more general terms about ‘society’s expectations of women’.
Cardi responded: ‘Totally babe!! And I do agree about society and pressure… I just was never the type to care about snap back after birth.’
In agreement: The fan said they were speaking in more general terms about ‘society’s expectations of women’ – a sentiment echoed by Cardi
She continued: ‘I don’t know what it is about this time around but I have this burst of energy where I want to do EVERYTHING… It’s like I want to complete all my goals in one day.’
The social media exchange came after the rapper shared a workout video on her Instagram of her on a stair machine at the gym.
She captioned the post: ‘Big thirty minutes on the stair master…..ITS PERSONAL!!!! Do you know you got 30 minutes? YAAAAASSSS THIRTY THIRTY.’