Emily Ratajkowski marks IWD and firstborn's birth with nude baby bump throwbacks
Emily Ratajkowski has marked International Women's Day, her firstborn's birthday and the day she gave birth all in one special tribute.
The model, actor and and writer shared throwback images to Instagram of a stripped back nude photoshoot, featuring shots of her and her baby bump when pregnant.
The shoot appears to be in a home setting, with her cradling her bump in a bath tub in the first shot, looking sultry in the shower in the second and relaxing on a plunge armchair in the third.
The last image captures a sweet scene with baby Sylvester Apollo Bear sat in the bed of her and her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. Their little one has just turned one, on the same date as IWD.
The 30-year-old's caption reads, "Happy birthday sly/happy birth day to me/happy women's day to all", completed with a heart.
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Many of of Ratajkowski's celeb friends wished Sylvester a happy birthday, including friend to the Kardashians Stephanie Shepherd, who used the same nickname with, "hbd sly!!!!!!", while Mert Alas, half of the famous photography duo to the stars 'Mert and Mercus' left a heart.
Fans have also filled the comments, acknowledging all parts of the celebration with, "Happy birthday, and happy International Women's Day", "Wow. Motherhood is beautiful!" and "Of course he has a women's day bday. Hbd Sly."
Ratajkowski shared some touching moments with little Sly on her Instagram stories, marking "1 year of sly" and a "happy birthday to my sweet boy", with photos featuring her producer and actor husband kissing her pregnant belly, and current pictures of Sly all dressed up with birthday balloons.
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The mum-of-one also shared another throwback photo to Sly's birth, writing "the most magical day of my life." The post features her cradling her newborn, with the caption, "Sylvester Apollo Bear has joined us earth side. Sly arrived 3/8/21 on the most surreal, beautiful, and love-filled morning of my life."
Ratajkowski's stories also direct back to another moving montage of images from the special day, with a range of her in a hospital bed, and Sly resting on her chest. "In between pushes/first moments with Sly. Life!" she said.
More recent images she's posted include a close-up of Sly with a teddy bear, with the caption "has brought me joy and magic id never imagined", a shot of her family of three with the words "we love being your parents" and other special moments with Sly, whether in bed together, playing, blowing out candles to a large birthday cake, or them out and about.
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Ratajkowski tied the knot with Bear-McClard in February 2018. In an essay on pregnancy in 2020 for Vogue, she revealed the couple didn't want to know the gender of their baby until they turned 18, adding "they'll let us know then".
"I like the idea of forcing as few gender stereotypes on my child as possible," she wrote. "But no matter how progressive I may hope to be, I understand the desire to know the gender of our fetus; it feels like the first real opportunity to glimpse who they might be."
