Lovi Poe opens up on postpartum transformation, motherhood realizations

Lovi Poe has an empowering message about her impressive post-birth abs.

On "Fast Talk with Boy Abunda" on Wednesday, the actress looked back at an Instagram video in which she showed her transformation from the last week of pregnancy to toned abs two weeks postpartum.

"Tito Boy, it's just good lighting," Lovi said in Filipino.

"I don't know, maybe I got lucky. I don't know if the years I spent in terms of investment in my body and working out helped, but good lighting really helps," she added.

Lovi said she is fortunate to quickly return to her figure, but she reminds fellow moms that it is not the standard and she is not imposing it on others.

"I also want women to know that this should not be like a basis only of how women should be or how mothers like… we all have our ways of bouncing back right. We all have our ways, different recovery," she said.

Meanwhile, Lovi said motherhood changed many of her views in life.

"My world before revolved around work. I was very career-oriented, which I still am. I think ambition and motherhood go well together. But right now, my priorities changed," Lovi said.

Lovi said she and her husband had arguments about starting a family before, but she eventually realized that she needs to prioritize herself.

She also appreciates her mother, Rowena Moran, more.

"It's only when you become a mother when you would truly understand and empathize with your mom," Lovi said.

When Lovi saw her mother the first time after she gave birth, she said they hugged and she cried and apologized for everything her mom must have gone through.

Lovi is married to Monty Blencowe. They tied the knot in 2023 and welcomed their daughter, Sloane, last year. —Nika Roque/MGP, GMA News