Nelly’s wife Ashanti proved she’s a multitasking queen during an intense workout session just two months after giving birth to a baby boy.
While filming her recent return to the gym, the 43-year-old mom filmed herself sweating while pumping breast milk.
In a new video posted to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, the singer gave her 8.7 million Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at her grueling postpartum workout routine.
The actress (born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas-Haynes) wore a light blue sports bra and matching leggings and was seen using an electric, hands-free breast pump.
‘Must finish [pumping] “Before I get on the StairMaster,” she said in the recording.
Nelly’s wife Ashanti proved she’s the queen of multitasking during an intense workout session just two months after giving birth to a baby boy
Ultimately, she joked that she decided to just leave it as it was and keep the pumps running throughout her stay on the StairMaster.
“Come on,” she captioned another video of herself working out before doing some core workouts.
While posing for a selfie in the mirror, she called herself “Kk’s mama.”
On July 18, she and Nelly welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Kareem Kenkaide Haynes.
A month later, she spoke candidly about the meaning of the newborn’s name.
The Glen Cove, New York-born beauty explained Entertainment tonight the meaning of her son’s name.
‘Kenkaide is my father’s name, and of course my father only has girls,’ Ashanti the outlet told.
The baby’s middle name, Kareem, is of Arabic origin and means “generous, kind and dignified,” she told the outlet.
While documenting her recent return to the gym, the 43-year-old mom filmed herself sweating while pumping breast milk
In a new video uploaded to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, the singer gave her 8.7 million Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at her postpartum workout routine
Wearing a light blue sports bra and matching leggings, the performer (born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas-Haynes) was seen using electric hands-free breast pumps
Ashanti said Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was the person who named their son.
“His father gave him this name with a lot of pride” and thought the name was “really, really cool,” Ashanti told the outlet.
Ashanti told the newspaper that she and her husband welcomed their baby earlier than planned, and that Nelly flew in at the last minute to be there for the birth.
“When we were all in the delivery room and saw his face for the first time, I cried. It was so emotional and spiritual at the same time,” Ashanti told the newspaper.
The singer of hits including Foolish and Rock wit U (Awww Baby) said it was “such an exciting feeling” when she first became a parent because she “had a vision of this moment for so long.”
Ashanti said she is fully committed to parenting: ‘My son is absolutely everything now, he is our priority and I don’t care what it costs, what I have to do, I’m just going to give everything I can for my son.
She added: “This little boy has my whole soul wrapped around his finger.”
The singer advised other new mothers to trust their intuition and “stay strong no matter what obstacles they face.”
On July 18, she and Nelly welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Kareem Kenkaide Haynes; pictured in Atlanta in June
Ashanti told the outlet, “Your child definitely feels your energy. Make sure the baby feels safe and secure and that you have space for yourself as well.
“Don’t get too caught up in the baby’s world. I think it’s really important to create a balance.”
Ashanti, whose son with Nelly is her first child, added: “I’m still completely new, so I’m not trying to give the best advice.”
The couple has been married since the end of last year.