EastEnders’ Melissa Suffield embraces her stretch marks in candid snap

‘Let’s tan my battle scars into oblivion’: EastEnders’ Melissa Suffield embraces her stretch marks in candid snap two months after welcoming son River

She welcomed her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan in March earlier this year.

And Melissa Suffield embraced her postpartum figure as she enjoyed a sunbathing session in her garden on Sunday.

In a snap shared to Instagram, the former EastEnders actress, 27, proudly displayed her stretch marks, which she described as her ‘battle scars’.

‘Let’s tan my battle scars into oblivion’: Melissa Suffield embraced her stretch marks as she enjoyed a sunbathing session in her garden on Sunday

The soap star stripped down to a pair of tiny shorts as she tapped into full relaxation mode while topping up on her tan.

‘Let’s tan them into oblivion… Stretch Marks = Battle Scars’, the Beauty and the Beast actress captioned the post.

The doting mother also updated her social media followers with an image of baby River chilling in the sun. 

Family first: The former EastEnders actress, 27, welcomed her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan in March earlier this year

Family first: The former EastEnders actress, 27, welcomed her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan in March earlier this year

'Busy baby alert': The doting mother also updated her social media followers with an image of baby River chilling in the sun

‘Busy baby alert’: The doting mother also updated her social media followers with an image of baby River chilling in the sun

Keeping safe: Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the TV star revealed she and her partner are self isolating at home with her new arrival

Keeping safe: Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the TV star revealed she and her partner are self isolating at home with her new arrival

Melissa, who played previously Lucy Beale on the BBC soap EastEnders, introduced her baby to the world in mid-March.

Taking to Instagram, the honey-blonde beauty announced the happy news with a series of adorable snap of her newborn. 

Alongside the sweet images, the thespian penned: ‘River Jefferson Carter-Robinson 16.03.2020.  

Sweet: The TV star, who played previously Lucy Beale on the BBC soap EastEnders, introduced her baby to the world in mid-March

Sweet: The TV star, who played previously Lucy Beale on the BBC soap EastEnders, introduced her baby to the world in mid-March

‘What a perfect little human we appear to have made. We could not be more obsessed with you’. 

Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the TV star also revealed that she and her partner are self isolating at home with her new arrival. 

The actress portrayed ayed Ian Beale’s daughter Lucy in the soap for six years, but was axed from EastEnders over her ‘unruly behaviour’ in 2010.  

Rise to fame: The thespian portrayed ayed Ian Beale's daughter Lucy in the soap for six years, but was axed from EastEnders over her 'unruly behaviour' in 2010

Rise to fame: The thespian portrayed ayed Ian Beale’s daughter Lucy in the soap for six years, but was axed from EastEnders over her ‘unruly behaviour’ in 2010