Elsa Hosk explains the meaning behind her newborn daughter Tuulikki’s name

Elsa Hosk revealed the reason she named her daughter, Tuulikki Joan, on Thursday as she expressed gratitude towards her body and said there is ‘no pressure to be a size zero’. 

The supermodel, 32, rested in bed with her newborn as she admitted ‘postpartum can be pretty tough,’ but thanked her tiny tot for being her ‘medicine.’ 

She captured a series of videos in response to an Instagram Q&A at home as she said: ‘We call her Tuuli which is short for Tuulikki. 

‘It wasn’t hard to choose her name because I always knew I wanted a Finnish name, Finnish names are so cute. 

‘Tuulikki is my mom’s middle-name as my mum’s side of the family is from Finland and they all have Finnish names and they’re so cute.

‘And when I told Tom about this name he loved it too which is kind of a sign, because it’s a very unique name, so for him to love it, I thought we have to name her. 

‘So Tuuli means “wind” and Tuulikki means “little wind” and it also is the name of a forest goddess’. 

Elsa also admitted her physique has changed since giving birth, but declared she is appreciative for her ‘new curves’. 

She continued on social media: ‘I also get so many questions about my postpartum body, and I’m guessing they’re from people who haven’t had kids because when you go through pregnancy and child birth, you just look at your body in a new way and instead of seeing flaws, you feel very grateful for what our bodies can do as women.

‘It’s truly magical and amazing and we’re so incredible, and I’m trying to give myself time to heal and not put a lot of pressure on to be a size zero. 

‘More than anything, I look at my body with gratitude and with a new perspective of feeling beautiful and loving all these new curves.’  

Elsa revealed she welcomed her first child last Friday with her partner of five years Tom Daly. 

She also shared a candid photo from her labour, as she rested in a birthing pool in between contractions while holding Tom’s hand.  

The catwalk model admitted that being a first-time mum is challenging due to the lack of sleep and breastfeeding. 

Elsa explained: ‘Postpartum can be pretty tough because you don’t sleep much, you’re waking up. 

‘I’m breastfeeding her. I expected that though, and the healing and the body. 

‘But your baby is your medicine so when you look at her you feel everything doesn’t matter because you have that baby to look at.’

According to the Victoria’s Secret model, her partner has been great at changing their baby, who doesn’t like to be swaddled.

‘We are good, we are chilling,’ she said. ‘She’s got little mitts on because she scratches her face a lot. Baby is so good, I’m recovering, not sleeping so much… 

‘Tom is amazing and he’s doing all the changing but she hates swaddling so we never swaddle her, she likes to have her little hands out.’

When asked if she is still suffering from pain after labour, she responded: ‘Yes I do, I think it’s really rare to go through labour and not have any pain afterwards, but I think it’s really important to take the time and let yourself heal.’