Bankrupt influencer shares candid postpartum body update after suffering with fertility issues and anorexia

Daily Mail​

22-05-2025

Controversial influencer Christie Swadling has shared a candid look at her postpartum figure, two days after giving birth to a healthy baby boy.
The 28-year-old influencer shared a gallery of maternity content to social media on Tuesday night, confirming she had given birth to her first child, a son named Rocco, with her fiancé Joel Price.
On Thursday, Christie filmed herself wearing a pair of nude underwear and a slip dress, which she held up over her belly as she examined it in her bathroom mirror.
'Woman [sic] are so incredible! Entering motherhood with nothing but love for my body and what it can do, no rush to bounce back or change,' she captioned the post.
'Also humbling when I get home and Rocco's older brother asks why I still look pregnant.'
In a second photo of baby Rocco wrapped in his designer swaddle blanket, Christie shared the quote a second time.
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'Kaden this afternoon: "How come you still look kinda pregnant?" Love kids x,' she captioned the photo of her newborn.
Christie previously revealed that she met her fiancé Joel because his now 13-year-old son Kaden began following her on TikTok, where she posted bikini photos and workout videos, when he was just eight-years-old.
In further baby updates, posted to her 122,000 Instagram followers, Christie wrote: 'My world is now complete and I'm so in love'.
'Being a new mum can be so challenging and I'm really entering this with open arms and zero judgement towards myself, as him and I are both learning each other' she added.
'But I'm so in love and truly this is the best achievement in the entire world.'
The fitness influencer said her first afternoon at home with Rocco was full of 'bonding time' with his brother and visiting family members, as well as, 'a well deserved glass of wine and takeaway food.'
Last year, Christie opened up about her fertility journey with her followers.
Christie has previously revealed that she met her fiancé Joel because his now 13-year-old son Kaden (pictured bottom left) began following her on TikTok, where she posted bikini photos and workout videos, when he was just eight-years-old
What is anorexia nervosa?
Anorexia nervosa is a psychological illness that has devastating physical consequences.
It is characterised by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight, which manifests itself through depriving the body of food. It often coincides with increased levels of exercise.
There are two main sub-types of anorexia:
Restricting type — this is the most commonly known type of anorexia nervosa, whereby a person severely restricts their food intake.
Binge-eating or purging type — less recognised, this type of anorexia nervosa forms when a person restricts their intake as above, but also has regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behaviour.
Anorexia nervosa can affect the mind and body in a multitude of ways:
Brain – preoccupation with food/calories, fear of gaining weight, headaches, fainting, dizziness, mood swings, anxiety, depression.
Hair and skin – dry skin, brittle nails, thin hair, bruises easily, yellow complexion, growth of thin white hair all over body (called lanugo), intolerance to cold.
Heart and blood – poor circulation, irregular or slow heartbeat, very low blood pressure, cardiac arrest, heart failure, low iron levels (anaemia).
Intestines – constipated, diarrhoea, bloating, abdominal pain.
Hormones – irregular or absent periods, loss of libido, infertility.
Kidneys – dehydration, kidney failure.
Bones and muscles – loss of bone calcium (osteopenia), osteoporosis, muscle loss, weakness, fatigue.
'I have had some hormonal issues and I have only started to get a regular period again. Joel and I are trying to have a baby, we haven't had much luck,' she said.
Christie first made headlines back in 2015 when she spoke to Daily Mail Australia about her battle with body image issues and anorexia nervosa.
The social media star, then 18-years-old, discussed how comparing herself to supermodels sparked her downward spiral into a near-fatal eating disorder.
'Photoshopped adverts of models like Miranda Kerr definitely started off my body image issues because you think that's how you're meant to be,' she said.
At one point, her weight dwindled down to nearly 30 kilograms.
'I became skinnier than those models and because of my disease, stopped thinking about the models altogether and became obsessed with just losing more and more weight,' she said.
Women who have an eating disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia, often stop having periods because of abnormal hormonal changes.
The body shuts down the reproductive system to help conserve energy to prevent nurturing another body— when the mother isn't eating enough to feed herself.
Some women struggle to to get pregnant long after they've entered eating disorder treatment and recovery.
Christie got steadily worse after her diagnosis and was admitted to hospital three times from collapses before she accepted her diagnosis.
'I looked in the mirror and felt disgusted at what I saw and became aware that I was slowly killing myself,' she said.
Christie's birth announcement came just months after her fiancé was served with a restraining order and charged with domestic violence-related common assault.
Joel, 38, was served an interim Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) by NSW Police on behalf of Christie in April. He pleaded not guilty to the assault charge.
Daily Mail Australia understands the matter was heard in court on August 6.
In 2022, Swadling filed for bankruptcy after racking up a pile of debt that she cannot pay back.
It was revealed that she was bankrupt after an anonymous user on the Tattle Life forums paid $15 to obtain the paperwork on her bankruptcy filing.
The status of her bankruptcy is 'undischarged', which means she will still need to pay back particular debts.