Salma admits, however, that like many women she struggled in the early stages.
"It's tough. You don’t know what pain I'm in after two hours, how difficult it was at first."
Touching on earlier statements she made during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Salma says she does take issue with "the myth" that breastfeeding speeds weight loss. "That is soooo not true," she says -- pointing to her tummy for proof. "It's like, 'Please, everyone, can you stop telling me I look really well?'"
Valentina is Salma's only child with ex-fiancé François-Henri Pinault.