Elyse Knowles reveals she was ‘scared’ to leave the house after giving birth

Elyse Knowles welcomed her first child, son Sunny, earlier this year. 

On Saturday, speaking to Stellar, the model revealed she was crippled by anxiety following the birth. 

The 28-year-old said: ‘I got quite anxious leaving home for the first time. My heart was racing. I didn’t know if I could do it. 

‘Having [Sunny], having our dogs and getting out there… And Sunny was screaming in the car and it made me quite scared.’ 

She added: ‘I found it hard to breathe and I had to tell myself, “It’s fine, what could go wrong? Everyone has babies… you just have to go for it.” 

‘It took a couple of times to feel confident. But I’m not going to lie, it was hard at the start.’

Elyse says that her fiancé Josh Barker urged her to go outside and continue her life as normally as possible. 

‘Josh was really great with pushing me out, so we went camping when Sunny was five weeks old. 

‘We got out there and did it. Josh said, “What could go wrong?” Which is true. And I’m so grateful he did push me because now I feel confident doing those special things as a family,’ she added. 

The blonde stunner welcomed Sunny, her first child with Josh, on February 25.  

The new mother says that her son is as cheerful as his name implies, and has changed her lifestyle since he came along. 

 ‘He’s living up to his name; positive, happy and shiny,’ the model recently told The Herald Sun. 

‘He wakes up smiling, even at 4.30 in the morning, and he’s ready to go for the day,’ she added.