No bikini body for Jessica Alba after pregnancy

Though she is eagerly awaiting her second child later this summer, Jessica Alba has admitted that motherhood has changed her body forever.

The 29-year-old actress, who's famous for her exotic beauty and bikini body, worked hard to get back into the shape she was in before giving birth to her daughter Honor.

Despite apparently regaining her enviable figure, Alba insists that she will never fully regain her pre-pregnancy figure.

“I can’t ever get down to the weight I was before I had Honor,” the Daily Mail quoted her as telling the August issue of Allure.

“My body’s just different. The jeans just sort of zip up differently, and things hang differently. It’s a miracle what happens, but you definitely are different afterward. Unless you’re Gisele,” she added.

The star, who is married to production assistant Cash Warren, however can't help but marvel at the miracle of pregnancy.

“I saw how incredible and amazing it is to be a woman and to be able to create a life,” she said.

“There’s a reason why certain areas of the body are desirable - because it all leads to reproduction. There’s a science behind it all. It’s not just to sell whatever you’re selling on a billboard or a magazine or a movie,” she added.