Photo: Belle Lucia/Instagram
That’s the lessonmodel Belle Luciawants her followers to learn after spending the last few weeks of her pregnancy defending the size of her bump.
She decided to defend herself on Tuesday.
“Just because I’m not showing as much as you like doesn’t mean my pregnancy is ‘unhealthy’ or that I’m promoting a ‘skinny’ pregnancy — like some say,” she posted in her Instagram story. “It’s just my body and I cannot help how I’m showing like many other women. Body shaming is not okay — no matter how ‘big’ or ‘small’ one is.”
Belle Lucia.
Lucia included photos of four other women also in their 17th week of pregnancy, all with varying size bumps.
“Here’s more women the same week as me,” she added. “As you can see women show very differently but are all carrying a little life.”
In her past bump updates, Lucia recognized that her pregnancy was hard for other people to see, but the increased belly size is clear to her. She said there are also some days where she can’t tell what’s happening in her stomach.
And Lucia added that while her bump is tough to see, she’s noticed a huge change in her breasts.
“I’ve gone from a B cup — occasionally a C cup (on my period) all the way to a DD. Talk about a natural boob job #notcomplaining,” she wrote, with a laughing face emoji. “But I did get stretch marks on my boobs from the rapid growth but I don’t mind them.”
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Polites added that “all pregnant bodies are beautiful,” and that there’s no reason to judge.
source: people.com
