Moms-to-be are inundated with information about how pregnancy is supposed to look — the internet tells them what they should eat, how they should dress, how they should sleep, etc. It can be totally overwhelming.
With the growth of parenting blogs, as well as Instagram and Facebook pages, moms-to-be have more opportunities to share pictures of their beautiful growing bellies. While people used to just share their personal pregnancy photos with their closest friends and family, they're now sharing them with the entire internet.
Unfortunately, the perfect bump announcement or update on social media adds to the pressure to look perfect, feel perfect, and be perfect during pregnancy, and it can be hard for women to feel like they're living up to expectations, especially when stylish and gorgeous pregnant women are posting pictures that put the rest of us to shame. With their perfect lighting, amazing outfits, and professional hair and makeup, their looks seem achievable, but aren't — and that can be hugely frustrating for pregnant women who only wish they could look as good.
So one beautiful mom is fighting back.
Sophie Cachia is one of those moms that every mother aspires to be: She's beautiful, happy, and always looks put together. It seems completely unfair.
Her outfits are stylish enough to make even the most fashion-forward people jealous, and she wears it all while growing another human being.
But this beautiful mama isn't afraid to get real about her pregnancy. After posting a gorgeous photo, she shared this picture collage and wrote an important message for her followers:
I feel like I deceived you all. I uploaded a photo of me looking pretty darn glamorous. And although I like that photo of myself, and I did put in effort to go out in the city looking "nice" that day to perk myself up a bit, I feel like a lot of you misinterpreted me as a person.
You see, there were a lot… and I mean ALOT [sic] of comments… saying "wow you look AMAZING" and "how do you look so good?" But the ones that really didn't sit well with me were the "I wish I could look like you when pregnant" NOW LADIEZ LISTEN UP! I'd had a spray tan, one that's now manky. My hair was curled, it's now sweat-infested in a knotty bun. I had applied my "glam" makeup look that takes 30 mins and I had big sunnies covering half my face. I also SOMEHOW looked thinner, especially than how I feel, but I think it was just the angles and #instahubby worked some magic that day by nailing it with the first pic.
Now whilst I am only 26 and proud of the fact I sometimes make a lot of effort in my presentation, I do things like tan, makeup, hair etc. quite regularly… THAT IS NOT ME EVERYDAY [sic]!!!! I can ASSURE you that 5/7 days a week, THIS IS ME. I'm a 33-week pregnant extremely uncomfortable woman, one with furry teeth, I have a bikini line that I haven't seen for over a month assumably [sic] in desperate need of a good wax and owner to a smell of sweat that I can't quite figure out where it's coming from. This is me in all my swollen-cankles glory. This is me doing my third load of washing wearing a bathers top & undies around the house because who needs clothes inside when you're pregnant. This is what Jaryd deals with on a daily basis and is somehow still trying to bang me every single day. Please don't say "I wish I looked like you" because while I should take that as a compliment and I am grateful for your kindness, every person's body is different, and the LAST thing I ever want to seem like I am is the person who makes everything look OK all the time. We all know that's bullshit, true? EDIT: Me glammed up and going out is still "real." It's still the same person I love being and the person that I am… I'm just saying that's not me every day.
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h/t Elite Daily
