Millie Mackintosh shares impassioned ‘bump-shaming’ post as she prepares to welcome her first child

Other mums shared their own experiences

Millie Mackintosh

by Marianna Manson |
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Former Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh, who is expecting her first child, has taken to Instagram to slam ‘bump-shamers’ who have commented on her appearance during pregnancy.

Sharing a photo of herself proudly showing off her bod, Millie wrote, “Something that has bothered me throughout my pregnancy is people commenting on the size of my bump. I started showing quite early and people have openly commented on my appearance and size from the moment I announced I was pregnant.

“Peoples statements were starting to make me question if my body was doing something out of the ordinary, so I turned to @peanut to get advice from other women.

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“The app has been an amazing support system for me. As soon as I voiced my concerns, I was flooded with responses from women experiencing similar things and also mum's who have since had their babies but did go through the same bump-sized ‘shaming'."

Other mum flooded the comments with their own similar experiences, with one writing, “I’m over 40 weeks now but earlier in my pregnancy there was a chap who keep commenting I must be carrying twins as I was so ‘massive’ - when my bump has always measured perfectly healthy.

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“It really upset me so I’m sorry you’ve had this too 😭 I wish people would stop commenting on pregnant women’s bodies! Or any women’s bodies”.

“Don’t listen!” said another. “I’m currently pregnant with twins and smaller than I was with my daughter at this point, every pregnancy is different xx”.

One more said, “I was the same. People constantly telling me how huge I was made me feel very self conscious and don’t think they realise how rude they sound.”

Millie and her husband, Made in Chelsea co-star Hugo Taylor, announced their pregnancy back in November and are preparing to welcome a baby girl.

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