A WOMAN who's plus-size and pregnant has hit back at trolls, insisting she loves her beautiful baby bump.
Libby is expecting her first child, and has been taking to TikTok to share videos of herself as she goes through the pregnancy.
In a recent clip, she revealed one of the worst things that someone can say to her as a plus-size mum-to-be.
"I didn't even realise you were pregnant," she wrote over a clip of herself showing off her baby bump in a fitted orange and pink dress.
"What not to say to plus-size pregnant mamas," she captioned her video, which featured her lip-syncing along to a song which said "That made me cry".
And lots of people in the comments section were quick to admit they could relate to Libby's situation.
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"Half of being fat and pregnant is being worried people will treat it like it’s fat," one sighed.
"I had a similar sized bump at full term, the last 4-6 weeks at work all I heard 'you barely look pregnant' or 'you're starting to pop'," another added.
"People telling me 'wow you’ve hardly gained any weight' at 8 months pregnant," a third wrote.
"Like no, def gained 30+lbs."
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"I was visiting my partner family one of the neighbours ask me whose child I was carrying, I said mine and she look shocked," someone else wrote.
"She thought it was just fat."
"I’m sorry mama! People need to stop commenting on other women’s bodies!" another said.
Libby hasn't let backlash stop her from showing off her bump though.
In another recent video, she donned a pink top and shorts as she wrote over the top: "Here’s your reminder that plus-size pregnancy bumps have stretch marks, have bottom belly fat, look different when you sit down, and from the side.
"But all are beautiful."
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