If you have nothing nice to say...

With all of the wonderful parts of pregnancy come the inevitable negatives. As many of you may know, I've been avoiding posting full body pregnancy photos on Facebook on purpose. Mostly because a dear friend of mine encountered so many unintentionally awful comments about her changing body and I saw how much it hurt her feelings. I just did not want to deal with that. Sadly, after getting a lot of crap from family that I was 'shutting them out' of my pregnancy by not posting pictures I gave in and posted one today. It took about one hour for someone to post a thoughtless and hurtful response.

While I know this person would never intentionally hurt me, they did. Period. I understand it was a joke. A bad joke, but a joke nonetheless. I'm not sure what people are thinking when they comment on a pregnant woman's weight, but I think they're likely not thinking at all.

Do these mothers remember being pregnant for the first time? Watching their bodies change in ways they've never known and the inevitable insecurities that can come with that? Apparently not. Well as a reminder from someone living it right now - stop. Think before you speak. Now is not the time to test your comedic chops and this is surely not the best audience for it. Say something nice or say nothing at all.