Sarah Barlow + Stephen SchofieldRachel Platten is issuing a pregnancy PSA by reminding others not to body-shame women who are expecting.
The “Fight Song” star recently posted on Instagram that she was in tears after someone passed judgment on her pregnancy bod.
“Hi so yesterday an (excited) acquaintance told me ‘wow your hips and butt look way bigger! So cool!,’” she wrote. “UMMMM. then i cried for 30 minutes. Because ive also noticed my body changing because DUH I’m making a human but I’m like ‘oh I’m being hard on myself no one can tell.’ But when she pointed it out publicly it stung so bad!”
Rachel continued, “For so long i have had to keep my body a certain way and it’s NICE and freeing to just let it do what it needs to and I’m proud that I’m letting my baby get all the nourishment it needs. BUT….Can we just put it out there that it is never cool to tell any woman their a** got bigger (or smaller).”
“Just don’t comment. Even if you’re excited because it signals to you the miracle of life is happening – it’s still our bodies and it’s sensitive!” she concluded. “Ok thanks as long as we all agree.”
Rachel continued the body positivity theme a few days later by reposting an image that read, “Other girls are not my competition. I stand with them, not against them.”
The singer revealed on July 25 via Instagram that she and her husband were expecting their first child.
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