Okay. Right off the bat I am going to tell you - I take selfies. For the 99 attempts I try at taking a selfie, only 1 ever looks cute enough to consider posting on Instagram and after "trying on" all 9 different filters I usually give up and decide it was a waste of 30 minutes. I'm assuming that shit doesn't fly when you've got a crying, screaming (beautiful!) little babe on your hands. It's safe to say I will find out soon! But that being said I went through an internal struggle trying to decide if it was appropriate to share selfies of my little bump or pass.
Just like regular non-childbearing folks, we preggos face our own set of insecurities. Oh that beard of zits? My growing child gave me those after making me crave the pound of Sour Patch Kids I devoured in twentysevenandahalf minutes. Though I haven't been graced with any stretch marks (yet) my weird skin flap where my innie belly button used to be and that cute little brown line right down the center of my belly is enough to make me not want to embrace all that. But I also want to show it off, too. Again, just like normal people, us popping ladies struggle.
So here's 3 personal tips to posting your selfies.
1) If you really need some validation but you're feeling a little apprehensive, create a list of a few friends you email/text them to. I'm pretty sure my top 10 are like "Enough!!!" but I will send them anyway because I straightened my hair and want them all to see. And while they're looking at my straight hair they can also strategically notice the placement of my left hand right underneath my boobs/on top of my bump. *Attention!* Look at my cuteness * That is all *
2) If you think you'll end up in a top list on Buzzfeed because you're posting something questionable, don't. Just don't. Save us the embarrassment for you... and for your child. You know, the one that will so luckily be blessed with being born into a Google-driven world and can bring that picture up years from now. Save yourself (for your teenage child's sake). Need I say more with THIS photo montage? Yikes.
3) Ultimately if you are comfortable putting it out there for your 300 closest social media friends, go right ahead. Rock that selfie, girlfriend. If you're not, share them privately! My baby's father is like, the most (annoyingly) private person you will meet and wants Madilynn all to himself. I, on the other hand, am like "OMG look how big I'm getting and tell me I'm cute right now dangit!" Happy medium? Tweekaboo. Um, if you are app-saavy, download this one now. You'll love it. You can track your monthly milestones without driving people up a wall and still respecting your space.
I intentionally did not post a selfie in this post against all desire to do so. You'll just have to add my on Instagram to see that, I s'pose!
Someone Who Will Never Use the Kelvin Filter,
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