I posted this picture so confidently on my mom-group app. I felt good about it. Good about myself.

Then the comments came in.

“Are you having twins?”

“That baby is going to be huge!”

“Are you sure you want to post that?”

I then felt an overwhelming sense of sadness. I just wanted to share my bump the way all the other moms do.

But then I look at my picture again.

And I smiled. Because this is the belly that is carrying my daughter. This is the belly that I have shared my Christmas Dinners with. The belly I will continue to love and cherish no matter what anyone says.