It’s giving , never ever treat me like I’m average. 🙅🏽‍♀️🤍 So before I left LA. I took some glam maternity photos. The goal of the shoot was to celebrate the divine feminine energy that it takes to bring life into this world. I felt sexy, powerful and proud of my body for creating and carrying something beautiful that the LOML & I made together. Unfortunately, when I got the pictures back the feedback I got from others didn’t match the feeling I got when I was taking the photos. The focus was more on the quality of the photos and the perception of what “I should’ve looked like.” Instead of how I felt. Needless to say I cried and cried. Because, I went out of my way to create a memory that I was so excited to share & it was now tainted with judgement. I felt like I had wasted my time and resources. & what’s worse is that I really believed the negative comments that were said were directed not just at the photos, but at me.So, I just opted not to share the photos at all. I clearly changed my mind. I don’t want anyones words whether good intentioned or not to ruin my self esteem or hold that much power over me. Perfection is a disease. Who gives af if everything I do and put out into the world is perfect anyway? I’m tired of that fake, everything is butterflies and rainbow shit anyway. So here you go. Even though most of the couple shots turned out blurry and we couldn’t quite get the lighting right. Hopefully, you can feel the vibes and just appreciate that I was the happiest and most proud of myself I have ever been in this moment. 🤍 (The last photo makes me smile the hardest because Chris is really my best friend. He brought his laptop to the shoot just to support me and ended up jumping in the photos with me last minute... even though he didn’t feel good, we were in the middle of moving & he had work to do 🙇🏽‍♀️🤗 he was a really good sport & really helped me relax! I’m obsessed with him) #pregnant #maternity #pregnancy