A mother with three children under the age of 4 was thrilled to share her pregnancy news online but wasn’t expecting to get shamed for it.
Anna Strode said she had never heard about pregnancy shaming until she announced that she and her husband are expecting their fourth child.
In a recent Instagram post the Aussie mom wrote:
I had absolutely no idea that ‘pregnancy shaming’ existed until, I announced we had baby #4 on the way.
The small timeframe in which the couple decided to expand their family prompted criticism on social media. The mom said she’s been judged and has received some rude comments from followers questioning why she chose to have another baby.
Some people were even bold enough to ask Strode about her birth control methods. She explained:
I’ve had comments and inbox messages saying all sorts of things from ‘wow, surely you’re not pregnant AGAIN’ to ‘STOP HAVING BABIES’ to people asking if I don’t believe in contraception.
However, the Australian mother revealed that she and her husband wanted to fill their home with four children, yet she’s constantly shamed for it. Strode told Scary Mommy:
“I have even avoided going to certain cafes or shops because of being afraid of the comments that come with it.”
She continued:
“I do remind myself to always be positive and not worry about what others think but I get sick of having to justify our situation and explain that this is EXACTLY how we wanted things to go.”
As previously reported by Dearly, more and more moms have been speaking out against pregnancy shaming after having to defend having more children.
Strode wrote:
I never imagined what doing what my hubby and I wanted to do, would upset so many people or affect them in anyway.
However, the mother of 3-year-old twins and 1-year-old daughter shut down critics by saying, yes her baby was planned, but she shouldn’t have to explain this to strangers.
Strode is 7-weeks-pregnant and said she’s excited to share her baby news.
What's Your Reaction?
have as many kids as you want and can support, ignore them nasty people and have a happy life
Good for you. Keep it up.
As long as you and your husband want this baby, support it, take care of it and love it more power to you. It’s really no d–ned bodies business whether you have 1 or 10 more. Congratulations to you and your family.
We never had “shaming” anything until social media created it. Body shaming, breastfeeding shaming, pregnancy shaming, prom dress shaming, homeschool shaming, you name it. It used to be called “being rude”. Now because it has a PC name it’s a thing. Let’s go back to “mind your own business”. I had five kids in 8 years. There were some whispers, but that was before social media invited people be Gladys Kravitz with a computer or phone. Ignore everyone.
No body else’s business but your own,unless your a shit parent and abuser,otherwise love them up!
I am #6 of eight kids. It was GREAT growing up with so many siblings. Always had a someone to play hide & seek, cowboys & Indians, board games, go fishing or build forts with. Parents were not rich, but we didn’t lack for anything. Have as many as you want and raise them with love.
God told those on the ark to multiply the world again so they did. What’re wrong with it?e
This is nothing new in the70’s your whole family growing up was effected because of having 6 of us