A mum-to-be has been praised for not editing her 'veiny' pregnancy boobs in a bikini snap she shared on social media.
Model and blogger Belle Lucia took to Instagram , where she has more than one million followers, to post the picture of her baby bump as she celebrates approaching her third trimester.
The 24-year-old, originally from Sydney, Australia, wrote: "1 more week until I'm in the 3rd trimester. Casually got a 37cm baby inside me.
"P.S. I know I got a veiny chest.
"Happens because your blood volume increases by 50% when pregnant and they go away after pregnancy when your blood volume returns."
The picture - liked by almost 100,000 - has now been flooded with people applauding the candid snap.
One wrote: "Thank you for not photoshopping!!! Your pregnancy is beautiful and so are the side effects."
Another commented: "So inspirational, especially that you’re not photoshopping and putting makeup over your chest to hide veins or anything of the kind! Natural mom beauty is the best!"
And a third added: "I love how you show and don’t edit your veins. You are flawless!!!"
While a fourth said: "You deserve much credit for not air brushing your chest nor hiding it, and bringing it up in your post. Very admirable and powerful as a lioness."
Meanwhile as we previously reported, Belle was forced to delete a video from her ultrasound after being targeted by cruel social media trolls who criticised her 'small bump'.
In her original announcement Belle, who now lives in London, wrote: "So 1 + 1 really does equal 3? Mum + Dad #comingsoon #4monthspregnant #librababylikema #stillmodelling.
"Ps not April fools, it's the 2nd here in the UK."
But when she posted photos of her stomach on her Instragram Stories she was sent a string of messages saying it was too small.
One commenter wrote: "You don't look pregnant. I would have never guessed" while another added "She'll be skinnier than me at nine months."
But Belle, who is a trained nurse, hit back at the comments saying: "I don't have a bump yet. Women grow at different rates.
"Just because I have no bump doesn't mean I'm not pregnant. Why would I lie about this?"
She also shared a clip from her ultrasound, but said she had to delete it after more nasty messages.
She wrote: "Had to delete my ultrasound video because people were being creepy and rude" with a sad face emoji.
