OLIVIA Bowen has revealed she was mum-shamed for posing in her underwear during her pregnancy.
The expecting Love Island star, 28, has opened up about the harsh judgement she has received for showing off her bump in her undies.
She said: “You get judged as soon as you announce your pregnancy… there are always people who aren’t so happy for you. We were judged straight away.
“The one judgement that annoyed me the most, that I had quite early on in my pregnancy, was ‘you shouldn’t be posting in underwear’.”
Olivia made the admission in an video she filmed with her husband Alex Bowen , 30, for baby food brand Cow and Gate.
The pair, who fell in love on Love Island in 2016, became engaged a year later and married in 2018, are ambassadors for the C&G baby club’s new #LoveDontJudge campaign.
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The campain aims to raise awareness of parental judgement and calls for it to stop.
Alex also admitted he has come under judgement too since he and Olivia revealed they were expecting.
He recalls being criticised for working to pay the bills while Olivia was at home pregnant.
Alex added: “Someone said to me ‘How are you out DJing? You’re not going to be able to do that when the baby is here!’…that’s my job!”
The DJ also said that he found some of the unwarrented advice sent his way frustrating, especially on social media comments.
He said: “All the comments are just saying ‘enjoy your sleep now’…just leave me alone!”
Olivia agreed, saying the comments wound her up too
She explained: “Everyone is aware when you have a baby you’re not going to have as much sleep.
“We don’t need to tell anyone about it, we don’t need to make a big deal about it. I can’t bank sleep – I can’t save it up!”
Olivia and Alex shared the happy news that they are expecting their first child together back in January.
Since then the mum-to-be has loved keeping her fans up to date with her journey into motherhood on social media.
The couple decided that they don’t want to know the gender of their baby until Olivia gives birth – but some thought they may have cracked it after spotting coloured baby grows in the baby’s wardrobe.
However Olivia soon explained that they have bought a range of colours to be prepared for whatever happens.
Olivia captioned the post: “To the eagle eyes out there 
we have a pink AND a blue babygrow hanging up ready to take to the hospital to see which he/she ends up coming home in 
“Loved the idea to have both prepped!
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“Just before anyone starts thinking we’re having twins or we know what we’re having, we don’t 
.”
For more information on the #LoveDontJudge campaign visit cgbabyclub.co.uk/
