This Pregnant Woman's Bump Pics Were Put on a Porn Site Without Her Permission

When she was pregnant with her youngest child, Meg Ireland shared occasional pictures of her growing bump on social media. But what the 25-year-old parenting blogger didn’t realize was that sharing photos of her stomach would expose her to a dark side of the Internet.

The blogger, the voice behind Shut Up Meg, is speaking out about her experience with preggophilia porn after her images were shared without her consent.

Taking to her Facebook, Ireland re-shared the original image alongside a detailed post about her
experience. “That time my bump went viral in a not so good way. This bump pic along with around 15 other pictures of mine ended up on an online “preggophilia” site,” she wrote. “I see so many people upload their bump pics and now I just gasp and hope to god they don’t get into the hands of someone they shouldn’t.” She added, “We shouldn’t have to worry about people stealing our
photos, but unfortunately it happens ALL THE TIME!”

The site Preggophilia claims to be for people who fetishise pregnant women. Ireland said she came across some pretty disturbing images when scrolling through the site. “People who were uploading pictures of their wife to other users, brother in laws uploading pictures of their sister in laws and
women uploading pictures of their work colleagues!!! I literally couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” the now mom-of-two wrote.

The parenting blogger acknowledged that some blame her for sharing the bump pictures in the first place. “People would say I should only blame myself for uploading “personal pictures” and that it was my own fault (even though my profile was then private),” she wrote. “I see it differently. I didn’t care that someone had screen shot my photo to show someone, it’s was what they did with my photo that made me physically sick to my stomach.”

Talking to Daily Mail Australia, Ireland explained that she suspected the pictures had been stolen from a regular online mother’s group. “One person in the group was a fake and was using my
picture to encourage other ladies to post pictures of their bellies so they could steal them and post them on these bizarre sites,” she said.

After threatening legal action the site eventually removed her photos and now Ireland has some words of warning for other pregnant women. “Please be cautious about who follows/adds you. Block
them if they look like a creepy MF.”

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