At almost eight months pregnant , Francesca Hung can’t wait to welcome her first child with husband Nick Lowry, but is already mindful of how she will share milestones like her baby’s birth with the world. “It took me a while to fall pregnant, and my mum ..
. it took her, like, 10 years to have me,” Hung tells 9honey from the Crown marquee at Oaks Day . “So I understand the struggle and that's something that I was very aware of when I announced my own pregnancy.
I wanted people know, like, please don't compare.” READ MORE: 'Only thing that changed': Why Nicky and Paris' bond shifted The last thing she wants is for other women to compare their own journeys to motherhood with what they see her share online and end up feeling down or less than. In the age of social media, it’s so easy to get caught up in the perfect images we see online – especially when it comes to special milestones like having children – and lose sight of the fact social media is just a highlights reel.
With more than 250,000 Instagram followers, Hung has been mindful with everything she's posted since falling pregnant earlier this year. READ MORE: Hers was once the most famous face in Australia. Now she goes by a different title “I think if you can just do it in a way that also acknowledges people that might be going through their own struggles and battles, that's the best thing you can do,” she says.
The model mum-to-be even included a touching line in her pregnancy announcement a.