Molly-Mae Hague has candidly opened up about her pregnancy struggles, admitting she's finding it incredibly difficult seeing her body change as her blossoming bump continues to grow.
The former Love Island beauty, 23, - who is already six months pregnant after keeping her baby joy under wraps until last month - recently confessed the most difficult part of her pregnancy journey is watching her body drastically change in front of her eyes.
And the expectant mum has now told her 6.8 million Instagram followers that her boobs are covered in stretch marks after growing throughout her pregnancy.
Molly-Mae, who is expecting a baby girl with her long-term partner Tommy Fury, took to her Instagram stories on Saturday to share a collection of her holy-grail pregnancy products which help with stretch and changing skin.
Alongside a snap of some products, Molly-Mae bravely penned: "I already have really bad stretch marks on my boobs from my journey so far. They are a very strong purple/red colour so I'm using Bio Oil EVERYDAY all over my body to help prevent any more."
Following her confession, Molly-Mae's fans have thanked her for her honesty, and have praised the young star for being so open and vulnerable on her pregnancy journey so far.
"As a young mum, it means so much that Molly-Mae is so honest about her body changing through pregnancy. She's such an amazing role model," one gushed.
"Love love love that Molly-Mae is this raw and talking about her body changing and suffering with stretch marks. Not enough women in the public eye talk about things like this," another echoed.
While a third added: "Yes! Celebrities get stretch too. Thanks Molly for being so real all the time."
Molly's confession comes after she admitted that she has been struggling mentally during her pregnancy as she watches her body change.
The mum-to-be candidly spoke about how her growing belly has affected her mentally on her YouTube channel.
She admitted that while she's never been "that girl who is excited to put on a bikini" she's felt more self conscious due to her weight gain.
And she said private messages she was sent prior to her announcement didn't help the matter either, despite the comments being intended to praise her.
The blonde beauty, who filmed the clip prior to her announcement, confirmed it wasn't the need to hide her bump which was affecting her, but more so the way her body was adapting to the process of growing a child.
"I knew that was going to be the one thing that I struggle with the most out of this whole entire journey," she said.
"Like, even if I was to be sick or to be poorly, or to have issues, I just knew that over everything, mentally a struggle for me would be like, well, it would be a mental struggle but it's a physical thing that's happening that I mentally struggle with - seeing the changes to my body."
She continued: "I've always struggled with my body a bit. I've always been quite self conscious about my body. I've never been that girl who is excited to put on a bikini for a holiday. I don't like summer and spring because I don't like wearing revealing clothes."
Molly-Mae then reiterated that while she knows it's "absolutely fine" for your body to change during pregnancy, "it was always going to be hard for me".
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