No matter how many times you remind people never to ask a woman if she's pregnant unless she has explicitly told you she is (in which case the question becomes moot), it still continues to happen [2]. So when a stranger in Target asked Lindsey Kay Self, "When are you expecting?" even though she had just given birth to her son nine weeks before, she decided — rather than ream this guy out — to respond with humor.

"If you're asking when I'm expecting my nine-week-old to sleep for longer than 45 minutes, I'm hoping soon." The witty answer did cause the man to become a bit embarrassed, and he went on to apologize, but because Self didn't say much in the moment, she decided to post to Facebook [3] with some photos to share her takeaways from the awkward encounter.

I wish I would have told him that there is nothing to be ashamed of — not for him or for me. This body grew a freaking human (two of them, for that matter) and has continued to nourish said human for nine weeks. This bump was my child's home for nine plus months. This bump is his favorite place to nap. These arms, that could use some toning, lifted my son out of the water and held him as he took his first breath. They will hold him tonight as he fights sleep. They will pick him up when he scrapes a knee and hug him when he experiences his first heartbreak. This body isn't shameful, this body is amazing.

Self ended her post with a call to action: "Thank your mom, and your baby momma, and your friend who can't seem to lose that last 10 pounds, and the lady at the beach trying to hide her stretch marks. . . . If you have a bump because you were given the gift to carry a child, be proud, not ashamed, for it's a gift denied to many."

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