Pregnant bikini model shamed for ‘problematic’ labor photoshoot

A bikini model has been slammed online for posing for a staged photo with a full face of makeup to announce that she had gone into labor.

Australian beauty Hannah Polites, 28, posted the snap that appeared to show that she and husband, Grant Small, alongside daughter Evaliah, were leaving for the hospital.

Wearing a matching gray outfit with her husband, Hannah shared the snap to her Instagram just hours before she welcomed her baby son to the world.

In the picture of the smiling family, who stood behind a newborn’s carseat occupied by a teddy bear, a word board read: “Mama is in labour [sic] and baby is nearly here.”

But many of the model’s one million followers were quick to rip the post as a “bizarre” and “outlandish” thing to do in the throes of labor.

“Is taking the time to set up a staged photo for Instagram when you’re in labour [sic] problematic?” a Facebook user asked of the snap.

Another woman snarled in the comments: “She’s like, ‘Ready to push’, posting photos with a full face of makeup and in a designer hospital gown.”

“I think it’s bizarre that everything on Instagram has to be staged and ‘squared’ for everyone to see,” another added. “Surely a quick tired selfie would have been more appropriate.”

“Is there a need for a full face of makeup for this announcement?” someone else asked.

However, others were supportive of the Australian’s choice, writing they wished they looked “this good” while heavily pregnant — and praised her picture-perfect appearance before her birth.

“Each to their own,” one woman wrote. “It’s not my style and I couldn’t pull it off, but she’s about to have a baby so she can do whatever she likes.”

“I’m guessing she was in early labour [sic] and took the time to capture a memory that she can keep forever,” a mom added.

“I have mixed feelings about this,” someone else admitted. “If she’s happy, who am I to tell her what to do, but I also think this pressures women to look glamorous even in labour [sic].”