A new British trend has mummies-to-be painting their bellies with images of dolphins, mermaids, baseballs, and SpongeBob.
So much for elastic-waist jeans. Here’s some fashion advice for mothers-to-be: have a good belly laugh. Or, maybe, the joke’s on you: countless pregnant women are turning their stomachs into canvases, and painting everything from images of baseballs and dragons to mermaids and SpongeBob on their baby bumps. But judging from the Daily Mail’s lineup of painted bellies, so far no pregnant Picassos.
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