GILBERT, AZ — After posting a celebratory photo online, four women are banding together to ignore the hate on social media and embrace the love.
Gilbert mom Bethanie Garcia recently posted a photo of herself and three other mothers who became friends online a year ago and recently met at a conference.
It wasn't just any photo of four friends, but one that exposed their postpartum bodies of different shapes and sizes.
"We received over 2,000+ messages and comments filled with hate," Garcia told ABC15 in a message.
She says despite the "haters and trolls", they are still standing tall thanks to women who saw their photo and commented saying, "'finally, a body that looks like mine' or 'this photo saved me' or 'I struggle with my body image and this made me feel so much less alone.'"
Garcia says, "Those comments are messages make it all worth it!"
