Bump painting when pregnant

It’s a trend that’s already popular at baby showers in the US – even Mariah Carey has painted her bump. But now pregnancy bump painting is well and truly taking off in the UK.

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Bump artist Carrie Preston, from Cornwall, has painted more than130 pregnant women with her colourful designs.

"Pregnancy is one of the most important times in a woman's life, I feel really honoured to be able to paint a beautiful picture or message onto a bump," Carrie says.

"I feel that it allows the mummy to express her feelings towards her unborn baby. All the mums I have painted have found the experience really relaxing.""

Carrie's designs include Disney character favourites from Pinocchio, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, Winnie the Pooh and more. The mum-of-2 has also painted characters from children’s books, fairy tale castles, and even a depiction of twin babies sleeping in their mother’s womb.

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Have a click through our gallery of her bold designs and tell us what you think...

Photos: Facebook / My Little Sweat-pea

Monsters Inc

Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc peep around Boo's door.

Guess How Much I Love You

This mum picked her favourite quote from a children's book, Guess How Much I Love You.

Finding Nemo

Squirt from Finding Nemo floats on this bump.

Winnie The Pooh

Roo, the baby kangaroo from Winnie The Pooh, turns the bump into a pouch.

Pinocchio

A Disney-flavoured bump painting. Not the obvious Disney cartoon character, but perhaps it's because of Pinocchio's wish to be a real little boy...

Fairytale castle

It seems this mum is already dreaming of her fairytale ending.

Sleeping babies

The artist created an impression of what this mum-to-be's twins might look like.

Rugrat

This throwback shows Tommy from the 90s kids cartoon The Rugrats.

Lilo & Stitch

Characters from Lilo & Stitch brighten up this mum-to-be's bump.

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