Mum's photo goes viral after she reveals why she doesn't like it

The mother-of-two struggled with posting this photo online. Photo / Instagram

Australian mum Olivia White nearly didn't post this photo of herself with one of her girls on the beach.

It's a stunning candid shot of White and her daughter on a pretty beach in Australia - so why did she struggle so much with the photo?

The blogger explained in a now viral post that she worried about posting the photo online because of how she looked.

"I didn't post this photo while we were away because I hated how my stomach looked," she began, in her post which has now gone viral.

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I didn’t post this photo while we were away because I hated how my stomach looked 🙄 As much as I try to be self confident and be positive about my appearance, it’s not just a switch and one day you’re completely 110% okay with yourself 🤦🏼‍♀️ it’s a daily thing, and you have good and bad days... But you can’t stop, especially when you have little eyes watching you 😬 you just need to keep reminding yourself everyday that you’re amazing no matter what anyone else or your own brain tries to trick you into thinking 🙌🏻 This is a beautiful moment between my daughter and I, a memory I want to treasure forever 😘😘😘 and nothing can ruin that 😎

A post shared by Olivia White (@houseofwhite_) on Nov 28, 2017 at 1:22am PST

"As much as I try to be self confident and be positive about my appearance, it's not just a switch and one day you're completely 110 per cent okay with yourself.

"It's a daily thing, and you have good and bad days ... But you can't stop, especially when you have little eyes watching you. You just need to keep reminding yourself everyday that you're amazing no matter what anyone else or your own brain tries to trick you into thinking.

"This is a beautiful moment between my daughter and I, a memory I want to treasure forever and nothing can ruin that."

The 28-year-old mother-of-two from Melbourne posted a follow-up post after receiving mixed reactions to her original post.

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HEY MAMAS!! I wanted to remind you of something super important!! The other day when I shared my beach picture I was blown away by the response from other mums who empathised they had felt the same way about themselves in photos and they too had not kept or posted images because they didn’t like how they looked. Some people of course didn’t have the nicest things to say. And some people reminded me that I’m lucky to even have those images and you know what – they are totally right!! And one mama in particular really reminded me exactly why… One of the comments I received was from a mama in the US, she had just lost her two eldest sons ages 18 and 20 in a car accident that month. She pleaded with me to not care what I ever look like in these images because she regretted that she herself had next to no photos of her with her children for this very same reason!! My heart absolutely broke into a million pieces for her. My eyes began to water and in that moment, it hit me like a tonne of bricks! I know that this woman’s story is unique, but we so often complain that we aren’t in images because we are always taking them, only to then get one and pick apart how we look and not even keep it!! TAKE THE PHOTOS LADIES!! TAKE ALLLLLL THE BLOODY PHOTOS. Ask your hubby, set up self-time, take a selfie - WHATEVER!! Ask a bloody stranger to take it WHO BLOODY CARES what any one else thinks or says!! ‼️NOW‼️ I want everyone to go grab their camera, their phones - whatever you like and take a photo with your beautiful babies and tag me in it 🙋🏼‍♀️ Don’t worry about how you look, don’t worry how you take it - just snap a shot of you and your babies for the world to see 😍 and don’t apologise for it!!! nd if you ever see me down the street I want you to stop me and ask me to snap a photo of you and your squad 🙋🏼‍♀️ Always happy to oblige!! #takethedamnphoto

A post shared by Olivia White (@houseofwhite_) on Dec 3, 2017 at 2:28pm PST

"One of the comments I received was from a mama in the US, she had just lost her two eldest sons ages 18 and 20 in a car accident that month," she wrote.

"She pleaded with me to not care what I ever look like in these images because she regretted that she herself had next to no photos of her with her children for this very same reason.

"My heart absolutely broke into a million pieces for her. My eyes began to water and in that moment, it hit me like a tonne of bricks.

"I know that this woman's story is unique, but we so often complain that we aren't in images because we are always taking them, only to then get one and pick apart how we look and not even keep it."