In a social media group for women, parenting blogger Meg Ireland uploaded private prenatal images in 2014.

The 25-year-old was first exposed to the unsavory aspects of social media when her pregnancy images were taken and published on a “preggophilia” website, a pornographic portal for “those who like pregnant women.”

Sydney-based blogger ‘Shut Up Meg’ has now blogged about her experience in an effort to raise awareness of the websites and advise others to exercise caution while posting anything online.

“That time my expanding belly gained unfavorable notoriety.” On Monday, Ms. Ireland said on her Facebook page: “This bump pic, along with about 15 other pictures of mine, landed upon an online “preggophilia” site.”

After seeing so many individuals post pictures of their expanding bellies, all I can do right now is gasp and pray they don’t wind up in the hands of someone who shouldn’t have them.

Strangers snapping our photos shouldn’t be a concern, yet it does happen regularly!

While perusing the godawful site in pursuit of the thread, Ms. Ireland detailed the dreadful things she saw.

“People who were sharing photos of their wives with other users, brother-in-laws who were uploading photos of their sister-in-laws, and people who were uploading photos of their coworkers!” The horrified blogger said, “I literally couldn’t believe what I was witnessing.”

“How am I responsible for this?” you could ask. People would insist that even if my profile was then private, I should solely be held accountable for publishing “personal photos” and that it was all my fault.

“I have a different perspective. I didn’t care if someone had screenshotted my picture to show someone; it was what they did with my picture, or pictures, that made me physically queasy.

Then Ms. Ireland asked why people should have to “sit and worry” while uploading images on social media.

Please be careful who you add or follow. If they appear to be a creepy MF, block them, she said.

The images were obtained from an online mother’s group, according to Ms. Ireland, who talked to the Daily Mail Australia, and she first saw them six to eight months ago.

According to Ms. Ireland, one of the women in the group “was a phony, and she used my photo to encourage other women to submit images of their bellies so they could take them and put them on these weird sites.”

I tried to identify it among the awful information and then emailed the website. They took it down when I threatened legal action.

The only thing I’m attempting to do is raise awareness of individuals who prey on expecting mothers online.

On Ms. Ireland’s experience, there have been a number of comments, some of which have advised mothers not to share photos and others of which have agreed with the blogger.

It’s a beautiful image, but what a shame that sick individuals would alter other people’s photos in that way! A female author filed a letter.

Even so, is this possible? People, what the heck is going on? Preggophilia?’ Another was perplexed.

Others said Ms. Ireland’s pain was just an unintended side effect of sharing images.

Be prepared for the fact that you girls will publish pictures like this for all 1,000 of your friends and non-friends to view. What are your expectations? Keep personal images hidden at all costs, a lady wrote.

When will people realize that posting a photo on social media does not automatically make you the owner of it? Why do you have the right to be angry with the result? Honestly!’ Another concurred.

Ms. Ireland wants just to assist others who might not be aware of these websites, despite the fact that she is aware that such occurrences do occur.

Even though I’m not 80, I realize that people will say things like, “That’s what she gets for sharing images,” and I agree. but anybody might encounter this, Ms. Ireland added.

Anyone going down the street may be the victim, according to one guy, who said that people’s siblings and wives were distributing these images.