After anchor Laura Warren wore dresses that made her baby bump slightly visible while reporting for news channel WRDW in Augusta, Georgia, a viewer called her just to body shame her. "Buy some decent maternity clothes so you don't walk around looking like you got a watermelon strapped under your too-tight outfits," the viewer said in a voice mail. "Target's got a great line of maternity clothes in case you've never heard of such a thing. You're getting to where you're being disgusting on the TV." In case you don't believe us, Warren recorded it. And don't worry—she rose above the hate.

In a post on her blog Bump, Baby, and Breaking News, Warren broke down why shaming pregnant women like this is so messed up. "Being pregnant is already one of the most emotional, insecure times of your life," she admitted. "Am I gaining too much weight? Am I gaining enough weight? Is my bump too high? Is my bump too low? Are these breakouts ever going to end? Is this pregnancy making my hair dull? Why are my nail beds doing this weird thing? Now, throw yourself in front of a camera that adds 20 pounds every night, find clothes that not only fit, but also don't make you look like a whale, and cake on enough hair and makeup products twice a day to moonlight as a Las Vegas showgirl, and you'll understand where I'm coming from."

Unfortunately, her experience is far from rare. After meteorologist Carrie Duncan went back on the air after her maternity leave this year, a viewer sent her an email telling her she was an "embarrassment" because of her "horrid gut and huge arms." And while Kim Kardashian was pregnant with North West, Donald Trump said on Showbiz Tonight, "She's gotten a little bit large…. I don't think you should dress like you're 120 pounds."

After experiencing this herself, Warren has become resolved to uplift other people—and keep rocking her dresses. "​I think instead of letting this lady get me down, I'm just going to turn her negative energy into positive energy," she wrote. "I'm going to say as many nice things as I can to as many people as I can, and I'm going to do it in a dress that fits these beautiful new curves with my 'watermelon' stomach showing."