"I figure if this kind of photo is going to be out in the world it should at least be an image that makes me happy," Hathaway captioned the snap, which features the actress beaming while she clutches her bump. Ending her post in a smiley face, Hathaway added that she wanted the first public picture of her pregnancy to "be one that was taken with my consent. And with a filter."

We couldn't agree more. Congrats to the mom-to-be!



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