‘Cut Up Momiana’: Erica Mena Wows Fans With Latest Pregnancy Photo Slay

Erica Mena served pregnancy goals this week after posting a beautiful picture showing off her growing belly.

The “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star is glowing more than ever while pregnant. Tuesday afternoon, she took to Instagram and uploaded a beauty post of herself to her four and a half million followers. The image showed her clad in a black spandex bodysuit and ivory fuzzy duster that showed off her mother-to-be frame.

Mena posed from a side angle as she flaunted her protruding belly before boasting about her apparent pregnancy glow.

Erica Mena
Erica Mena. @iamerica_mena/Instagram

“So I heard girls take your beauty 🀞🏽,” she wrote. “As I feel this is the best I’ve ever looked. πŸ₯° Sweater”

The “LHHNY” actress’ post received more than 103,000 likes and a slew of comments from fans who gushed over her beauty.

“Cut up then momiana! @iamerica_mena. You are so beautiful pregnant love 😍 you look amazing”

“You so prettyyπŸ₯Ί. Nahhh i have 3 daughters and they make u glow even more each time 😘”

“I’m glad that you are happy! You look so beautiful! In and out!God bless you and your family congrats!”

“Wahhh πŸ€°πŸΌπŸ˜©πŸ˜πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ you look beautiful girl! Glow girl 😘 I can’t wait to see you and Safaree’s baby girl!”

Mena and Samuels recently celebrated their gender reveal and announced they were expecting a baby girl.

“I’ve been surrounded by women my whole life…. 1 more wont hurt πŸŽ€πŸŽ€πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ My daughter is on the way πŸ™πŸΎ,” Samuels wrote via Instagram on October 13. “Thank you … my wife for enduring all this pain for our unborn child. It’s a GIRL πŸŽ€πŸŽ€πŸŽ€πŸŽ€ straitttt start sending free stuff for girls now”

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Expectant parents Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena. (Photo: photographers @mr_guerra/Instagram @blu_gem_/Instagram)

The second-time mother added, “God I can’t thank you enough πŸ™πŸ½β™₯️ My husband and I are living a dream. Everything we’ve ever wanted has officially come true. πŸ’–”

Their unborn daughter will be Samuels’ first child. Mena is the mother of 12-year-old King Conde.

On top of their excited baby news, the married couple reportedly tied the knot on Monday, Oct. 7, and exchanged their vowels during a lavish ceremony. Their wedding will be shown on the upcoming season of “LHHNY” and feature a few of their cast mates like Tahiry Jose and Yandy Smith.

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