Woman, 25, 混乱させるs pals (and her boyfriend!) by 地位，任命するing photo with surprise newborn baby - but can you tell what's really going on??

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A baffled PHD student was flooded with congratulations after pals thought she'd 発表するd a 'surprise baby' - only to discover the photo she'd 地位，任命するd was an 光学の illusion.

Rebecca McGonigle, 25, from Glasgow?recently 地位，任命するd a picture of her sitting in her room 簡単に because 'the lighting was good' - but it grabbed attention for a bizarre 推論する／理由.

Within minutes a pal messaged to 警告する her it looks like she has a baby on her （競技場の）トラック一周 and she was quickly inundated by messages of congratulations.

The image shows Rebecca's 膝s pulled に向かって her chest with one 膝 cap exposed and the other covered in her white skirt.??

The 提起する／ポーズをとる created an 光学の illusion where one 膝 appeared like a baby's 長，率いる and the other looked like the newborn's lower 団体／死体 covered in a white 一面に覆う／毛布 - but finding humour in it, she has?kept the 地位，任命する up.

光学の illusion: do you see a baby or a sunny room with distorted 影をつくる／尾行するs making it look like Rebecca's got a baby on her （競技場の）トラック一周

Many of Rebecca's friends told her that her sunny bedroom picture looked like it featured a baby?

Rebecca says some fooled friends =asked her if she'd already had the baby and others 簡単に commented 'congratulations'.

Some 認める they had to take a second look to realise Rebecca wasn't 持つ／拘留するing a child and couldn't believe how 現実主義の it looked.

The chemistry PHD student says she wasn't sure if she should 削除する the 地位，任命する or not but then 設立する the image and its reaction hilarious.

Rebecca left the picture online and showed her boyfriend Neil Pitman, 31, who 簡単に said 'what the f**k' - and her family who she's pleased didn't notice it before her.

She took the photo last Monday? and 地位，任命するd it with the caption '少しの sunny egg' before 確認するing: 'I AM NOT WITH CHILD, THAT'S A KNEE' just hours later.

The pHd student said: 'The lighting was good so I thought I'd take a photo to 地位，任命する on social マスコミ and I just didn't realise.

'A couple of minutes after I 地位，任命するd it my friend texted me and I thought 'oh no' and then a bunch of people started messaging me.? My 膝 looks like a baby's 長，率いる and my skirt looks like a 一面に覆う／毛布.

'I thought 'what the f**k?' and wasn't sure whether to 削除する it but I thought I'd keep it up because it's funny.

Rebecca left the picture online and showed her boyfriend Neil Pitman, 31, who 簡単に said 'what the f**k' - and her family who she's pleased didn't notice it before her

Rebecca McGonigle, 25, stood in her bedroom in a white skirt that her own friends thought was a 一面に覆う／毛布 hiding a baby! She was quick to 追い散らす the rumours but left the funny 地位，任命する up

'People were 本気で asking if I'd had a baby and that was strange to reply to. I'm glad my family didn't see it first and panic.

'I wasn't embarrassed by it because it was funny and boyfriend just thought what the f**k is going on?'

Rebecca's TikTok about the 地位，任命する has been 見解（をとる）d more than a staggering 1 million times since she uploaded it two days ago.

Her friend's message 警報ing her to the image said: 'I love you so much 権利, but [in] your Instagram 地位，任命する I thought your 膝 was a baby's 長，率いる and your skirt looks like a 一面に覆う／毛布. I did a 二塁打 take and it really made me laugh.'

One commented on her 初めの 地位，任命する 説: 'Congratulati ons!' while some even （人命などを）奪う，主張するd: 'motherhood looks so good on you'.

Another penned: 'I thought you were with child!' while a different 使用者 wrote: omg I thought you were 持つ／拘留するing a newborn but it's your 膝'.