«I came to this event because I always admired seeing
photos of women breastfeeding and I was excited to finally be able to participate.
over
a photo of a woman breastfeeding her son who, frankly, looks old enough to cut up his own piece of steak.
Not exact matches
For the most part,
photos of female nipples are also banned from Instagram, with the exception
of post-mastectomy scarring,
women breastfeeding and
photos of paintings and sculptures.
So I'm not cool with touting this
photo as a celebration that
breastfeeding has «made it» - I am happy about all the conversations I see around it about the way
women in non-glamorous situations feel about
breastfeeding in public and
photos of breastfeeding publicly displayed.
Celebrity
breastfeeding photos are increasingly common, a model
breastfeeding her son recently graced the cover
of Elle Magazine, and romantic pictures
of women breastfeeding while looking like goddesses in some kind
of an enchanted forest are rapidly becoming a thing.
Mothers in La Leche League
Photo: Belle Verdiglione
Breastfeeding with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) PCOS is a leading cause
of infertility in
women.
Rebecca H. McCormick, Fairfax, Oakton, VA, USA
Photo: Charlotte Southren Unwittingly, the author
of the opinion post «My Body, My Choice» paraphrased the mission
of La Leche League: «Every
woman who wants to
breastfeed should be able to do so, with full medical, legal and social support.»
An interesting
photo collection
of breastfeeding women from all walks
of life, both past and present.
«For me, joining this group
photo was important because it showed an amazing group
of women coming together in solidarity and support
of normalizing
breastfeeding.
So it has been a personal mission for me to come up with wonderful
photos and stories
of real
women who
breastfeed.
In that seminar, I was not fully convinced I could
breastfeed and I was very disturbed by the
photos they placed in the material
of women breastfeeding.
Apart from reminding mothers
of a very special time in their lives, the
photos also serve another purpose - they are a way to show other
women just how beautiful it is to
breastfeed and how special the
breastfeeding relationship is between mother and child.
In case you needed further proof that
women are unstoppable, look to this powerful
photo of a hockey player
breastfeeding her baby during the game's intermission.
We've seen plenty
of photo series that focus on
breastfeeding women — but this one is like any other.
Chicago - based photographer Ivette Ivens is one
of the many people making waves in the world
of extended
breastfeeding with a powerful
photo series titled «I
Breastfeed My Toddler,» which depicts
women intimately feeding their babies.
As evidenced by numerous comments on a YouTube
Breastfeeding montage created by the League of Maternal Justice (in protest of the Facebook Photo bannings), people still compare public breastfeeding to public urination and masturbation, and insist that it's inappropriate for women to expose themselves in order to feed th
Breastfeeding montage created by the League
of Maternal Justice (in protest
of the Facebook
Photo bannings), people still compare public
breastfeeding to public urination and masturbation, and insist that it's inappropriate for women to expose themselves in order to feed th
breastfeeding to public urination and masturbation, and insist that it's inappropriate for
women to expose themselves in order to feed their children.
-LSB-...] by the League
of Maternal Justice (in protest
of the Facebook
Photo bannings), people still compare public
breastfeeding to public urination and masturbation, and insist that it's inappropriate for
women to expose -LSB-...]
Some
of the
photos used to illustrate this section included aid workers demonstrating bottles use to rooms
of women, including some
breastfeeding in the actual
photo.
The images in this post are
of mothers and babies in Oslo, where photographer Erin White conducted a
photo shoot recently as part
of the «
Women in The Wild» project to promote
breastfeeding.
But with more and more
women bringing awareness to the issue — by posting
breastfeeding selfies and
photos of breast milk itself and getting real about the not - so - glam aspects
of it, like gnawed - on nipples and babies who just won't latch on — they're starting to win.