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Wednesday, 4 June 2014

The rise of the breastfeeding selfie: How moms are breaking social media rules to share their most tender moments with the world


Heather Davis nurses her daughter.


A new selfie-related trend - breastfeeding - is taking off among moms keen to document their growing bundles of joy.

 Some are geared around challenging the incessant taboo around breastfeeding in public, and others are simply a nice way for moms to capture, and remember, their own magical experiences.

Janet and Baby Al share a quiet moment.



 Then there are the growing breed of photographers  in UK who offer artistic nursing portraits. In all of these cases, more women are sharing their beautiful and intimate breastfeeding moments on social media.

Atlanta-based photographer Heather Goodbreed, 27, told Today.com that she 'took tons' of breastfeeding selfies when she was nursing her son, and now photographs other women doing so.

See more photos after the cut 




Carrie and Charlie, bonding.





Heather Goodbread took lots of breastfeeding selfies, such as this one that shows her son.


                     Erica gets a hug from her older child as she nurses the younger one.

                   
Bonnie Hussey and daughter Delilah.



Tiny! Stacy Turner, a Connecticut-based mother of seven-year-old twins and a strong advocate for breastfeeding, began taking pictures of other nursing moms five years ago
Close: The stunning photos offer a peek into the immense bonding that takes place during nursing
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Challenging critics: Some moms are eager to challenge the persisting taboo around breastfeeding in public, and hope to normalize the act by sharing their portraits with the world

Milk drunk: Many moms simply want to document the special process, so they are able to reflect back on their experience (pictured, a portrait taken by Ms Goodbread)




Tender: The subject of this portrait lightly supports her baby's wayward foot as she feeds hungrily


Truth: Her series 'Breastfeeding In Real Life' shows scores of new mothers, not in billowy clothing on a mountaintop, but in the real world




Pride: The resulting series of black and white pictures transform the everyday into something empowering


                       Exhausted: While empowering, she represented the woman in a realistic way, often tired or juggling multiple children


Chaos: This image, self-titled by its subject 'Half Naked and Covered in Children, is Ms Turner's favorite


  
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  1. Agatha Asaaju-Babs5 June 2014 at 12:16

    Hahaha! Am just laughing cos I have experimented all the breast feeding positions here with my kids. Nothing beats being a mom!

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