# @mayanageneviere on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCtdXHrdeI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13300139-mayanageneviere-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7254398c3c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-01T18:46:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ethical Lingerie | XS-3XL, 28-46 A-H (@mayanageneviere) — https://gondola.cc/mayanageneviere

## Caption

This week my daughter, my motherhood and #mayanageneviere were born.

It’s no surprise it falls on #worldbreastfeedingweek (a serendipitous series of events that was not intentional).

When I started breastfeeding I had so many challenges, I was told my nipple was the wrong shape, my milk wasn’t coming in fast enough, I sought help with a lactation consultant, I used a lactation aid, my daughter was tongue tied and on and on.  So many things I was not prepared for -  while I breastfeed exclusively for 550 days I don’t have one photo of that experience 😔 ( if your thinking about it - take the picture) 

And then there was the discomfort of breastfeeding in public. I was travelling a lot then and was worried about what would be acceptable whether in a restaurant in my own back yard or another country. Where people think it’s okay to come up to you with their judgments an added stress a new mom does not need.

This #breastfeedingawarenessweek theme is about protecting our right to breastfeed. Breastfeeding is a public health issue that requires support at all levels and so much de stigmatization - join us and let’s share our triumphs, disappointments and revelations together to learn from one another - did you breastfeed? 

Xx

Nadine 

Photo: millifox captured by beyou.bou.

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breastfeedingawarenessweek, mayanageneviere, worldbreastfeedingweek

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