Famous Actresses Who Breast Feed Their Babies in Public

So, nosotros've come a long mode when it comes to attitudes near public breastfeeding and pumping, extended breastfeeding, and formula feeding. Fed is best, and parents should exist able to determine how to get that done. Notwithstanding, in that location's no shortage of people (ofttimes strangers) eager to share their opinion on where, how, and for how long you should nourish your kid. That's why nosotros're so grateful that a number of celebrity moms are out in that location using their fame to help normalize nursing, and sharing glorious breastfeeding and pumping photos to boot.

Every time someone like Katy Perry or Ashley Graham — or brand-new mama Illana Glazer — posts a motion picture of themselves doing the difficult work of feeding their babes, that visibility helps other moms who need to whip 'em out at the store or take frequent breaks in their workday.

Here's why this is necessary: A 2019 report past Eye for WorkLife Law at the University of California's Hastings College of Law showed breastfeeding discrimination in the workplace is so, then existent, and thousands of women have lost pay or even their jobs because of information technology. The battle to normalize breastfeeding continues, and these famous breastfeeding moms are definitely doing their flake.

Ilana Glazer

"Broad City" star Ilana Glazer had been a mom for three weeks earlier she decided to share her lovely new status on Instagram. She shared a very relatable breastfeeding photo of herself and the sweetness baby she shares with married man David Rooklin, and captioned it: "been breastfeedin in compression socks for the by 3 weeks, hbu?"

"There are certain trends in guild of how pregnancy should await — the 'shoulda coulda wouldas' that are put on women all the time just are so amplified in pregnancy," she recently told Entertainment Tonight. "I'grand specifically seeking out the virtually spiritually salubrious and welcoming experience."

Katy Perry

Though Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are keeping pics of Daisy Dove private, Perry has been eager to make pics of her in full-on chest-pumping attire very public. She even used her pumping time to help Jane Fonda's get-out-the-vote attempt.

Alicia Montaño

Olympic Track and Field star Alicia Montaño was about to go on the air (remotely) with Tamron Hall when her most-1-year-former came into the room, crying to be fed. A PA tried to tell her she couldn't breastfeed during the interview, merely when she stood her ground, Hall and her producers were happy to get forrard. Hungry toddlers rule the world, afterwards all.

Ashley Graham

The model mom manages to make pumping at work expect glamorous. Then once again, she has 17 packs (?!) of pilus on her side.

Nikki Bella

Bella (and her twin sister Brie Bella — the sisters gave birth in 2020 ane day apart) did non hold dorsum sharing whatsoever of the, er, naked truths of her pregnancy, and then it's no surprise she shared a birthday pumping pic to seal the celebration.

Mila Jovovich

Mila Jovovich welcomed her 3rd child, Osian Lark Elliot Jovovich-Anderson, in February 2020. She also shares 12-yr-old E'er and 5-twelvemonth-sometime Dashiel with hubby Paul W. Due south. Anderson. She recently opened upwards on Instagram most how meaningful breastfeeding Osian has been for her.

"And so grateful for these quiet moments with my rainbow baby," Jovovich wrote of Osian — a "rainbow infant" because she followed the loss of Jovovich's previous pregnancy, which required an emergency abortion at four months forth. "Nursing her are some of my favorite times of the day. That sweet little cupcake looking up at me with her soulful optics, her tiny easily, her incredible odor, that fluffy hair. I treasure this period of our lives so much. Such a curt blip in my life, merely 1 that will bring the sweetest memories when I'grand looking back."

Jenna Dewan

Dewan welcomed her second child — and starting time child with boyfriend Steve Kazee — in March 2020. The little guy is adorably named Callum Michael Rebel Kazee, and it didn't take long before Dewan was showing him off on Instagram. She posted a picture show of the fresh-out-the oven baby breastfeeding, with the text "And then. Happy." across the photo.

Dewan told Usa Weekly dorsum in 2014 that she was "still breastfeeding" her daughter Everly (dad is Channing Tatum), who was 9 months at the fourth dimension. "It'south kind of the nearly amazing matter in the world," Dewan told the publication about the breastfeeding process. "Because you lot're giving your baby and so much nutrition, just you lot burn down so many actress calories a mean solar day… I do want to take more kids if it's in the cards for us."

Well, the "u.s." may be different, but Dewan certainly got her wish.

Lazy loaded image — Jenna Dewan breastfeeding baby Callum Michael Rebel Kazee. Image: Instagram.com/JennaDewan. Image: Instagram.com/JennaDewan.

Amber Gray

Hadestown actor Amber Gray was breast-pumping (via hands-gratuitous dual electric pump, naturally) backstage during intermission terminal year while reapplying her makeup, because moms gotta multitask, when photographer Emilio Madrid-Kuser snapped this now-viral shot, among other pics.

"I realized he wasn't planning on submitting them to his editor as pieces to actually put into the earth and I was similar, 'This is what I practise every single intermission, and accept washed since 2016,' " the Tony Nominee told People. "'You can put this into the world, and this is just working motherhood.' Lots of people do this. There's nil weird here."

Grey added that she "would love a moment when that photo does not go viral — when information technology'south non empowering to people, information technology's simply normal. And people were similar, 'What'southward your calendar?' I'm like, 'At that place'due south no calendar. A quarter of the world are working mothers. It'southward just normal life.'"

Kat Von D

Since giving nascence to her first child, son Leafar Von D Reyes, in November 2018, Kat Von D has been open near her breastfeeding ups and downs. In one candid Instagram post, she revealed that while she and her newborn were still in the hospital, she had to boost his low blood saccharide levels by feeding him with donated breast milk from swain new mom and doula, Morgan Campbell. (Von D's ain milk hadn't come in yet, which is normal for some moms.) "True sisterhood," Von D wrote when paying tribute to Campbell — and she's part of that sisterhood herself for sharing wonderful pics of her "magical boobs."

Rachel McAdams

Information technology's true that nigh moms don't breastfeed wearing Versace and Bulgari diamonds, but Rachel McAdams' chest-pumping photo shoot certainly got people talking. Taken past photographer Claire Rothstein for the encompass of Girls. Girls. Girls. mag, and after shared past Rothstein on Instagram, it shows McAdams wearing a breast pump 6 months postpartum. But information technology was more a unique accessory; Rothstein revealed that McAdams was actually pumping betwixt shots.

"Breastfeeding is the most normal matter in the world and I can't for the life of me imagine why or how information technology is e'er frowned upon or scared of," added Rothstein. "I don't even retrieve it needs explaining but just wanted to put this out in that location, as if it even changes 1 person's perception of something so natural, so normal, so amazing so that'due south corking."

Chrissy Teigen

In 2018, Teigen shared a cute photograph of herself "breastfeeding" babe son Miles and daughter Luna's baby doll at the same time, which caused a somewhat surprising amount of controversy. Of course, that's something the famous mom is more than than used to, and as ever, she took information technology in step — responding to haters with the perfect clapback. "Y'all make feeding a baby large deal considering you got weird titty issues," she tweeted. Amen, lady. Also, doll babies typically come with niggling plastic bottles filled with plastic formula, so why shouldn't they be "breastfed" too?

Alanis Morissette

We can always count on Alanis Morissette for a stellar World Breastfeeding Week photograph. This mom has caused controversy for her views on extended breastfeeding, telling Skilful Morning America, "I know some children who have weaned naturally at ii years, [and] some kids wean naturally a couple of years later. I mean, it'due south upwardly to every child." She also told Admission Hollywood, "I'll breastfeed, and I'll exist breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans."

Jenny Mollen Biggs

Jason Biggs shared a photo of his married woman, Jenny Mollen Biggs, breastfeeding their showtime son in the dorsum of their car in July 2014. But she wasn't just sitting in the dorsum of the car — she was leaning over the car seat to go her boob in the correct position to feed the tot in transit. Which requires contortionist moves, patience and a sense of humor. In other words, the ultimate postpartum toolkit.

Padma Lakshmi

Lakshmi's throwback "working moms" post, showing her breastfeeding her daughter Krishna while putting on mascara on the ready of Superlative Chef, went viral in May 2018. Proof that even the rich and famous have to multitask, and when it comes to breastfeeding, plenty of moms are facing the same daily struggles and triumphs.

Pink

Pink has been one of the virtually outspoken glory supporters of nursing. The mom of ii has shared many photos of herself breastfeeding — and she pretty much nailed the just thing that needs to be said about the practice (during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Prove in 2017): "I'k feeding my kid. Would you lot rather him scream?" Try offer that clapback the side by side time someone questions your right to breastfeed in public.

And if that doesn't silence the hater, here are some more wise words from DeGeneres, proving that you don't need to be (or have been) a nursing mom to sympathise why breastfeeding is kind of important: "Information technology's a kid, and it needs to eat."

Jenna Wolfe

Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk's kids are well beyond their babe days, merely Today host Wolfe was fighting the corner of breastfeeding moms long before #brelfies were an actual thing. During maternity go out with her first child, girl Harper Estelle Wolfeld, Wolfe wore a hidden camera to capture people's reactions to breastfeeding in public. Overall, information technology was a positive experience, merely unfortunately that'south not the case for all moms. "Earlier I had a child I had no idea breastfeeding could be such an emotional topic," said Wolfe. "If I've learned annihilation then far it's that while it'south not always easy, most of us moms are simply doing our all-time."

Glory moms tin can get a bad rap for sharing their nursing experiences, but they're in a swell position to assistance normalize breastfeeding. So continue the selfies, the discussion and the clapbacks coming. The nursing moms around the world don't need to be pumping in Versace to appreciate your efforts.

A version of this story was originally published in March 2019.

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