Next week is World Breastfeeding Week and we are starting celebrations early!
There are few things more natural and beautiful than a mother breastfeeding her baby. It’s healthy for both mum and babe, it’s environmentally friendly, cost effective and convenient, and yet for some, the subject is still considered taboo. This week we’re celebrating the brave celebrity mamas breaking those taboos!
Get Eva Amurri Martino’s Look: Striped Nursing Top
Here at Seraphine we support your right to breastfeed whenever and wherever baby decides is best. But unfortunately there are still some strange social stigmas surrounding the process, which leave some mothers reluctant to leave the house without a breastfeeding cover. But World Breastfeeding Week, which kicks off on Tuesday, provides the perfect opportunity for women around the world to unite to change the negative perceptions and break those misplaced taboos!
Watch the Video: Celebs Talk about Breastfeeding
In recent years, breastfeeding has gained a glamorous new status as more and more mums in the public eye, like the stylish celebs in the video above, open up about their experience. Some of the world’s most stylish celebrity mums including Gwen Stefani, Miranda Kerr, Gisele Bundchen, Eva Amurri Martino and Natalia Vodianova to name but a few, have taken to social media to share their own stunning breastfeeding pictures, adding their voices to the rolling wave of positive energy surrounding your right to breastfeed.
Back in 2014 Actress Olivia Wilde took the internet by storm with her stunning breastfeeding photo shoot for Glamour Magazine. The shoot was set in a retro style diner, and showed the new mum looking gorgeous in a designer dress as she proudly breastfed her baby son Otis.
Otis ordered milkshakes. Luckily I had some on me. Then he peed on my dress. Good kid. #boobfood #whennaturecalls pic.twitter.com/YC9OcJuRod
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) August 5, 2014
The images portray Olivia as a multifaceted woman in her new role as a mother. She told Glamour: “Breastfeeding is the most natural thing…. You can be someone who is at once maternal and professional and sexy and self-possessed. [But] I mean, I certainly don’t really look like that when I’m [typically] breast-feeding. And there’s usually a diaper involved.”
The fashion industry has always loved to push the boundaries and break taboos, and with this wave of glamorous breastfeeding imagery in the media, it’s fantastic to see them leading the way towards normalising this most natural of mother child bonds.
Watch the video for a little nursing style inspiration.
Here at Seraphine we are passionate believers that breastfeeding should not hold you back! And that is why we have created our beautiful range of fashion forward nursing clothes, to help you feel like your regular stylish self while feeding your baby. All of our nursing styles are designed with discreet opening systems such as poppers, zips, secret layers and integrated covers to help make nursing quick, simple and discreet, but that’s just the starting point as far as we’re concerned. Our gorgeous range of nursing bras are made in pretty lacy styles to help you feel feminine and sexy, and our stylish nursing tops, jumpers and dresses offer fabulous outfit options for any occasion.
But of course bottle-feeding is great too!
This funny video breaks breast vs bottle taboos left, right & center
In the end it all comes down to what feels right for you and your baby. We hope that you feel inspired by these beautiful breastfeeding images, and feel happy and confident to feed your baby in style this summer!