Hilary Duff Reminds Her Fans That All Moms Are ‘Superwoman’ in Powerful Breast-Feeding Post
With Mother’s Day right around the corner, Hilary Duff is here to remind her fans of just *how powerful* women are. The Younger actress, 31, took to Instagram to reveal that she’ll no longer be breast-feeding her newborn daughter, Banks. With that, Hilary went on to detail all of the many challenges and triumphs she faced since welcoming her little girl into the world on October 25, 2018.
“Just a few thoughts that I wanted to share on breast-feeding,” the Disney Channel alum began on Tuesday, May 7. “Last week was my last week nursing Banks (my six-month-old). I am a working mom-of-two. My goal was to get my little girl to six months and then decide if I — and her, of course — wanted to keep going,” she continued.
“Let me tell you, pumping at work sucks. I had zero downtime and am usually pumping in a hair and makeup trailer while four hands work to get me ready for the next scene with lots of other people around,” she expressed. “Even if I had the luxury to be in my own room, it’s not even considered a ‘break’ because you have to sit upright for the milk to flow into the bottles! Plus, you are having your damn nipples tugged at by an aggressive machine that makes an annoying sound, that echoes through your head day and night.”
Hilary then described a couple of her firsthand challenges with producing milk. “Your milk supply drastically drops when you stop feeding as often and lose the actual contact and connection with your baby,” she explained. “It was maddening.” Even so, the “Wake Up” songstress wouldn’t trade her experience as a mother for the world.
“With all of this complaining, I want to say I enjoyed (almost) every moment of feeding my daughter,” she gushed. “[I] felt so lucky to be so close to her and give her that start. I know many women are not able to and for that, I am sympathetic and very grateful that I could for six wonderful months.”
Hilary’s final point was to remind her followers — particularly fellow moms — that they should never feel ashamed for needing to champion their own well-being. “I needed a break. I was going to break with the stress of a dropping milk supply and a baby that was getting bored or not caring about nursing when I was available to,” she admitted. “I was sad and frustrated and feeling like a failure all of the time. When really, I’m a badass rock star. Moms get high on feeling like Superwoman … because we are! Doing too much, because we can!”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves, Hilary! Thank you for sharing your story. You’re an inspiration to moms everywhere.
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