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- A Passion for Film. Born in Lithuania, Ivette Ivens is no stranger to the camera. Her mother was both a photographer and a journalist, and growing up, Ivette found herself rummaging through her mother's camera bag.
- At the Center of a Circus. Now a mother to two sons, Ivens didn't even realize that breastfeeding was taboo until she took a portrait of herself nursing in 2014.
- The Beginning of Something Good. After her experience with Internet trolls, Ivens became a lit fuse. She wanted to prove that breastfeeding was not just beautiful, but a divine act of love.
- Natural Good. The response Ivette gets now for her photos is overwhelmingly positive. And it's easy to see why. Her images are breathtakingly real. These gorgeous images make their subjects look like goddesses.
- 'I Felt Badass'
- 'I Had So Much Mom Guilt'
- 'Mission Accomplished'
- 'Not One of My Favorite Photos'
- 'I Am Blessed'
- 'Breast on Fire'
- 'Crazy and Wild'
Two months ago, Oregon mom Ali gave birth to her second child, sparking an endorphin-packed "moment of empowerment." Portland birth photographer Natalie Broders was there to capture Ali's joy — after a successful VBAC(vaginal birth after a previous cesarean), her daughter Freyja took to breastfeeding right away. "I felt badass," Ali (who requested ...
Four days after Tanefer Camara delivered her fourth child, Esangu, at home in 2020, he was lethargic, floppy and his eyes had a yellow tinge. Camara, a doula and lactation consultant, knew Esangu had jaundice, just like her three other children, who had mild cases that didn't need treatment. The condition, confirmed by doctors at the hospital, mean...
Maryah Laine's childbirth experience was "the best and the saddest" moment of her life, she said. When the 24-year-old nurse went into labor with daughter Kataleya two years ago, she was living in New York, with her husband stuck in the Dominican Republic, due to COVID travel restrictions. They spoke via FaceTime during the 36-hour labor and delive...
Ana Martinez, a certified lactation counselor and registered nurse in Las Vegas, Nevada, is uncertain how she feels about this photo, snapped in July 2020. Although it shows her daughter Aesir latching, "It's not one of my favorite photos. I don't look pretty — it's too raw," Martinez, a mother of three, told TODAY Parents. The 31-year-old gave bir...
For Cyarra Miller of Lexington, Kentucky, breastfeeding bonded her family. When her 16-month-old son Cyrus was born, Miller's daughter Charlotte, now 3, joined the feedings with her baby doll. "She would say, 'The baby wants milk,'" Miller told TODAY Parents. "The first time she did it, I laughed. It was so cute. So I encouraged her by saying, 'You...
New York City doula Lindsey Bliss took a selfie in her most vulnerable moment, only to see it shared everywhere on social media. During a 2017 ride home from a baby shower, the mother of seven felt heat and tightness in her left breast. She recognized it as mastitis, an agonizing breast infection that develops from clogged milk ducts or a bacterial...
"If you had asked me ten years ago I'd be breastfeeding my 3-year-old minutes before pushing out another baby, I wouldn't have believed you," Kate Lyons, of Pittsburgh Born Photography, told TODAY Parents. In 2017, while Kate Lyons was laboring to birth her second child Maci, her first daughter Ella experienced "big feelings." "We had prepared her ...
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- Lifestyle Reporter, Parents
Aug 3, 2023 · Photo : Verena Panzitt. Mother and Child. With this beautiful image, Austrian photographer Verena Panzitt hopes to help normalize extended breastfeeding. “Breastfeeding is not only food for the...
Aug 1, 2016 · 20 photos of women breastfeeding in public without the world exploding. by Monica Beyer. August 1, 2016 at 4:40pm EDT. Leilani Rogers/Photos by Lei. Welcome to World Breastfeeding...
You’ll love these stunning extended breastfeeding photos. Written by Guest Contributor. Photo credit: Isa Sanz Alma Mater via isasanz.com. Extended, or long-term breastfeeding is when you continue to breastfeed your baby beyond his first year.
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Mar 9, 2020 · Image: Foxy Photography. 30 slides. It’s not easy, and it’s not always embraced by those around us. But these powerful, beautiful, sometimes raw images of women breastfeeding their babies are proof of the strength, determination and love that moms from across the country have for their newborns.
Jun 18, 2020 · 21 breastfeeding portraits that show the strength and vulnerability of new motherhood. The complexity of breastfeeding is what photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor set out to explore in her now-viral portrait series, Milk. By Heather Marcoux and Diva Anwari Updated July 21, 2022. Sophie Harris-Taylor. Breastfeeding is beautiful, but it can also be ...
