{"id":88800,"date":"2023-12-16T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88800"},"modified":"2023-12-16T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T17:00:03","slug":"mum-of-five-breastfeeding-for-13-years-told-to-go-to-another-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/mum-of-five-breastfeeding-for-13-years-told-to-go-to-another-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum of five breastfeeding for 13 years told to go to another room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dayna, who has been breastfeeding\u00a0for 13 years, exclusively told Express.co.uk that she breastfed her older children until they were three years old.<\/p>\n

She explained: “I first began breastfeeding 13 years ago, and in that time I\u2019ve noticed a cultural shift in the way people view breastfeeding.”<\/p>\n

However, breastfeeding in public remains a controversial topic and the mother of five has had negative experiences in the past.<\/p>\n

She said: “I would often have people ask or suggest that I go breastfeed in another room if I fed my baby in front of others. I would politely decline.<\/p>\n

“I would just give people the energy that they give to me; I\u2019ve had friends experience awful comments which is just shocking as mothers are already going through enough than to hear somebody else\u2019s opinion that has no effect on them whatsoever.”<\/p>\n

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Dayna believes breastfeeding should be normalised well into toddlerhood as it is “biologically normal”.<\/p>\n

She said: “Continuing breastfeeding past two years old has so many benefits if both mum and child are happy to continue their journey together.<\/p>\n

“The best part of breastfeeding into toddlerhood include prolonged bonding, nutritional benefits, ability to evoke a sense of calmness and winding downtime quickly, reduction of risk to certain childhood illnesses, protection from illness.”<\/p>\n

The worst part for her is that “there may be a delay in the return to your cycle which would delay falling pregnant again”.<\/p>\n

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“Also, breastfeeding a toddler while pregnant for me personally was difficult as I had hypersensitive nipples and the act of feeding him hurt and was very uncomfortable and in which case we cut down feeding a lot.”<\/p>\n

Dayna explained that she will continue breastfeeding her children “until we\u2019re ready to begin to wean or one of us is ready”.<\/p>\n

She added: “Breastfeeding is a mutual relationship and the mother or child may no longer wish to continue feeding for whatever reason.<\/p>\n