Nursing mother

We photographed and spoke with women who are currently lactating about their personal experiences as nursing mothers.

Image by Chantal R Mercier || There are many benefits to breastfeeding and extended breastfeeding. It is the most natural thing in the world for example and it should be normalized, celebrated even! It isn’t easy, it’s actually very difficult, it is exhausting and it can be painful. However, all the sacrifice that comes with it, it’s completely worth it even more.

Being a mother is as close as it can get to witnessing magic. The way this little cherub grows in the womb in just nine months is marvelous. And the magic

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Note: If you’re an African American nursing mom living anywhere in the country and interested in donating breast milk for this research, please contact Beth Punska at (413) 545-0813, or email her at epunska@vasci.umass.edu.

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