Models Breastfeeding? Model Mommies Talk (PHOTOS)

Models speak out about their exercise routines and their diet regimens... so why not their post-pregnancy habits?

Miranda Kerr is just the latest model to chat freely about her breastfeeding, telling the New York Post, "It's milking time... I'm still breast-feeding. I'm pumping, and it's going well."

Which makes Miranda similar to several other high-profile model peers. Gisele Bundchen made headlines last year when the new mother told Harper's Bazaar UK:

"Some people here [in the U.S.] think they don't have to breastfeed, and I think 'Are you going to give chemical food to your child when they are so little?'"

She added, "I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months."

Under media pressure she backpedaled on the "worldwide law" part, but she did put a controversial subject on the map: should women -- or must women -- breastfeed their newborns? And is it OK to do in order to lose weight?

While there is plenty of debate, one trend is clear: it's the thing to do for many models. Another Brazilian model Adriana Lima told The Huffington Post, "I did breastfeed, but for me it did not make me lose weight. Every woman is different....so just stick with your beliefs and as long as you try your best, that's what matters."

Which other models fall alongside Adriana, Gisele and Miranda in the breastfeeding debate? See below.

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[richardcheese02]

12:59 PM on 11/10/2011

I was hoping to see some breastfeeding models!

[yoxi]

09:15 AM on 11/09/2011

Breast feeding is a good thing. We need more of it. I mean i was breast's fed and look at me. I'm a handsome breast's feeder,it's better than a bottom feeder...

[Combat Marine]

09:23 PM on 11/08/2011

I'm all for breast feeding. I've been doing it for 61 years. I think Miranda Kerr should volunteer for my next meal.

[AshFleas]

08:59 PM on 11/08/2011

My dad was fed evaporated milk from a can. How ever did he survive?!?!

No seriously, his mother is terrible.

Whatever did human's do back before the bottle if a woman was physically incapable of producing milk and no wet nurse was available?

[yoxi]

09:17 AM on 11/09/2011

She would milk a cow darlin.

[sunnybunny]

05:09 PM on 11/16/2011

They would feed them whatever milk was available and hope they were able to digest it well enough to survive until they got bigger and could eat regular food. A lot of babies died. That is what makes the average life expectancy so low when you are talking about a long time ago (people didn't all die at 50 - many lived to what we also consider old age. That was the average because of all the dying children).

[jessierocks2011]

08:36 PM on 11/08/2011

Bottom line everyone is entitled to their decision to breastfeed. It's each person's choice, the problem with this country is there are too many fanactics trying to dictate what other's should do, people mind your own business and let each mother make her own decision to breastfeed, if she wants to great if not no one's business and certainly not any do gooder's business to force their opinions on to others!

[geldonski]

08:15 PM on 11/08/2011

Breast feeding? Don't you have to have them? Were are hers?

[cheo]

08:13 PM on 11/08/2011

I could care less what models do; most of them look too skinny to produce milk anyway. What I cared about was the health of my baby. I gave him a year, then started giving him a choice of me or goat's milk from down the road, thinking it would take months to wean him.

But he weaned himself within a few days--he liked the goat's milk. I chose goat's milk because it had been shown to be the closest in molecular structure (and digestibility) to mother's milk.

[downyours]

07:37 PM on 11/08/2011

I don't believe them. Show me the proof. Oh wait. It's all about entertainers. Therefore it's completely inane. Proof enough.

[Clare53]

06:58 PM on 11/08/2011

I clicked on this because it looked so stupid I wanted to see how much you cold write about models breastfeeding. It's just as stupid as I thought.

[Gib]

05:11 PM on 11/08/2011

Breastfeeding to lose weight??! What kind of s!ck mentality is this?

[cuoi]

04:42 PM on 11/08/2011

Meanwhile, over in Vietnam, the government is contending with despicable and dishonorable European corporate baby formula makers who set up shop at hospitals and when kicked out, set up shop in nearby neighborhoods, telling all sorts of lies. American and European corporations doing same in Africa where the dirty bottles are causing death of babies. Maybe that's what they want...

[altheschrod]

04:39 PM on 11/08/2011

The girls pictured may be "models", but not the ultra-skinny runway-types we do double-takes at. Those girls certainly don't have enough chest to produce any milk to begin with, and adding phony boobs may offer a little bounce, but nothing else.

[django707]

04:31 PM on 11/08/2011

And this is important because...

[MzTexas]

04:01 PM on 11/08/2011

Why is feeding your child the way nature intended considered a story? The only babies who need cow's milk is baby calves. Kudos to these women for caring enough about their babies to feed them what they need.

[Lesann]

08:22 AM on 11/10/2011

Thanks for informing me that there are so many women out there who don't care for their children. The nerve of women feeding their children formula.

You are aware that there are some women who cannot breastfeed. I know many, many women who didn't breast feed one minute and have healthy, happy and successful children. I am one of them.

Your last statement is hateful and presumptive.

[sbrooks87]

10:42 PM on 11/20/2011

Did you know that the actual percentage of women physically unable to breastfeed is less then 5%? The majority of women who find themselves having to give formula have actually been failed by doctors and midwives. There is too much misinformation out there, even coming from doctors. Did you know that more then likely, a Doctor will tell you you have to give up breastfeeding to go on medication, when there are lots of alternative medication to give a nursing mother? Most Doctors know nothing of cluster feeding (a completely normal activity where a young baby will spend as long as hours feeding solidly and the baby appears as though it is never satisfied) and will likely tell you you aren't making enough milk and to feed formula. Did you know that your breasts are never empty when breastfeeding, they are constantly being filled, like a tap, but a lot of people are told to wait for their breasts to fill for a feed or to feed this side for x amount and then the next, and this is damaging as the more a baby suckles, the more milk you produce. Suckling less means less milk, which means your supply dwindles. This is just a tiny amount of the misinformation that is out there and with health professionals.

Don't get angry at the above commenter. Get angry that you and loads of people you know have been wronged! Our society's views on breastfeeding need to change.

[luvobama]

04:03 PM on 11/08/2011

It has always perplexed me, that women were ever talked out of the most natural thing in the world. There are so many added bonuses to breastfeeding your babies. Even the baby's eye muscles are better developed when they are fed naturally. Besides, I think formula smells awful, and it stains their clothes big time. I BF all four of children until they were over 2 years old. They are four of the healthiest young adults I know. No allergies, no eyeglasses, no weight issues etc.

[Lesann]

08:23 AM on 11/10/2011

That is the same for me and my son. I was fed formula and so was my son. He is also going to Vanderbilt University on full scholarship.

I have a dear friend who breast-fed both of her daughters. They are at the Dr's office every other week. You have not cornered the market on infant health because you have breast fed.

[Lesann]

08:43 AM on 11/10/2011

I've read several of your comments. They are self-righteous and self-aggrandizing. There is no woman who has loved her child more than I loved mine. I could not breast feed for medical reasons. So, I used formula. I was given formula and so were my friends. We are all smart, successful women in good health.

Comments like yours continue to keep women at odds with each other and keep some imaginary debate alive. It is up to the individual to feed their child as they see fit. It's none of your business or anyone else for that matter.

As long as a woman feeds their child, loves their child and raises him/her to be a productive, moral member of society, then HOW she chose to feed them should not matter.

[luvobama]

11:47 AM on 11/10/2011

You sound very defensive.  Loving your child is utmost.  However, breast feeding is by  far superior to a food made in a laboratory.  One has nothing o do with the other.  It saddens me that anyone argues the point.  We were meant to use our bodies to nourish our babies.