While it’s hard to believe that celebrities are just like us, there are a few situations in which that cliché may ring true ... like breastfeeding. When it comes to nursing, famous moms have dealt with the pain and the shaming and the beautiful moments of serenity that their non-famous counterparts know all too well.
In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, here is a compilation of memorable moments when celebrities opened up about nursing their babies.
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Mila Kunis
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While promoting "Bad Moms," Mila Kunis revealed that she received "shameful" looks from strangers while breastfeeding her daughter, Wyatt, in public.
“In the States and in our culture, we sexualize the breast so much that there’s an aspect of it that people just don’t know how to wrap their head around the idea of showing your breast in public,” she explained, adding, "If it’s not for you, don’t look.”
“In the States and in our culture, we sexualize the breast so much that there’s an aspect of it that people just don’t know how to wrap their head around the idea of showing your breast in public,” she explained, adding, "If it’s not for you, don’t look.”
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Tamera Mowry
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Tamera Mowry opened up about her breastfeeding struggles in a personal post on her website.
"Aden wasn’t latching properly, which meant I experienced soreness, my nipples were callused and I was in pain for about eight weeks," she wrote. "I was having a hard time keeping up my supply of milk, and it was taking a major emotional toll on me."
"Aden wasn’t latching properly, which meant I experienced soreness, my nipples were callused and I was in pain for about eight weeks," she wrote. "I was having a hard time keeping up my supply of milk, and it was taking a major emotional toll on me."
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Adele
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Adele opened up about her breastfeeding experience and the pressure on moms to nurse during a performance in London in March 2016.
“The pressure on us is fucking ridiculous,” she said. “And all those people who put pressure on us, you can go f*ck yourselves, all right? Because it’s hard. Some of us can’t do it. I managed about nine weeks with my boobs.”
“All I wanted to do was breastfeed and then I couldn’t and then I felt like, ‘If I was in the jungle now back in the day, my kid would be dead because my milk’s gone,’” she added.
“The pressure on us is fucking ridiculous,” she said. “And all those people who put pressure on us, you can go f*ck yourselves, all right? Because it’s hard. Some of us can’t do it. I managed about nine weeks with my boobs.”
“All I wanted to do was breastfeed and then I couldn’t and then I felt like, ‘If I was in the jungle now back in the day, my kid would be dead because my milk’s gone,’” she added.
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Zoe Saldana
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While struggling with pumping pain, Zoe Saldana turned to Twitter for advice from fellow lactating mamas. She received many pain relief tips from her followers.
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Jessica Alba
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In a July 2015 interview with Yahoo Parenting, the actress explained that the feeding line at her company Honest Co. supports both breastfeeding and formula feeding parents. “The overall community online was either one or the other. And a lot of my friends did both," Alba said. "So I wanted to develop a real dialogue, and create a line that’s for everyone. So whether you want to breastfeed, or whether you want to supplement feed, we’re going to give you the best in both areas.”In her book, The Honest Life, she shared her personal breastfeeding journey, writing, “I breastfed as long as I could, but not as long as I wanted. I had to get back to work, and I wasn’t able to keep it going.”
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Nicole Trunfio
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After model Nicole Trunfio brought her newborn baby son to for her Elle Australia photo shoot, a picture of her breastfeeding him landed on the cover. She later posted a candid nursing photo on Instagram.
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Doutzen Kroes
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Dutch model Doutzen Kroes appeared on the March 2015 cover of Vogue Netherlands with her kids, who also appeared in a photo shoot for the magazine. Posing in a bed with her husband DJ Sunnery James and 4-year-old son Phyllon, Kroes breastfed her 5-month-old daughter Myllena in a one shot.
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Molly Sims
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Supermodel Molly Sims opened up about her struggles with breastfeeding her first child in an interview with Fit Pregnancy for her February/March cover issue. “When Brooks was born, my milk never came in, and I tried to breastfeed for three months,” she said. “I felt awful and ashamed." "I wanted to breastfeed because it’s so good for the baby, so I worked with a lactation specialist," Sims continued. "After three months, she said, ‘You’re done. You don’t have any milk.’ I’ll try breastfeeding again, but if it doesn’t work, I won’t push it.”
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Amanda Peet
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During a January 2015 appearance on "The Ellen Degeneres Show," Amanda Peet revealed that she puts cabbage on her breasts after nursing. "Some people get painful engorgement and you can put cabbage leaves on your boobs, and it stops the milk," she explained.
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Kerry Washington
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Actress Kerry Washington opened up about breastfeeding her daughter, Isabelle, in a November 2014 interview with BET's 106 & Park. She explained that nursing her baby inspired her to take care of herself
"I'm breastfeeding, so I can't starve myself," she said. "It's important for me to be a good mom and a good actor, and be responsible to myself and my family."
"I'm breastfeeding, so I can't starve myself," she said. "It's important for me to be a good mom and a good actor, and be responsible to myself and my family."
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Olivia Wilde
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In the September 2014 issue of Glamour, Olivia Wilde talked about her experience breastfeeding her 4-month-old son Otis. Accompanying the interview was a stunning image of her nursing him.
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Natalia Vodianova
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Natalia Vodianova, a Russian model notable for her work with Calvin Klein, debuted her son Maxim to the world with a stunning breastfeeding photo.
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Halle Berry
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During a 2014 appearance on "The Ellen Degeneres Show," Halle Berry reenacted her breastfeeding experiences.
“When I would put Nahla on the boob, she would [have] a nice little girly suck," she said of her daughter. Talking about her son, she said, "Him ... he’s like sucking the life out of me!”
“When I would put Nahla on the boob, she would [have] a nice little girly suck," she said of her daughter. Talking about her son, she said, "Him ... he’s like sucking the life out of me!”
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Kristen Bell
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When Kristen Bell hosted the 2014 CMT Awards, she gave her Twitter followers a glimpse into her "new backstage beauty routine" -- a breast pump.
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Penelope Cruz
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In an interview with Allure, Penelope Cruz spoke openly about nursing her children. "I was breast-feeding my son 13 months, and I plan to do the same with my daughter. [Nursing] is addictive. It's hard when the day comes when you have to stop."She also pointed out one of the perks of breastfeeding. "I'm supposed to get extra calories because breastfeeding you burn, like, an extra 500 a day."
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Pink
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During an album photo shoot in 2012, Pink shared a photo of herself nursing baby Willow Sage on Instagram and Twitter. The next year, her husband Carey Hart posted an Instagram photo of his wife breastfeeding their daughter at a restaurant in Paris.
In honor of National Breastfeeding Month 2016, Pink posted a throwback photo of herself nursing Willow.
In honor of National Breastfeeding Month 2016, Pink posted a throwback photo of herself nursing Willow.
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Hilary Duff
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In 2012, Hilary Duff confirmed in an interview with Us Weekly that she chose to nurse her son Luca. "I'm breastfeeding now so that's a really wonderful experience -- challenging but wonderful,"
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Selma Blair
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In an interview with People Magazine, actress Selma Blair spoke openly about breastfeeding her son Arthur in public. "We all have nipples," she said. "I don’t care who I offend; my baby wants to eat. If I can’t get a cover over me quick enough, so be it."
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Alicia Silverstone
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Alicia Silverstone -- whose pre-mastication video thrust her baby-feeding philosophy into the public spotlight -- was once photographed breastfeeding Bear Blu while walking.
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Beyonce
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Beyonce was spotted breastfeeding Blue Ivy in New York City while dining out with husband, Jay-Z in 2012.
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Tori Spelling
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In November 2011, Spelling's husband, Dean McDermott tweeted a photo of his son, Liam, who was 4 at the time, which showed Spelling's breasts in the background. "I am a mom, I was nursing my baby... [Dean] was so devastated about it that I couldn't be mad. I mean it was genuinely an accident," Spelling told CNN about the incident.
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Mayim Bialik
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Actress Mayim Bialik blogged on kveller.com in September 2011 about starting to wean her 3-year-old son Fred. The post included a highly publicized photo of Bialik breastfeeding Fred on the New York City subway. In her book, "Beyond The Sling," she wrote that he still nursed about five times a day at that age, and later told CNN "it is still a tremendous source of discipline, and of bonding, that occurs between a mother and a child."
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Kendra Wilkinson
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Wilkinson once told Baby Zone an outrageous story about the first party she went to after giving birth to baby Hank:"I went to Eve nightclub in Vegas and my boobs started leaking. I couldn't do anything so I breastfed myself [laughs]. And it tasted sweet, too!"
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Miranda Kerr
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Shortly after giving birth to her son, Flynn, Kerr posted a photo on her blog that husband Orlando took of her nursing. A few months later, she shared a photo on Twitter of herself breastfeeding while on the job.
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Julie Bowen
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Back in 2010, "Modern Family" star Julie Bowen showed "Lopez Tonight" viewers a photo of the way she nursed her twin boys -- breastfeeding both babies at the same time."It's like two little liposuction machines on you," she said. "They suck the fat out of you. They call it the 'double football hold.' You hold one here, and here [gesturing to her breasts], like two footballs ... They're doing God's work right there, helping me return to my birth weight."
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Rebecca Romijn
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In 2009, Romijn told Extra!, "Breastfeeding is the very best diet I've been on. It's amazing."
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Naomi Watts
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Watts told PEOPLE magazine in 2009 that breastfeeding was how she lost weight. "He's sucking it all out of me, it seems," she said.
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Salma Hayek
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Salma Hayek breastfed a newborn baby boy in Africa whose mother had no milk in 2009. Hayek was weaning her own daughter, Valentina, at the time, but still had milk to donate.
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Christina Aguilera
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Five weeks after giving birth to son, Max, Aguilera went on The Ellen Show wearing a low cut, revealing dress that prompted the talk show host to ask, "Are you nursing?"
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck
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In 2008, Hasselback demonstrated how to use a breast pump on "The View" -- she was nursing her son, Taylor, at the time.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Gyllenhaal was photographed by the paparazzi in 2007 nursing her daughter, Ramona, during a walk by the Hudson River.
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Jennifer Garner
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In the the April 2007 issue Garner told Allure Magazine: "All I ever heard was everyone bitch about [nursing] -- nobody ever said, 'You are not going to believe how emotional this is.' It's like, I'll say I'm going to stop, and then I'm in there, feeding her."
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Kate Beckinsale
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Kate Beckinsale told Jay Leno in 2006 that she missed breastfeeding her daughter and that "she was very good at it."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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When Gwyneth Paltrow was nursing her second child in 2006, she told Harper's Bazaar, "I stay healthy by working out but not dieting, because I am a milk machine."
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