Hilary Duff reveals she's stopped breastfeeding in emotional Instagram post
Parenting can sure be tough, and mother-of-two, Hilary Duff, isn't afraid to be candid when it comes to the matter.
Hilary welcomed her second child, Banks, with her partner, Matthew Koma, back in October, and she's been inundating her Instagram with adorable snaps of the newborn ever since. Yesterday, however, she shared one of her most candid posts yet; detailing her experience with breastfeeding.
"THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES Just a few thoughts that I wanted to share on Breast-feeding [sic]," she began. "Last week was my last week nursing Banks (my six month old). I am a working mom of two. My goal was to get my little girl to six months and then decide if I (and her of course) wanted to keep going. Let me tell you. Pumping at work sucks."
"I had zero down time and am usually pumping in a hair and make up trailer while four hands work to get me ready for the next scene with lots of other people around," Hilary continued. "Even if I had the luxury to be in my own room, it’s not even considered a “break” because you have to sit upright for the milk to flow into the bottles!"
"Plus you are having your damn nipples tugged at by an aggressive machine that makes an annoying sound, that echoes through your head day and night (I swear that machine and I had many conversations at midnight and 3 am)! Ttttthen having to find someplace to sterilize bottles and keep your milk cold (ok I’m done with that rant lol)!"
"Anyway, I didn’t know this because with Luca I didn’t work until he was about nine months old, so I didn’t pump very often. Your milk supply drastically drops when you stop feeding as often and lose the actual contact and connection with your baby. So I was eating all the feunugreek goats butt blessed thistle fennel cookies/drops/shakes/pills I could get my hands on! It was maddening. (Does fenugreek make anyone else smell like maple syrup and rubber gloves?...not chill) [sic]."
"With all of this complaining, I want to say I enjoyed (almost) every moment of feeding my daughter. Felt so lucky to be so close to her and give her that start. I know many women are not able to and for that I am sympathetic and very grateful that I could. For six wonderful months. But I needed a break. I was going to break."
"With the stress of a dropping milk supply and a baby that was getting bored or not caring about nursing when I was available to. I was sad and frustrated and feeling like a failure all of the time. When really I’m a bad ass rock star. Moms get high on feeling like superwoman...because we are! Doing too much, because we can! [sic]" she concluded.
Naturally, Hilary's fans loved her honesty."Made me cry reading this! You’re SPOT ON... I went through such similar emotions and had no idea weaning would feel so emotional and sad. But then, it’s also freedom and a new stage... thank you for talking about it!" wrote one Instagram user, while another corroborated "THIS THIS THIS! this is so important for moms to hear! thank you!!!"