I immediately had two brain surgeries in the following weeks. "I was diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2010. Here is a look at the nursing pictures they've compiled thus far, which range from sweet to unusual, touching to tear-jerking:
The Breastfeeding Project, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing breastfeeding education and support to women in the Central Florida area and throughout the nation, has collected a series of "Extreme Nursing" images on their site. This post was originally published in June 2016.You may be familiar with the cradle or football hold for breastfeeding, but have you ever seen someone nurse while working out? How about on the operating table? Visit the Divine Mothering website and Facebook page to learn more. We want to celebrate something that society has robbed us of, and that is pride in our postpartum bodies." If one thing surprised Liliana about putting this book together, it's how many moms wanted to participate. "And motherhood and the bond between mother and child, is forever."
"It was written from the point of view of a mother speaking to their child about their transportation into motherhood," Liliana explains. That self-love starts when we are children in fact, her book is actually for kids, to help moms teach their little ones about how your body changes throughout your life, and how we should love and accept ourselves, always. It can be a difficult place to be."īut she says self-love is for everybody, and women should strive to find beauty in all stages of life. "Women's bodies change with pregnancy and birth," she told Bab圜enter, adding "Add this on top of the changes in life, roles, added responsibilities, and stress. Liliana admits it can be hard to feel good about your body after baby. Here are a few of Liliana's candid images that hope to prove just that: Mothers need to be proud of what their bodies have done, and it is to bring forth the next generation." I want to remind women that their bodies are so much more than that they are strong, powerful nurturers and birthers. Women's bodies are so often reduced to their sexuality. Mothers are an incredible symbol of love and nurturing. "I want them to see the beauty that I see in the female form. "I want women to feel proud of their bodies," she told Bab圜enter in an email. No, according to Liliana, it's about time we shifted our focus from how a woman's body looks postpartum, to what it just did! That's why photographer Liliana Taboas of Divine Mothering wants women to see different images of new moms, and how they really look postpartum.īut the photographs featured in her book, "I Will Always Be Your Mother," are about more than showcasing women's bodies after baby as a way to suggest it's okay to look like a real person after birth. It's easy to get caught up in wanting our bodies to bounce back, given how, as new moms, we are inundated with images of seemingly perfect celebrities who practically sprint out of the labor and delivery ward in skintight spandex. I know it was for me when I was staring at my fleshy tummy in the brutally unforgiving lights of the hospital bathroom. If there ever was a real come-to-Jesus moment, it might be seeing your naked, postpartum body for the first time.