Photo: Hunter McGrady/Instagram
Hunter McGradyis getting candid about her breastfeeding journey.
“I had this grand idea that I would give birth and Hudson would latch on, it would be beautiful, I would have an amazing supply and Voilla! Food for him on demand, easy peasy. Lordy, That was not the case at all,” she says. “I was immediately met with frustration, sore and cracked nipples, lots of nipple shields, lots and lots of nipple butter, and most of all, lots of tears.”
She says the experience has been “incredible, exhausting, scary, and the most amazing thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
“I’m proud of me, I’m proud of him, I’m proud of us,” says McGrady. “In case no one told you today my breast feeding mamas, my pumping mamas, and my formula fed mamas, you’re doing great. We’re in this together.”
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Last month, the new mom shared amirror selfieposing in her bra and underwear on Instagram, and in the caption, she discussed how she is healing andlearning to embrace her body after giving birth.
“I’m Just a girl, standing in front of a mirror, 12 days postpartum, with breast milk stains, and depends diapers, pure exhaustion, asking herself to learn to love this new body,” McGrady wrote at the time.
“To give herself grace, to feel the gummy-ness of her new tummy, and the loose skin and remembering that this body not only created life, but housed it for 9 months, went 45 hours into labor, and is now feeding it daily all with one vessel. I feel so grateful for this body today,” she continued. “Leaky breasts, bloody diapers (on my end) new stretch marks, gummy tummy and all.”
source: people.com
