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02nd Mar 2016

This Photo Of A Woman Breastfeeding At A Wedding Is Going Viral With One Important Message

The blogger wants to #NormaliseBreastfeeding

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How you decide to raise your child should be a decision each mother makes for herself.

Unfortunately, enough people think it’s appropriate to shame women who decide to breastfeed in public, that this post has now gone viral.

A 21-year old Australian blogger has started trending on social media this week, after she uploaded a snap of herself feeding her son at a wedding.

Taking to Instagram, Haddas Ancliffe wrote “Just me and my baby having a drink. (Gotta do what you gotta do, wedding or not),” including the hashtag #NormaliseBreastfeeding:

Just me and my baby having a drink (Gotta do what you gotta do, wedding or not) #normalizebreastfeeding

A photo posted by Haddas Ancliffe (@dahs) on

Championing breastfeeding, Haddas’ post started spreading in popularity – including capturing the attention of trolls who shared their own opinion:

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However, it doesn’t seem like the negativity got to the young mum, who tweeted her thanks to supporters for their warm messages: