Breastfeeding Moms Take A Stand With First Ever Virtual ‘Nurse-In’

“I know you would never bring a fellow woman and mother, who represents everything beautiful and miraculous about being a woman and mother, on to your show to attempt to drag her down on national television,” Tamara Perry wrote. “Breasts are not ‘fun bags.’ They are meant to nourish a baby, protect a baby, give life to a baby.”

Perry also requested that Williams host a nurse-in on live television to “show the world how beautiful and wonderfully made a woman’s body really is.” In the meantime, Perry will co-host the nurse-in organized in honor of Milano. 

So far, more than 2,000 Facebook users have said they are going to participate in the nurse-in. In a post on the event page from Jan. 10, Normalize Breastfeeding founder Vanessa Simmons wrote about the importance of speaking out against the stigma surrounding breastfeeding.

“Once no one bats an eye, complains, feels offended, or gets uncomfortable because of a mother’s choice to breastfeed without a cover, then and ONLY THEN will it be NORMAL,” she wrote. “Until then, I will press on.”

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