Beautiful Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Mosaics

2012-02-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

AndreaMosaic is a great tool for making digital mosaics out of photos. Here's a collection of digital mosaics made out of breastfeeding images from the Beautiful Breastfeeding blog and Facebook page. Thankyou to all the members of Beautiful Breastfeeding for providing their gorgeous breastfeeding images for the project. Click on the images for a larger view.

Considering how many breastfeeding photos Facebook continues to delete (despite a public statement in support of breastfeeding) I thought it quite fitting to create a facebook logo out of breastfeeding mothers and babies.

Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook)
made up of breastfeeding images

Breastfeeding portrait made up of
Mark Zuckerberg images (founder of Facebook)

Letting Go of Nipplephobia

2012-02-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

In 2003, photographer Sasha Gusov and his wife Husova visited Namibia. At some point Husova realized that for a warm and funny dialogue it was not necessarily to know the local language.

Professional Breastfeeding Photography

2012-02-14T16:27:00.000-08:00

This is an ever growing collection of professional breastfeeding photographs. If you are a professional photographer and would like one (or more) of your photos included please contact me or comment below (be sure to include your contact details).

Breastfeeding Charity Event, Blue Silk Photography
http://bluesilkphotography.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BlueSilkPhotography
Email: Resh@bluesilkphotography.com

Breastfeeding portrait of a nursing baby from above
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com

Breastfeeding portrait of a topless mom nursing baby from above
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com

Breastfeeding portrait of a topless mom standing nursing nude baby
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com

Breastfeeding portrait
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com/newborn/breastfeeding/index.php

Breastfeeding portrait
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com/newborn/breastfeeding/index.php.jpg

Breastfeeding portrait
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com/newborn/breastfeeding/index.php

Breastfeeding portrait of a baby face nursing close up
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com

breastfeeding portrait
Albright Creative Imagery
http://albrightcreativeimagery.com/newborn/breastfeeding/index.php

Jocelyn, Lark, Eden and Asher
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Leah and Jane
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Lindsay and Emily
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Melissa and 8 month old Xavia
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Michelle and Athena
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Angela and Henry
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

Eliana and Katie
by Timbra Wiist, Landslide Photography
http://www.landslidephotos.blogspot.co.nz/

A little outdoor breastfeeding, with Melissa Alford
by Stacie Turner Photography
http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/

Look carefully - how many children are in this picture.
by Stacie Turner Photography
http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/

Nursing in public
West Hartford Center, 7-11, with Coty Hodgens Budd
by Stacie Turner Photography
http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/

The inimitable Cate Vallone and her beautiful daughter
by Stacie Turner Photography
http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/

Mother breastfeeding
by Stacie Turner Photography
http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/

Giorgi at 4 Months
by Mark Strachan

Breastfeeding-Portraits
Reno Breastfeeding Portrait Photographer
http://www.designbyhuong.com2011nursing-baby-k-reno-breastfeeding-portrait-photographer

Breastfeeding baby portrait brown background (0-3 month)
Mouton Blanc, by Marie Therese LeSieur

Young baby boy having mother milk
by Marco Andras
http://www.marcoandras.com.br/website.php

Baby being breastfed
by Graham Monro, GM Photographics
http://www.gmphotographics.com.au/

Baby (2-4 months) breastfeeding, close-up
by Richard Meats

Infant breast-feeding
by Luc Paurus, Getty Images

Baby breastfeeding
by Luc Paurus, Getty Images

Smiling baby breastfeeding
by Luc Paurus, Getty Images

Baby (3-6 months) smiling whilst being breastfed
by Steven Weinberg
http://www.stevenweinbergimages.com/

Baby Breastfeeding
by Mr. Sunshine

Baby Breastfeeding
by iStockphoto.com, Zilli

A baby being breast fed by its mother
by Bernd Geh
http://www.bgeh-photography.com

Baby with mom
by Danilo Pavone
http://www.fotoblur.com/people/danilopavone

Hispanic newborn baby breast feeding
by Jose Luis Pelaez Inc
http://www.jlpstudios.com/

Breastfeeding
by Mauro Fermariello, Sciencephoto

Breastfeeding Portrait
by Raphael Goetter,
http://www.flickr.com.photos.goetter

Breastfeeding Portrait
by Christy Scherrer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellymotherbaby

Breastfeeding Portrait
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superhoop

Breastfeeding, a labor of love
by Mary Virginia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/missmerv/5615102755/

Nursing Mother
From Reuters

A mother breast-feeds her child
by Skip Brown
http://www.skipbrownphotography.com/

Baby boy breastfeeding
by MECKY, Getty Images

Mother and breast-feeding baby
by Angus Ford-Robertson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41804709@N04/

Mothers milk
by Aaron McCoy
http://www.aaronmccoy.com/photography/

Mother breastfeeding
by Laura Cottril Portrait Photography
http://lauracphotography.com/

Chloé Jo Davis breastfeeding her son Panther
featured in Italian Elle magazine
shot by Amanda DeCadenet
http://www.amandadecadenet.com/

Natural beauty- mother and child
by Jules50, Redbubble
http://www.redbubble.com/people/jules50

Mother Breastfeeding
by Christy Scherrer, Flickr
http://www.bellymotherbaby.net/

Breastfeeding
by Steffan Macmillan, Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/people/steffmac/

Mother Breastfeeding
by Gintare Dainelyte, Flickr
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gintare-Dainelyte/350099139988

The love nest
by Sylvain Rivarolo
http://www.angle2vue.ch/

Breastfeeding in Public Clip from babyREADY

2012-02-11T16:51:00.000-08:00

Great video clip from babyReady on breastfeeding in public...

Breastfeeding and Facebook... a Short Clip

2012-01-12T14:10:00.000-08:00

This video was made in response to Facebooks actions regarding women posting breastfeeding photos. For more information and ways to be involved, please visit http://bit.ly/FB-take-action.
Featuring the music "The Gathering Fields" by David Nevue and "Busting the Breast" by Bowser and Blue.

Special thanks to:
Emma Kwasnica
Jodine Chase
Cricket Scott
April Bevin
Suzanne Plourde
Candice Fisk
Lynsey Bartram
Marivette Torres
Lynn Heinisch
Sam Norman
Dev Austin
Wendy Harper
and Danelle Frisbie
for their contributions.

Thank you also to Paul Rapoport who has worked to archive photos removed from Facebook since 2008.

Breastfeeding and Facebook
by Sarah Dufton...

Early Breastfeeding Art

2012-01-12T01:31:00.000-08:00

Madonna with the Child
by Panicale da Masolino

Madonna at the hearthscreen
by Robert Campin, 1420-1425

Mutter mit Kind, 1430-32
Vienna (altar piece diptych)

Virgin Child, Christus Bentinck, 1444 - 1476

The Virgin Mary Nursing Her Child
by Hans Memling, 1430 - 1494

Madonna and child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Portrait Diptych of Jean de Gros (left wing)
by Hans Memling, 1450

Portrait Diptych of Laurent Froimont (left wing)
by Rogier van der Weyden, 1460s

The virgin nursing the child
by Dirk Bouts, 1460

Virgin and Child
by Provost Jan, 1462 - 1529

Madonna And Child, by Jean Fouquet, 1450

Madonna and Child (Madonna Litta)
by Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

Virgin and Child
by Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - 1519

Madonna and child
by Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

Madonna and child 1490
by Marco d'Oggiono (1470 – 1549)

Madonna and child in a landscape
by Marco d'Oggiono (1470 – 1549)

Madonna del Latte
by Bramantino, 1490

The Holy Family, by Joos van Cleve (1485-1540)

Nursing Madonna
by Bernardino Luini, (1485–1532)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
by Bernaert van Orley, (1491-1542)

Virgin and Child
by Giovanni Boltraffio, 1493-99

Madonna and child, by Gerard David, 1490

Madonna and Child
by Andrea Solario Milan 1465-1524

The Tempest 1508
by Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, 1477 – 1510

Holy Family
by Marco d'Oggiono (1470 – 1549)

Charity
by Marco d'Oggiono (1470 – 1549)

Madonna with the Infant Christ and St John the Baptist
Beccafumi, Domenico di Pace (1486-1551)

Virgin of the Green Cushion 1507-10
by Andrea Solario
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Charity, by Michele Tosini (1503–1577)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
by Gerard David, Netherlands, early 1500s

The Virgin and Child (1518 - 1520)

Virgin & Child, by Joos van Cleve, 1525

Madonna and Child
by Artemisia Gentileschi

Madonna and Child 1525-30

by Joos van Cleve

The Madonna nursing the Christ Child, 1525-1550

Virgin and Child, by Aelbert van Ouwater, mid 1500s

The Virgin Nursing the Child
by Marinus van Reymerswaele

Prado Virgin and Child
by Jan Gossart (Mabuse), 1527

Madonna & Child Nursing
by Jan Gossart (Mabuse) 1527

Madonna and Child
by Titian, 1565 - 1570

Charity
by Guido Reni (1575–1642)

Birth of the Milky Way
by P. Rubens (1577-1640)

The Flight into Egypt
by Ansaldo, G. Andrea (1584 - 1638)

Madonna with Child, by Francisco de Zurbaran, 1598-1664

Vision of St Bernard
Juan de las Roelas,1611

The Holy Family With Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
by P. Reubens, 1615

Virgin and Child, by Rubens, 1620

Madonna and Child
by Guido Reni (1628-30)

The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Child Baptist
by Reubens, 1630-35

The Holy Family
by Rembrandt, (Dutch, 1606-1669)

The Holy Family - Detail
by Rembrandt, (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Madonna and Child
by Orazio Gentileschi, 1609

The Holy Family
by Francisco de Zurbaran, 1659

Mother Nursing, by Peter de Hooch, 1660

Virgin and child, by Sirani Elisabetta, 1663

Madonna and Child
by Murillo, 1670

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, by Rubens, early 1700s

Portrait of Lady Mary Boyle and her son Charles
by Godfrey Kneller, 1700

Why Does Facebook Hate Breastfeeding?

2011-11-27T20:18:00.000-08:00

Breastfeeding discrimination is something many women face both in real life and now on the internet. Facebook is one example where woman often have their breastfeeding photo's removed, while overtly sexual images, usually showing much more flesh, are considered acceptable. Is this fair?

Breastfeeding Around the World

2011-11-27T14:50:00.000-08:00

This is an ever growing collection of photo's of breastfeeding from around the world...

Himba Mother Nursing Infant

Himba Mother Nursing Infant, By Uros Ravbar

Himba Mother Nursing
by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

Hamer mother and child, Ethiopia
by Izla Kaya Bardavid, Flickr

Inside a local Hut. This people belong to the Hamer Tribe
in the lower Omo region of Ethiopia. By Boaz Images, Flickr

Nursing Mother
by Arnie Becker photography

Smiling Ju-Hoansi Bushmen breast feeding mother
Kalahari, Namibia
by Izla Kaya Bardavid, Flickr

San mother and child, Nambia
by CharlesFred, Charles Roffey, Flickr

Bush Mother Breastfeeding
by Kalahari Gallery

Bush Mother and Child
by Miranda Miranda Photography

Happiness, Uganda
By Luca Gargano, Flickr

Bamunanika, Uganda
By Luca Gargano, Flickr

Mother in yellow, Uganda
by Luca Gargano, Flickr

Sister Bonne Annee
By Kresta King, October 6, 2006
in Katshuriro, Kigali Province, RW

A woman from Darfur breastfeeds her 5-month old baby
Birao’s district, north-eastern CAR, 2008.
By Pierre Holtz, UNICEF

Baby breastfeeding
by Mauro Fermariello

Baby breastfeeding,
by Mauro Fermariello, Sciencephoto

Ruwenzori mother,
by Luca Gargano, Flickr

Ugandan mother breast feeding among maize crop
by Fred Hoogervorst

Togo Mother Breastfeeding
by Luca Gargano, Flickr

Breastfeeding in Uganda
by Luca Gargano, Flickr

Maasai mother breastfeeding baby
by Iman Heijboer
February 25, 2007 in Arusha, TZ

Sierra Leone mother & child
by Feije Riemersma, UNICEF, 2009

Breastfeeding
by hdptcar (HDPT Central African Republic), Flickr

Mother breastfeeding her child in a Therapeutic Feeding Center
in Monrovia, Liberia. By Phanie

Rwandan mother
by Luca Gargano

Mother and child in West Africa
by Harry Hook

A woman breastfeeding her child in Ethiopa
by D J Clark, UNICEF, 2011

Tanzania mother breastfeeding at home
by Giacomo Pirozzi

Lady with baby, Mandoor Gardens, Jodhpur
By Ed Fladung, Flickr

Breastfeeding Portrait, by Kyklik on Flickr,
www.flickr.com/photos/guiderope

Still shot from the video "Initiation of Breastcrawl" by UNICEF
http://breastcrawl.org/video.shtml

Jayawanti, an Indian mother from the state of Gujarat, nurses her newborn.
By Anita Khemka, UNICEF

Mother
by Rohit Markande

Indian mother breastfeeding
by Pranav Purshotam, UNICEF India, 2010

Indian Mother Breastfeeding
by WABA

Uzbekistan mother breastfeeding at home
by Giacomo Pirozzi

Uzbekistan Mother Nursing her Anemic Child in a Uzbek Clinic near the Aral Sea
by Karen Kasmauski

Yushu to Serba Road, Tibet, Mother and Daughter
by Raul Gutierrez

Akha mother with baby, Thailand
by John Spies

Akha tribe (Northern Thailand)

Breastfeeding, Camboinhas, Niterói.
Tribe Tekoa Mboya-Ty.
By rbpdesigner, Ruy Barbosa Pinto

Amazon Indian Mother Breastfeeding

Flagrant the Indian mother breastfeeding her child

Mentawai woman breastfeeding her baby.
Photographed on Siberut Island, Mentawai Archipelago,
Sumatra, Indonesia,

Portrait of a laughing Aboriginal woman holding her infant
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
By HOWELL WALKER

Mother breast-feeding
Tanna Island, Vanuatu, Pacific Islands, Pacific
by James Strachan

Huastec girl with child
by Jean-Gerard Sidaner

A Padaung woman nurses her baby
Mae Hong Son, Thailand
By JODI COBB

By Carmen Pfuyo Cahuantico

Amdo,Tibet, Mother and Child

Mother breastfeeding
by Raul Gutierrez, WABA, 2009

Mother, Hmong people
by Jean-Michel BAUD

Guatemala, la Democratia, mother (Andrea Mendez Hernandez 33)
breastfeeding baby (Horacio Lopez Mendez 1 year)
with daughter (Lorena Lopez Mendez 4 years).
by Anthony Asael, UNICEF

Akha tribe new mother, Ban Ta My village, Laos.
In the Akha tribe tradition, women marry men around 15/16 years old.
By Eric Lafforgue, Apr 10, 2009
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3491959674

Yanomami-woman inside a hut
The village of Viriunaveteri
By Ronald de Hommel

An Embera woman nurses her baby outside her hut.
Tusipono Embera Community, Chagres River, Panama.
By Kike Calvo

Young Maku Mother Breast-Feeding Baby Carried In Sling Across Her Body
Colombia, North West Amazon, Vaupes
by Eve Ubiquitous

Guatemala, Cuilapa, mother (Karen Pineda 17 years)
breastfeeding baby (Erwin Monterroso 1 year 3 months).
By Anthony Asael, UNICEF

Young Breastfeeding Mother, Contamana, Peru
by Jonathan Templing, Flickr

Cambodian mother and her son, Cambodia
by Pascal Deloche

Warao Indian mother breastfeeding her baby
Venezuela, delta of Orinoco River, Manamo River
By Hemis.fr

A woman breastfeeds her baby during
Breastfeeding Week celebrations in Lima August 26, 2008

Woman breastfeeding her child, Vietnam
Axiom Photographic Limited

Red Dzao mother breastfeeding her child in Sapa, Vietnam
by Martien Van Asseldonk, Flickr

First born, a mother's love, by John Spies.
In a remote Black Lahu village
on the Thai-Burmese border.

Lisu tribe mother breastfeeding baby
Thailand, by Hale World Photography

Indonesian Mother Breastfeeding
by UNICEF

Young woman nursing baby, Yuanyang, China
by Yann Layma

Yi minority mother nursing her baby while herding cattle,
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Szechwan Province, China
Tao Images

Mother Nursing Infant
by Dan Heller
http://www.danheller.com

Vietnamese Mother Breastfeeding her Newborn
By Newborns Vietnam, Flickr

Nursing Mothers, by Luis Liwanag, Flickr

Mother breast feeding newborn
by Diane Macdonald

Israeli Mother Breast Feeding Her Baby
by Paul Schutzer

Mother Breastfeeding
by Alexander Tundakov, Flickr

Mother Breastfeeding
By Natalie Dauer
http://natalydauer.livejournal.com/

Mother breastfeeding child
by Konstantin Sutyagin

Nursing Mother in Brazil
by Karen Kasmauski

Mother breastfeeding baby
by Stephen Simpson

Breastfeeding Portrait,
by Alisha Stamper Photography,
www.alishastamper.com

Mother breastfeeding, by The Parent Vortex

Mother breast-feeding baby boy (3-6 months)
by Charles Gullung

UNICEF celebrates Global Breastfeeding Week

Mother Breastfeeding
by Daria Chernova, Flickr

Nursing at the beach, Ca' di Valle, Veneto, Italy
by Gerald Fischer-Bernsteiner, September 15, 2008

Mayim Bialik breastfeeding her son Fred
on the New York City subway.

The girl was born by caesarean section.
As the mother recovers, the father puts on his chest. Sucking is a reflex.
By JOSEP LLUÍS Sellart

A new mother supplements her milk supply with a co-feeder that allows the infant
to suck from a tiny tube while simultaneously sucking from her breast
by Michelle Del Guercio

Maori Mother Breastfeeding, New Zealand

Breast Feeding, parents with their new born baby
by Evening Standard

Mothers participate in a demonstration in front of a clothing
store in a shopping mall in Montreal, Canada. A mother had been thrown out
of a shop earlier in the month for breast feeding her child.

Sarah Zuercher of Silver Spring feeds her son at a nurse-in at Hirshhorn

Flashmob. Hundreds of mothers and their infants descend on The Grand Staircase
at The Trafford Centre in Manchester for National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2011

Mothers in Brighton who staged a breastfeeding
flashmob demonstration in the city centre

Mothers participate in a demonstration in front of a clothing store
in a shopping mall in Montreal January 19, 2011.

Mothers breastfeed their babies
by Dani Cardona, Reuters

Mothers in Brighton breastfed their babies in public
as part of a flashmob in protest against Target stores, 2012.

Taiwanese Mothers Nursing

Mothers promote breastfeeding in Manila in 2006
by Jay Directo

Gurney Plaza, January 16, 2012, by Penang Mother to Mother Peer Support

Picture taken during “1-minute Simultaneous Breastfeeding” WBW 2011
by Straits Quay, Penang

Parents in Bridgend taking part in fundraising walk for Breastfeeding Awareness Week, by Wales Online

Flashmob! Hundreds of mothers and their infants descend on The Grand Staircase at
The Trafford Centre in Manchester for National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2011

Facebook's Misogyny Needs to End Now

2011-11-24T13:42:00.000-08:00

Facebook censorship of breastfeeding photos has been a long standing issue with hundreds of photo's being removed over the years Facebook has been active, along with entire pages and profiles removed, many had thousands of followers. The site 'Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding is not Obscene' has been created to document many of the photos removed, though this is said to be a fraction of what may have been removed over the years.

Beautiful Breastfeedings Facebook page has recently come under fire from FB censors, who warned that the breastfeeding photos used on the page were "sexually inappropriate". Eight photos were removed and the page administrator banned for a short period of time. Facebook censors warned that if any more photos were reported, the page would be removed.

Like the Beautiful Breastfeeding blog here, the FB page is filled with hundreds of beautiful photos and artworks of breastfeeding women and animals from around the world. Below are the photos removed.

These photos are not 'sexually inappropriate', these women are feeding their children, not performing a sexual act, or provoking sex. Lets remember too that breastfeeding is the most important evolutionary purpose of breasts, and standards for dress are different all around the world. Facebook argues that these photos are classed as 'nudity'. Why then are mens chests not classified as nudity, why are women singled out, particularly when women need to use their breasts so often to breastfeed their children? Logically womens breasts should remain bare, free to feed children as often as required. And in many countries they are, as evidenced in the above photos. So why not us here in Western countries?

In Western societies breasts have become a sexual icon, womens breasts have been 'fetishized', prompting women to cover their breasts so they don't appear sexually provocative. Is this fair? Shall we expect all women to cover their feet as well so we don't get potential foot fetishists all hot and bothered? No we don't cater to foot fetishists. So should we cater to breast fetishists? Many of our men have been taught that it's OK to oggle at breasts, it's OK to plaster pictures of breasts on their walls, they've been taught that objectifying breasts to the point of obsession is OK. This breast obsessed culture has been hundreds, if not thousands of years in the making. But it's not OK.

Let's get one thing clear, this is not about prudishness, this is about respect and fairness. All of us, men and women, need to respect a womans body, it's not fair to make a woman feel objectified, judged or embarrassed of an essential body part that she may one day use as a necessary tool to feed her child. The price of sexualizing breasts has been the inhibition to breastfeed. As a society our priorities are revealed by the fact we have put sexual gratification above the needs of women to breastfeed their children. We are content to perpetuate a breast obsession, while women feel too inhibited to breastfeed and children go without breastmilk.

No, this is NOT OK. The only way it will end is when we, both men and women, stand up and refuse to participate in the objectification of womens breasts; when we create nudity laws that treat men and women equally; when we as a society respect and embrace the necessity of breastfeeding.

I'm asking you to join us in changing our society, so we can free women from this objectification. Please share this blog post or write your own on the issue, or send an email to Facebook administrators, telling them their misogyny needs to end now. Tell them breastfeeding is not 'sexually provocative', tell them bare breasts are not 'nudity' just as a mans chest is not classed as 'nudity' either.

One of our goals is to change Facebook policy, to allow all breastfeeding photos to be exempt from removal for reasons of being 'sexually inappropriate' or 'nudity'. So please join us in bombarding FB administrators with your disapproval of current FB policy that discriminates against breastfeeding women.

Mark Zuckerbergs official FB profile where you can send him a private message (he is the founder and chief executive at FB):
http://www.facebook.com/zuck

Chris Cox's FB profile where you can send him a private message (he is the vice president of product at FB):
http://www.facebook.com/chris.cox

Facebooks official FB HQ page where you can comment:
http://www.facebook.com/facebookhq?sk=wall&filter=2

You can also sign the petition to exempt non-sexual breastfeeding images on Facebook from removal for nudity:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protect-breastfeeding-on-fb/
(You can also sign the petition using the widget in the sidebar on the left of this page)

And another petition to stop removing breastfeeding support pages and pictures:
http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-facebook-to-stop-removing-breastfeeding-support-pages-and-pictures

Animals Breastfeeding

2011-11-18T18:38:00.000-08:00

All mammals breastfeed! Seeing other species breastfeed shows us just how rooted in nature we are, and we really aren't so different. This is an ever growing collection of animals breastfeeding...

Infant Vervet Monkey Nursing
Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa
by James Hager

Two adult squirrel monkeys, one with a nursing baby, in a tree.
Battersea Park Childrens' Zoo, London, England.
By NICOLE DUPLAIX

A family unit of tocque or red-faced macaques suckling infants.
Dambulla Buddhist Cave Temple, Sri Lanka.
By JASON EDWARDS, National Geographic Stock

A tocque or red-faced macaque suckles her
infant in a Bhuddist temple. Dambulla Buddhist
Cave Temple, Sri Lanka. By JASON EDWARDS,
National Geographic Stock

Monkey Mother Nursing
by fesign, Flickr

Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) female nursing young.
Their range is semi-arid plains and rocky hills in Ethiopia,
Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
By MICHAEL DURHAM, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Monkey breastfeeding, Swayambunath, Monkey Temple
By hellly - b, Flickr

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) mother with
nursing infant in the town of Bharatpur, Rajasthan,
India. By PETE OXFORD, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

These small monkey family was captured at the top of the Mihinthale rock,
Anuradhapura, Sri lanka. By Shamika Weerasinghe

Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) adult female nursing young, endangered,
Pandrillus Drill Sanctuary in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
By CYRIL RUOSO, JH EDITORIAL, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Hanuman or Grey or Common Langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
mother nursing her twins in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India.
By CYRIL RUOSO, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Hanuman Langur (Presbytis entellus) nursing baby
cradled by mother, Ranthambhore National Park,
Rajasthan, India. By PETE OXFORD,
MINDEN PICTURES, National Geographic Stock

Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) mother nursing young, Japan.
By MICHIO HOSHINO, MINDEN PICTURES, National Geographic Stock

Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) nursing young in hot spring
Jigokudani, Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, Japan.
By Stephen Belcher

Mother Japanese macaque (snow monkey)nursing baby in snow.
Honshu Island, Japan. By ROY TOFT, National Geographic Stock

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) baby nursing
Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia
By Stephen Belcher

A western lowland gorilla mother breastfeeding her infant.
Mondika, Democratic Republic of the Congo. By IAN NICHOLS,
National Geographic Stock

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) mother with twins
Madagascar, by Cyril Ruoso

Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) nursing young
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
By JIM BRANDENBURG, MINDEN PICTURES
National Geographic Stock

A mother beaver stands on her hind legs to nurse her newborn kit.
Orem, Utah, United States. By BARTLETT, DES & JEN,
National Geographic Stock

Alaskan sea otter pup nursing while resting on mothers stomach
by Tom & Pat Leeson

A herbivorous viscacha nurses her baby.
Atacama Desert, Chile. By JOEL SARTORE,
National Geographic Stock

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) mother nursing two babies
Pantanal, Brazil. By KONRAD WOTHE, MINDEN PICTURES
National Geographic Stock

Squirrel nursing. By Jeff's Shutter Habit, Flickr

These are the world's first set of twin koalas,
born in April 2007, in the south Chinese province of Guangdong.
The identical baby animals, which weighed just 220 grams each
and measurde only 10 centimetres in length, were carefully
looked after by their mother Tao Tao in the Xiangjiang Wildlife Park.
By Wenn Photography

A twelve-pound baby kangaroo suckles from his mother's pouch.
Australia. By STANLEY BREEDEN, National Geographic Stock

It's a wee doggy nursing red panda babies!
Taiyuan Zoo in northern China's Shanxi province
LA Times

Wild Gray Wolf mother and pups (about 6 months old)
Yellowstone National Park, by Tom & Pat Leeson

An arctic wolf nurses her young.
Ellesmere Island, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada.
By JIM BRANDENBURG, National Geographic Stock

Female black-backed jackal nursing pups
by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

Bat-Eared Fox litter, nursing
by Rich Miller

Aoudad Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) also known as
Barbary Sheep, mother with nursing kid, vulnerable
native to north Africa. ZSSD, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) mother nursing her kid,
Rocky Mountains, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
By SUMIO HARADA, MINDEN PICTURES, National Geographic Stock

Nursing goat kid. Sanaa , Thawra , YEMEN.
By EBRAHIM ALSHARIF, National Geographic Stock

Impala mother nursing young, Aepyceros melampus,
Okavango Delta, Botswana. By FRANS LANTING,
National Geographic Stock

A female Grant's gazelle nursing her baby in a field.
Samburu National Park, Kenya.
By ROY TOFT, National Geographic Stock

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus) mother with nursing calf
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, by Mitsuaki Iwago

Mangalitsa or curly-hair piglets nursing.
Mozsgo-Szolohegy, Hungary.
By JOE PETERSBURGER, National Geographic Stock

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) piglets nursing, Europe
by Dick Dobbenberg

A mother warthog nursing her litter of piglets.
Mombo, Okavango Delta, Botswana.
By BEVERLY JOUBERT, National Geographic Stock

A female wood buffalo nurses her calf.
Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada.
By PAUL NICKLEN, National Geographic Stock

Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) mothers and calves resting together
with one calf nursing, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
By YVA MOMATIUK & JOHN EASTCOTT, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) calf nursing, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
By YVA MOMATIUK & JOHN EASTCOTT, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) nursing her young, Deception Valley,
Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
By VINCENT GRAFHORST, MINDEN PICTURES, National Geographic Stock

Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
two newborns nursing, one from different mother
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya. By YVA MOMATIUK
& JOHN EASTCOTT, MINDEN PICTURES,
National Geographic Stock

African Lion (Panthera leo) mother and young cubs, approx 8 weeks old,
nursing, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
By SUZI ESZTERHAS, MINDEN PICTURES, National Geographic Stock

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) two six to eight week old cubs, one nursing
Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya.
By Suzi Eszterhas

Eurasian lynx nursing young
by Wegner / ARCO

A mountain lion, Felis concolor, nurses her eight-week-old kittens.
Sawtooth Valley, White Cloud Mountains, Idaho.
By JIM AND JAMIE DUTCHER

Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) mother nursing cub
native to South America, by Eric Baccega

Grizzly bear nursing
Hallo Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska
from grizzlybay.org

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) trio of three month old cubs nursing on mother
Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada. By MATTHIAS BREITER

Mother polar bear and her triplets. One cub tries to nurse.
Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada. By NORBERT ROSING,
National Geographic Stock

A group of female belugas and their young are stranded by low tide.
Cunningham Inlet, Somerset Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
By FLIP NICKLIN, National Geographic Stock

A manatee mother and her nursing calf. Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River,
Florida, USA. By MAURICIO HANDLER, National Geographic Stock

A baby harp seal nurses. The pup can gain about a pound every 5 hours.
Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. By BRIAN J. SKERRY, National Geographic Stock

Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) mother and nursing calf
in an aquarium, Japan, by HIROYA MINAKUCHI

Breastfeeding Sculpture

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Breastfeeding has been admired and revered since the dawn of its existence. This is a collection of breastfeeding sculpture throughout the ages...

Modern Breastfeeding Art

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This is an ever growing collection of modern breastfeeding artworks...

The Wet Nurse
by Mattia Pretti, 1630 - 1699

Mother-and-Child
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796 - 1875)

Portrait of Comtesse d’Herbouville and Her Children
Gabriel Lemonnier, 1804-1806

The Satisfaction of Marriage
by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau, 1758-1823

The-Breastfeeding-Mother
by Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837)

First Born
by Gustave Leonard de Jonghe, 1863

Study for 'The Presbyterian Catechism'
by John Phillip (1817-67)

Young Mother Nursing Her Infant
by Emile Levy, 1826-1890

A Young Woman Nursing a Baby
by Jacob Maris, 1868

Mother and Child
by Enoch Wood Perry Jr, 1831 – 1915

The Wet Nurse
by Alfred Philippe Roll (1846 – 1919)

Coptic Mother and Child
by Frederick Goodall, 1875

The Flower Girl, 1900
by James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923)

Mother and Child, 1894
by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)

Young Mother
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1898

The Wetnurse Agency
by Jose Frappa (1854-1904)

New Earth
by Elanor Colburn (1866 - 1939)

Motherhood
by Elin Danielson Gambogi (1861 – 1919, Finnish)

Madonna of the Fields
by Gari Melchers, 1895

Mother and child
by Denis Maurice, 1895

Maternity with the White Gown (Jean-Paul)
by Denis Maurice 1895

,Macierzyństwo, 1902
by Stanisław Wyspiański

Woman with Child 1906
by Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907)

Nursing Mother 1902
by Paula Modersohn-Becker

The Offering
by Paul Gauguin, 1902

Maternity
by Pablo Picasso, 1905

Macierzyństwo, 1905
by Stanisław Wyspiański

Mother and Child 1905-1908
by Julius Gari Melchers (1860-1932, American)

Mother nursing, Lilla Cabot Perry, 1906

Louise Breastfeeding Her Child
by Mary Cassatt

Mother Rose Nursing her Child
by Mary Cassatt

Baby John Being Nursed
by Mary Cassatt, 1910

Nurse with child
by Zinaida Serebryakova, 1912

Maternité
by Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934)

Mother and Child
by Christian Krohg (1852 – 1925, Norwegian)

Mother and Child
by Henri Lebasque (1865–1937)

The Green Sofa
by Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944)

Maternité, 1908
by Giovanni Giacometti (1868-1933)

Motherhood or Madame Lebasque and Her Children (1905)
by Giovanni Giacometti (1868-1933)

Mother and Child in the Flowers, 1879
by Camille Pissarro (1831-1903)

Las Cigarreras
by Gonzalo Bilbao, 1915

Macierzyństwo
by Gino Severini, 1916

Nursing Mother
by Stephanie Gruenwald, 1917

Petrogradskaia Madonna
by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1918

Motherhood
by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1925

Nursing Mother
by Gustáv Mallý, 1923

Maternity (1927)
by André Louis Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934)

My Nurse and I, 1937
by Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954)

Maternité
by Henri Matisse, 1939

Angelina and the child Diego
by Diego Rivera, (1886 - 1957)

Nursing Mother
by Pola Gauguin (1883 - 1961)

Breastfeeding
by Tamara de Lempicka, 1898 - 1980
http://www.tamara-de-lempicka.org/

Breastfeeding
by Deschamp 1987

Mother Nursing Her Child
by Kalman Aron
http://kalmanaron.com/

Motherhood
by Friedrich Franz Klein (1898 - 1990)

Mother & Child
by Phillip Smeeton
http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/159652

Mother and Child
by Brian Kershisnik, 2001

Madonna & Child with the Infant John the Baptist
by Brian Kershisnik, 2003

Mother and Child with Sparrows
by Brian Kershisnik, 2000

Little Father
by Brian Kershisnik, 2002

Mother and baby
by Melanie Banayat
http://www.miligirl.com/

Quiet Time
by Melanie Banayat
http://www.miligirl.com/

Savoring Life
by Melanie Banayat
http://www.miligirl.com/

Breakfast in Bed
by Samantha Webber
http://samanthaweber.com

Jess Nursing
by Samantha Webber
http://samanthaweber.com

Kristie Nursing
by Samantha Webber
http://samanthaweber.com

Leonore
by Samantha Webber
http://samanthaweber.com

Mel Nursing
by Samantha Webber
http://samanthaweber.com

Mother and Child Painting
by Quin Sweetman
http://www.facebook.com/QuinSweetmanFineArt

Mother and Child I
by Terry Frank

Mother and Child II
by Terry Frank

Lena at the Breast
by Terry Frank

Got Breasts
by Jeff Barrett

Gladys & Elisabeth, by Kate Hansen
www.katehansenart.com

Krista & Colum, by Kate Hansen
www.katehansenart.com

Nurturing Painting
by Harvie Brown
http://www.harviebrown.com/

Madonna and Child
by Harvie Brown
http://www.harviebrown.com/

Charity
by Stephen Cefalo
http://stephencefalo.com

Moeder in Kind
by Laura Van Den Hengel (1997)

Nursing Ridley — Gravid series
by Jennifer Linton
http://www.jenniferlinton.ca/

Nursing Mother
by Loretta Jenkins

Samsara, by Petrus Boots
http://www.petrusboots.com/

Nursing, by Alex Grey
http://www.alexgrey.com/

Gaia, by Patricia A. Schwimmer, 1994
http://patriciaschwimmer.com/