Thank you to all the mothers who have sent in pictures for our gallery!
These images are not posed by professional models. The women included here wanted to share their photos with you to prove that all shapes and sizes can breastfeed and that it's not breastfeeding that causes breast changes - it's pregnancy.
To read more, here's a link to the 'science bit':
The above photo was taken after 6 months of breastfeeding.
The lady above fed two of her children, one for 4 months, the other for 8months+
The mother pictured above fed her first child for 18months and had fed her second
for 4 months when this picture was taken.
^ This mum breastfed all three of her children.
^ 1 year and still breastfeeding
^ this lady has had two children and breastfed for a total of 38 months.
This mother ^ (37) has fed two children for 41 months.
^ After 4 months breastfeeding.
^ This lady has been feeding her LO for 7 months
This mother ^ has fed her two children, the second for over a year.
^ photo taken after 15 months breastfeeding
^ 4 months into breastfeeding
This mum ^ sent in her picture after 19 months of breastfeeding.
Above, a pic from a mum who has breastfed two children for a total of 13 months
^ breasts after 3 years of breastfeeding
^15 months
larger-breasted women CAN breastfeed. ^ F cup @ 6 months
and breasts sized GG ^ after 3 months feeding.
^ After 13 months breastfeeding her 3rd child.
^ this mum has breastfed for a combined total of 51 months.
^ this mother went on to breastfeed for a total of 16 months.
2 children and 36 months of breastfeeding ^
^ Nearly 5 weeks into breastfeeding, this mum wanted to share her pic.
^ this lady feeds her baby successfully from one side only -
but I have no idea which one because they both look the same to me!
This lady has breastfed two children for a total of 20 months.
Lots of breastfeeding mums choose to co-sleep.
Research shows it's quite safe and you're likely to get more sleep than either a bottle-feeding mum or a breastfeeding mum who doesn't co-sleep. More info here.
^ The image we're most used to seeing of breastfeeding - a negative one.
^ This mum struggled with oversupply and latch problems, but 10 months in is still going strong.
^17 months into breastfeeding.
This mum struggled with mastitis yet fed both her children for a combined total of 26 months.
^ this lady had breastfed her first child for 2.5 years when this picture was taken.
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^ this pic was taken 4 weeks into breastfeeding.
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^ 9.5 months into breastfeeding
^ This mother breastfed for two years.
This ^ lady wanted to prove to others that it IS possible to breastfeed after a breast augmentation.
^ the mum pictured above had breastfed for 3 months when she sent in this photo.
This mother ran a lot prior to pregnancy but says that the only change she experienced was a growth in size.
She has been breastfeeding for two months.
^ the lady above breastfed her first child for 4 months and her second for 13 months+
^ taken after 17 months of breastfeeding
^ this lady breastfed for 4 years.
^ this mum sent in her photograph after she'd breastfed for 4 months.
^ After 10 weeks of breastfeeding.
^ breastfeeding DOES NOT cause saggy breasts. Above, a mother who has breastfed for 67 months.
^ 6 months into breastfeeding.
^ The lady above has breastfed for 9 months now.
^ This mother of three breastfed for a combined total of 15 months.
^ After 4 months breastfeeding
^ this mum has breastfed for 10.5 months
^ the mother above has had 6 children and took this pic 3 months into breastfeeding her newest baby.
^ this mother (50) breastfed for 38 months.
^ this mother is pregnant and already tandem breastfeeding her 3 year old and 18 month old children.
^ this mother had breastfed for 17 months when she sent this photo.
^ this young mum (22) has breastfed for 4 months sofar.
This mother ^ breastfed for 6 months.