by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting

During Breastfeeding Awareness Month in August, some moms, including me, feel left out. Although she is a breastfeeding mom to four, Australia-based photographer Gina Bryer has many friends who cannot breastfeed. That is how she and her friend Steph came up with the idea to put together a "Fed Is Best" photo shoot that supports all moms, no matter what choice they make around feeding their babies.
"We hoped that this could reach even a few mums who have put themselves down for not being able to breastfeed, and let them know that a happy and healthy baby is [worth] so much more than putting ourselves into a state of depression," Bryer told BabyCenter in an email about the project, which got off the ground when she put out a model call to mamas who bottle-, breast- or tube-fed babies. In the end, seven bottle-feeding moms and three breastfeeding moms participated. "I knew exactly how I wanted to portray these mums: in public. In the center of everyone's eye," she explained.
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