These photographs send out a powerful message.
World Breastfeeding Week is August 1 to 7, 2018.
The international campaign was started in 2016 to protect, promote and support breastfeeding globally with a larger aim to reduce malnutrition-related deaths and end poverty.
While breastfeeding continues to a personal choice, the World Health Organisation encourages young mothers to feed infants for at least up to six months to a maximum of two years or more.
Here are some inspiring moments when women did not let their careers come in the way of their role as a mother.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Gisele Bundchen
This picture, she said, is a 'shout out to all the working moms.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Padmalakshmi/Instagram
While some said she should have covered up, other women supported her on Twitter and thanked her for doing the right thing.Photograph: Kind courtesy Victoria Donda/Twitter
The mother of two returned to work within two months of delivering her daughter.
She'd posted the photograph on Twitter and wrote: 'So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament. Photograph: Kind courtesy Larissa Waters/Twitter
Cheers to all those supermoms for not letting social norms dictate the way. Thank you for inspiring everyone to not be afraid, shameful or embarrased to feed your child in public.
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