A Utah mom is making headlines after she pumped her breast milk while running a half-marathon.
The new mother, named Anna Young, uploaded on Sunday a picture of herself on the Facebook page Occupy Breastfeeding. In the image, Young is seen clad in her sports gear and using a pumping machine. She is currently five months postpartum. She nursed her baby girl at 4:30 in the morning and then left. The race started fifteen minutes before 7:00 am. After reaching the first eight miles she decided to pump, and immediately nursed her daughter again when she finished the half-marathon.
‘Posting this photo was an attempt to thank the breastfeeding community’
So far, her picture has received almost eight thousand likes, and most of the comments are very supportive. Young ran competitively during her high school and college years and decided that becoming a mother would not stop her from doing what she loves.
Instead, she signed up for the marathon to oblige herself to run more, and trained while pushing her baby in her stroller. Originally, Young had planned to stop for a bit and pump on the sidelines.
She did not know there was a photographer present and much less that her picture had been taken. Also, she has stated that nobody noted was she was doing, but a woman who cheered her as she passed by.
Young was surprised when she found herself later that day in the picture that was published alongside her race results.
She then decided to share it to support all those moms who are currently breastfeeding, and to honor all the breastfeeding communities that helped her when her daughter was born, especially Occupy Breastfeeding and La Leche League.
“Posting this photo was an attempt to thank the breastfeeding community and make an effort to help normalize it. Even though I was nervous about pumping during my race, I hope it helps other mothers not to be afraid to nurse their children in public. I want other moms to see that you can still take the time to do the active things you love and nurture your baby. Breastfeeding and Motherhood do not limit what I am capable of; it only enhances it” declared an ecstatic Young to the Huffington Post.
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of getting the flu, pneumonia, diarrhea, developing celiac disease, Crohn’s disease and type I diabetes. Breast milk also reduces the mother’s risk of developing obesity and postmenopausal osteoporosis, as it burns approximately 400 calories per day.
Breastfeeding also releases oxytocin, which helps the mother’s uterus contract, lessening the blood loss that frequently occurs after delivery. It also helps the uterus “shrink” to its pre-baby size.
Source: The Huffington Post
She’d get even more attention if she ran topless.
I did heart surgery while walking my dog
Er, um…
maybe i should jerk off at a full marathon and thank fertility clinics.
tits are used for FOOOODDDD by children. biiigg difference.
dicks are genitals. comparable to a vagina if someone was playing with thier vagina you might have a point. . your schitck is not only sexist its dumb as hell babies eat by sucking on tits. you ever let a baby do that to your dick youll find yourself in a jailhouse quicker than you can say “ifuckedup”
It’s not like her kid was starving. She could have done this before or after the race. It’s just a cry for attention – probably related to postpartum depression or other mental issues – hopefully she gets a grip on it before it has negative effects on her kid.
yada yada yada, its still not the same as whipping out your dick in public.
and the rest of what you said is just presumptuous worthless statement based on nothing but opinion.. shes well enough to run a marathon and pump milk she seem cheerful as hell and isnt fucking with or talking down about others. so shes good in my book. im more concerned about the mental state of people who are bothered/obsessed by the fact that she can pump breast milk and run at the same time?u jelly? i bet you could even run a a marathon in peak shape. let alone why pumping milk/
if you think that shes just doing it for attention why are you giving her so much of it. logic. your statements make none. you seem like a bitter tool. im sorry.
Every once in a while one of these stories hits the news. I think last was on a plane. Chicks with class say she could do this before or after the event (last was a 3-hr plane trip). Next we’ll see some loose brained ditz running while breast feeding.
Hey everybody, please look at me!