Mum-of-two Kaya Wright was shocked when a picture of her breastfeeding her son was removed by Facebook - from a group about breastfeeding
Dozens of mums have taken to Facebook to post their breastfeeding selfies, after one mother’s photo was reported for nudity violations.
Mum-of-two Kaya Wright, 32, posted a picture of her nursing her 16-month-old son Kayden in the bath on a closed breastfeeding group on the social network.
But the 32-year-old said that she received a notification from Facebook saying that they were ‘reviewing’ the image she shared with Liverpool Community BAMBIS.
It comes just days after breastfeeding mothers were outraged after being banned from feeding their children - at a breastfeeding conference.
Kaya, who works as a nurse, told the Liverpool Echo: “At first I thought it was a joke. Facebook said the image had been reported for nudity but you really couldn’t see anything. Then I was a bit disappointed at the thought that someone in the group had reported the image.
“It’s a breastfeeding group, so what do you expect? Some of my friends thought that maybe it had been reported by mistake.”
But after Kaya told the group what had happened, dozens of other mums started to post their breastfeeding selfies in solidarity.
Kaya who also has an older son Daniel, five, added: “I tried to breastfeed Daniel but it didn’t work out. But it was completely different with Kayden.
“Breastfeeding is amazing, everyone should try it. But in this country I’ve noticed there is a different attitude to breastfeeding. Ever since Kayden was born, people have kept asking me when are you going to bottle feed. Breastfeeding is hard and it’s made ever harder by other people’s perceptions. I think breastfeeding should be taught in schools to raise more awareness.
“In the Western world breasts are sexualised, you see celebrities with their boobs out so people associate them with sex. But people need to remember that first and foremost breasts are for feeding babies.”
Later, Facebook contacted Kaya to say they would not be removing the picture as it did not violate their rules on nudity.
