Choosing to breastfeed is a personal choice–and there is no shame in choosing to nurse or not choosing to nurse. For one mom in Florida, who is also a photographer, the choice was especially complicated and nuanced–which is why she has photographed different women breastfeeding–including herself.
Recently, Yaky Di Roma, the Venezuelan photographer behind Di Roma Photography, took photos of herself breastfeeding her 3-year-old son Hans. In one pictures, she was dressed as Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty,” and in other, she wore a white dress with a flower crown.
Her Maleficent photo isn’t just a reference to the Disney film, but is symbolic, because of why she continues to breastfeed her toddler son. Hans has autism, which has made it hard for him to wean. Because of this, she has been told that she is doing wrong by her son.
She told The Huffington Post this:
″Of course I want to do whatever I can to help him. I just want to be a good mom and in the end, that’s what moms want to do, right? Be good moms to their little ones.”
