Teresa Palmer reveals she has been breastfeeding for SEVEN YEARS straight as she prepares to welcome her fourth child in a matter of weeks
Teresa Palmer is counting down the weeks until she gives birth to her fourth child.
The 35-year-old revealed that she has been breastfeeding her children for seven years and shared photos of herself nursing her children.
‘Today is day 2728 of breastfeeding straight,’ she began in the lengthy caption of Instagram post on Wednesday.
Motherhood: Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer (pictured) revealed she has been breastfeeding for seven years straight in an Instagram post on Wednesday, as she prepares to welcome her fourth child in a matter of weeks
The actress explained that she began breastfeeding since her first son was born in 2014 and continued to ‘tandem nursing’ each of her children as infants and through their toddler years.
She added that she is still nursing her two-year-old daughter Poet and ‘will jump in to my third tandem nursing experience in a matter of weeks.’
‘Some days it’s a lot, I’m utterly exhausted and just want my body back, other days I sit in a place of deep gratitude as I cherish and honour this experience with my babes,’ she wrote.
‘Today is day 2728 of breastfeeding straight’: She explained that she has breastfeed each of her children back to back, or ‘tandem nursed’, each of her children as infants and through their toddler years, and is will do the same with her daughter Poet and soon-to-be born child
‘Some days it’s a lot’: Teresa wrote, ‘I’m utterly exhausted and just want my body back, other days I sit in a place of deep gratitude as I cherish and honour this experience with my babes’
The Ride Like A Girl star acknowledged that she’s been ‘privileged enough to have the choice to breastfeed’ as some women struggle with it.
‘Women should be celebrated for however they feed their babies, free from judgement,’ she said.
Teresa wrote that she experienced backlash from the public about choice to breastfeed her children and hopes other women have the opportunity to try nursing without judgement.
‘It’s incredible to think that these debates and harmful conversations are STILL going on. Let’s hope we are moving towards change in this area,’ she added.
Bumping along nicely: The Warm Bodies star is currently 37 weeks pregnant and shares three children with her husband Mark Webber (pictured). They will welcomed their fourth child in August
The Warm Bodies star is currently 37 weeks pregnant and shares three children with her husband Mark Webber – sons Bodhi Rain, seven, Forest Sage, four, and daughter Poet Lake, one.
Mark is also father to older son Isaac Love, 13, who he shares with ex Frankie Shaw.
Teresa arrived in Sydney with her family in mid-June after a long-haul flight from the US, before they were whisked away into quarantine.
The actress is set to give birth to her fourth child in August with her husband Mark and their family by her side.
Family: They are parents to sons Bodhi Rain, seven, Forest Sage, four, and daughter Poet Lake, one. Mark is also father to older son Isaac Love, 13, who he shares with ex Frankie Shaw (pictured)