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Vanessa Matsunaga shares struggle with breastfeeding her kids

By Aedrianne Acar
Published May 9, 2020 11:38 AM PHT

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Vanessa Matsunaga reveals she only had "4 months break from breastfeeding" since 2016.

Model Vanessa Matsunaga shares her thoughts about breastfeeding her kids in a recent Instagram post.

The sister of model-actor Daniel Matsunaga said that there were moments when she wanted to give up breastfeeding for so many reasons.

Vanessa said she only had four months break from breastfeeding her firstborn Isabella and her youngest child David.

She has two kids with her husband Jun Sunga. Vanessa gave birth to Isabella in 2016, while her baby boy David was born on October 18, 2018.

She wrote about her breastfeeding journey, "I recently celebrated 1 year and 6 months of exclusively breastfeeding my baby.

"Oh boy! That means 82 weeks or 566 days and counting.

"I have to say that few things in life make me this proud of myself.

"Proud because at first, I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it, thought of giving up many times, fought all the discomfort and sometimes pain, put up with being undressed in public and with the occasional bites.

"I started my breastfeeding journey in March, 2016 , breastfed my first born for 2 years and 3 months, 4 of those months I was already pregnant, and only had 4 months break from breastfeeding in the last 4 years."

The celebrity mom added that she is extremely proud of her decision to do it for her babies.

"I am proud of my journey, determination and love beyond measure for my kids.

"Forgive me for being blunt about it but I'm so happy that I'm doing a little happy dance while writing right now lol!"

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I recently celebrated 1 year and 6 months of exclusively breastfeeding my baby. Oh boy! That means 82 weeks or 566 days and counting. I have to say that few things in life make me this proud of myself. Proud because at first, I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it, thought of giving up many times, fought all the discomfort and sometimes pain, put up with being undressed in public and with the occasional bites. I started my breastfeeding journey in March, 2016 , breasfed my first born for 2 years and 3 months, 4 of those months I was already pregnant, and only had 4 months break from breastfeeding in the last 4 years. I am proud of my journey, determination and love beyond measure for my kids. Forgive me for being blunt about it but I'm so happy that I'm doing a little happy dance while writing right now lol! Motherhood is a crazy ride and we can't do it alone, so on a more serious note, I recently found this free app called Moms Up, that you might find helpful. it offers conception, pregnancy, and parenting resources. Thank you for being here for me and know that I am here for you as well 🤍 . . . @jun_sunga @cordlifephilippines @louisanthonyduran

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