A yoga enthusiast breastfeeds her baby and bleeds freely while doing yoga and she shares the photos with her followers on Instagram.
Carlee Beanear is not your average mum. The mother who lives in Texas with her three kids, aged 6, 4, and 18 months, is a full-time earth mother. Carlee started doing yoga after suffering post-natal depression when her first child was born. She decided to try something new when her second baby was born in the hope it would help with her mental health.
She has now improved so well that her snaps on Instagram show her doing handstands, showing off flexibility and defying gravity while breastfeeding her youngest child at the same time. She says it’s less about making a statement, and more about doing something natural and necessary, while giving herself some me-time in the process.
“As far as breastfeeding yoga goes, anyone who has breastfed knows that it is a 24/7 dedication,” Carlee tells Metro.co.uk. “I believe as parents it is our duty to make that time for our self because we can not pour from an empty cup. Breastfeeding yoga has helped me combat postpartum depression and has made my breastfeeding journey free of any bumps in the road, such as mastitis, worry of lacking in supply, getting over those first few weeks of tenderness, let down control and the stresses of being needed around the clock – to name a few.
Recently, Carlee went as far as sharing a photo that people found a lot more controversial than feeding her children while doing yoga. She posted a picture of herself free bleeding with her children hugging her leg making it appear that she was bleeding on the kids’ heads. A lot of people said it was “unhygienic” and criticized her for it. But there were those who praised her for destigmatising periods. The photo was later removed by Instagram after a number of people reported it.
