Laura Henshaw has hit back after facing backlash for filming an episode of her podcast while breastfeeding her newborn son.
The 32-year-old entrepreneur recently hosted the latest episode of KICPOD in her studio, while breastfeeding her four-month-old son Atlas.
In the clip, Laura discussed the challenging reality of parenting a baby boy as she tenderly cradled her newborn, telling listeners: ‘We haven’t always got it right. There have been weeks where I have said I need more help.’
The footage was shared to social media and quickly drew criticism from some followers, who claimed it was inappropriate to breastfeed a baby while on camera.
‘Imagine a guy did this. Because he was in a rush, he just had to film a podcast with his p***s out. ‘I know this is brave and stunning and all,’ one person sniped.
‘I have also been around children, they don’t need to be fed 24/7. Is it possible that you could feed your baby and then do a podcast five minutes later? And keep your t***ies in. Or do you just have to be brave and show everybody?’
Laura Henshaw has hit back after facing backlash for filming an episode of her podcast while breastfeeding her newborn son
However, Laura was having none of it and quickly shared an update to her Instagram Stories, clapping back at the hurtful comments.
‘I’m not “brave”, I’m just doing my best and feeding my child. I’m learning so many things in our world are not really designed for mothers,’ Laura sniped.
‘I’m too tired to go into why these comments on a video of my breastfeeding is so so very wrong.’
Many of Laura’s celebrity followers took to the comments section to offer her their words of support.
‘I wanted to share that I went to reply to some of the misogyny here and then I remembered: We don’t need to reply to men in comments who are sexualising a woman who is feeding her child,’ wrote British women’s rights activist Gina Martin.
‘Love that you are normalising breastfeeding, be proud!’ another person added.
In December, Laura and her partner Dalton welcomed their first child.
The KIC founder took to Instagram to reveal that she had given birth to a baby boy with her partner by her side.
The 32-year-old entrepreneur recently hosted the latest episode of KICPOD in her studio, while breastfeeding her four-month-old son Atlas
The footage was shared to social media and quickly drew criticism from some followers, who claimed it was inappropriate to breastfeed a baby while on camera. However, Laura was having none of it and quickly shared an update to her Instagram Stories in which she clapped back
‘Our whole world, baby Atlas,’ she captioned the post, which showed the new parents beaming from ear to ear with their new bundle of joy.
Laura held her newborn, who wore a sweet blue knitted hat, tightly in her arms as she lay in a hospital bed, with her husband of four years wrapping his arm around her.
Laura made headlines last year after she revealed she had booked herself in for an elective caesarean.
The Keep It Cleaner founder shared her birthing plan on her KICPOD podcast in October alongside her co-host Steph Claire Smith.
In the episode, she talked listeners through the various reasons she had decided to undergo a caesarean instead of a natural birth.
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