Mom Opens Up About Breastfeeding Struggles With A Viral Photo Of Her Twins

 Elaina Bellis was having great difficulty building a milk supply for her twin girls with partner James Branaman — Quincy and Rowe — despite trying different methods to fix the problem. (This affects up to 5 percent of women in the Western world, according to experts.)

The brave Mum decided to share her breastfeeding struggle with her 20,000-plus Instagram followers — and the response has been overwhelming, receiving 6,377 likes and 766 comments. It looks like a LOT of parents have been able to relate to Elaina.

Her text reads:

Breastfeeding: I tried everything in my power to build a supply for my girls. Pumping, lactation consultants, mothers milk tea/vitamins, formula wired to my nipples, up all hours of the night and having emotional breakdowns not understanding why my body couldn't build up any milk over the last month. Due to the way my birth went and excess of fluids in my body and trauma, my breasts aren't able to supply even enough milk for one baby. I never thought I would have problems breastfeeding and realize now I did the absolute best I could do. I wanted to thank my friends who have supplied my girls with their milk @kikialamode and @kacej. I'm so lucky to have friends like you!!! I also feel like people don't talk about how hard breastfeeding can be and if you can BF you're incredibly lucky. I pump all day to be able to provide my girls with one ounce of my milk, and I've excepted that's the best I can do. All I can give them is my love and that's most important.

We think Elaina is incredibly brave for sharing her story and she's probably reached out to more struggling Mothers than she actually realises.