Fans have praised Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh for opening up about her decision to stop breastfeeding her three-month-old daughter Aurelia after suffering with severe mastitis.The condition - which causes inflammation and sometimes infection of breast tissue and can often involve horrendous pain, as well as swelling, warmth and redness of the area - left the reality star 'crying in pain' every time she attempted to feed her newborn.The 32-year-old, who already shares two-year-old daughter Sienna with husband and former co-star Hugo Taylor, shared a selection of photos alongside her daughter to her Instagram account last night, including a snap of her in tears whilst feeding, and another of her holding packs of frozen peas to her chest to aide the pain.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Describing her difficult decision, Millie wrote, "My breastfeeding journey with Aurelia recently came to an end, at first I had mixed feelings about stopping but now a few weeks have passed I know that for us it was the right time. "I really felt the pressure during my first round of mastitis to continue feeding." She thanked her 1.4M Instagram followers or their support of her situation, and acknowledged a supporter that once told her 'It's ok to stop too, it doesn't make you a bad mum', claiming hat she "really needed to hear that".
Millie added, "After mentioning it on social media I was flooded with messages and although there was a lot of support with people sharing different remedies that could help, I really felt the pressure to just keep going even though I was literally crying in pain every time I needed to feed." Since updating her followers on.
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