Olivia Bowen felt like 'complete failure' as she opens up on breastfeeding journey
ok.co.ukFormer Love Island star Olivia Bowen has opened up to fans about her struggle with parenthood as she admitted she felt like a “complete failure” while trying to get to grips with breastfeeding.The 28 year old star welcomed her first child with husband Alex Bowen, 31, in June when she gave birth to a baby boy, Abel Jacob.
However her journey as a new mother hasn’t been without its struggles, as Olivia explained during a recent Instagram post. Alongside an image of the stunning mum feeding her little boy, Olivia herself admitted she had never considered breastfeeding before giving birth. “I never thought I would breastfeed,” she told her 3 million followers. “I think where I felt like I was not a maternal person whatsoever before Abel was born, I had serious doubts it would work for me & I also didn’t even feel comfortable with the thought of it! “I would go as far as to say it freaked me out a bit.” Most of Olivia’s fear stemmed from not knowing what to expect, as she even admitted that she had feared she would be “so rubbish as a Mum” she hadn’t even considered having kids before having Abel.This all changed however, the minute she held her baby boy for the first time, a moment that Olivia herself admitted felt “natural.” She told her followers: “Fast forward to when Abel was born & he first latched in the hospital it couldn’t of felt more natural.The bond & connection I feel with him when feeding I will be forever grateful for.” Two months on from his birth, the doting mum found she was still loving every minute of it, as she told her followers: “ Now 2 months on & still breastfeeding & watching him grow on something my body produced specifically for him is just incredibly rewarding. “I never expected to breastfeed, I.
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