Ask 100 mothers about breastfeeding and you're bound to get all different results.
While some love it — The Big Bang Theory alum, Mayim Bialik, nursed her son until he was four — others let out a groan at the thought.
That's because breastfeeding can cause pain, mental stress, and so much more.
Here, 10+ celeb mothers get real about nursing.
The Laguna Beach alum was dunzo with breastfeeding, so much so that she once said that she "was a slave to breastfeeding."
There was even one particular incident that would leave anyone with an emotional scar.
This led to her now-ex having to unclog them...
"Jay had to get them out for me. Sucking harder than he's ever sucked before." Suffice to say, she soon turned to goat milk.
As a mother of four kids, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star dealt with sibling jealousy over breastfeeding.
"When I was breastfeeding [Saint], [North] was so jealous that I had to get a little milk box and put it in the other bra with a straw so she would drink and she would drink," Kim said told Ellen DeGeneres.
In 2019, the comedian opened up about her decision to stop breastfeeding her son, Gene, after a month.
"He didn’t latch and I just didn’t feel that push to make that happen. Then I pumped for like the first month. Then I was like, ‘Not for me’…. This is not for me and I didn’t want to do it."
The Lizzie McGuire star gave birth to Banks, the baby girl she had with husband, Matthew Koma, in 2018.
Six months after, she shared that she had given up breastfeeding due to it impacting her mentally.
"Pumping at work sucks. I had zero downtime and am usually pumping in a hair and makeup trailer while four hands work to get me ready for the next scene with lots of other people around."
The star found it difficult to manage breastfeeding her son, Hayes, and her billion-dollar Honest company.
“I felt like he wanted to nurse 24/7, which was obviously really challenging when you’re trying to go back to work,” she told Motherly.
Since she travels a lot for work, she dealt with people shaming her for breastfeeding in public.
"It took us a little back because people actually looked at us in a shameful [way], and we were like, ‘Oh my God,’ because it’s so not a sexual act," she told Vanity Fair.
When she was unable to produce enough milk for her son, Titan, the former Destiny's Child star got really down on herself. That's because her heart was set on breastfeeding.
She told Parents magazine that stressing over this only made things worse.
The reality star was heartbroken over ending breastfeeding her daughter, True.
"It was really hard for me to stop (emotionally) but it wasn’t working for my body," she wrote on Twitter. She shared that she tried everything to make it work.
"I fought and fought to try and continue but then when I actually stopped, I didn’t realize what a relief it was for me to not stress and worry anymore."
The comedian has long been outspoken about the difficulties of breastfeeding.
"Breastfeeding is brutal," she shared in her Netflix Special, Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife. "It is chronic physical torture," she said, adding that it wasn't a bonding experience like she thought.
The mom of two won't ever forget the experience of breastfeeding her first son.
"I had a very hard time breastfeeding and getting good amounts of quality fatty milk," she told Yahoo. "For whatever reason, it was just harder for me."
The actress dealt with "callused nipples" at the hands of breastfeeding. Ouch!
She shared on her website that she was in pain for eight weeks over her son, Aden, not latching properly. A short milk supply also left her mentally drained.
While she eventually got the hang of it, the first five days of nursing her daughter was a physical toll.
“It was a searing pain and I couldn’t get a good latch,” she explained while on Dr. Berlin's Informed Pregnancy Podcast.
The Pretty Little Liars star has had an up-and-down experience with breastfeeding her first child.
"At the beginning it was really difficult and I definitely had my moments of, 'I can't do this!'" she told Us Weekly. "Or, googling everything online. Or, asking anybody that I could just for advice."
Since having her son, the Top Chef host does whatever it takes to get breastfeeding done.
"Multi-tasking: level 100. Cheers to all of the people helping working mothers get it done," she captioned the inspiring pic.
"I went from being an autonomous woman to essentially being a food truck," the always-hilarious actress said on the podcast, #Momsplaining.
"Because that's essentially what you are. Isn't it crazy how much of your nipple and your boob has to go in their mouth?"
In total Chrissy fashion, the star shared that breastfeeding made her feel like a cow.
“The feeding schedule surprised me a lot. If you kind of do the math, you’re kind of breastfeeding for 10 hours a day total,” she told ET about breastfeeding her daughter, Luna.
