Monday, October 13, 2008

The new W Magazine Cover with Angelina Jolie


The new W magazine cover with Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of its 3 months twins inspire more mothers to breastfeed, experts say.

Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with Momlogic.com, told Reuters, "If someone as popular, beautiful and at the same time that Angelina Jolie is breastfeeding her children, it inspires other women to do themselves. "

The ball - one of many taken by Angelina Jolie's partner Brad Pitt - shows the actress, 33, smiling, while a small part is visible at the bottom of the frame.

"The mothers of twins report, it takes much time, effort and physical energy to breastfeed. I think the image is beautiful," La Leche League International Krouse Jane spokesman told Reuters.

Added Andi Silverman, author of Mama Knows Breast: "I think it is fabulous. See a celebrity like Angelina Jolie breastfeeding can be a role model to encourage women to make a choice which is great for their babies."

About 70 percent of American mothers breastfeed their newborns, but the rate decreases dramatically after six months, reports Reuters.

In the interview accompanying the photos, Jolie says that her 7-year-old son Maddox has developed a penchant for firearms and knives.

"My mother took me to buy my first daggers when I was 11 or 12, she recalls. "And I've already bought some things Maddox. We take to a store." She insisted that the knife blades are dull, so they are not dangerous and that the purchases are accompanied by discussions about violence.

She also said she and Pitt, who have six children, intend to add at least one child to their brood.

"I think I'm in a good partnership now," she says. "I think it should be the law of man. It is not just that I like Brad being in society, which obviously I do, but that we both have up our sleeves and take on what we care about the same way. I have great respect for him and he helps me to be better and fight for things that I love. "

And she is not afraid to let his photograph Pitt during lactation.

"I am with a man who has evolved enough to watch my body and see that more beautiful, because the journey he has taken and what he created," she said. "It is really that way. I truly feel even more sexy."