Salma Hayek BFing infant boy in Africa

[aurorec]

For those of you who are interested Dlisted (very snarky blog) has posted a video of Salma Hayek on a Unicef visit in Sierra Leone.
They're discussing the issues of infant mortality and how BFing plays such an important role in helping eradicate it.
Salma herself (still nursing her one year old daughter) decides to nurse a sick week old infant.
I just saw the clip and it's incredibly sweet and emotional- not to mention informative.

Have a look on Dlisted.com. I'm sure it's on much more serious websites but haven't found it anywhere else yet.

[ruty]

maybe not glossed over, just hurried.

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

what an incredible video - the footage of the little one taking her last break is heart-breaking. But the footage of Salma feeding the little newborn is incredible. Makes me so proud to have been able to breastfeed my own children.

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

breath not break of course.

[FairyLightsForever]

Sat watching this, feeding my 22mth DD with tears streaming down my face. How awful to not to have enough milk to feed your baby, or to watch your baby die of something so preventable

[weebump]

That poor mother though. Imagine having a hungry, sickly new born, and a glamorous film star swans in and feeds your baby in a way you can't, probably calming the wee one like never before. She must have felt pretty sad and inadequate.

[traceybath]

I see what you mean weebump but i think my overwhelming feeling would have been gratitude that the baby was getting some milk.

Also to be fair she didn't look that glam - in fact very normal.

[StealthPolarBear]

weebump, that's part of what made me sad, plus wondering what would happen to the baby afterwards.

[bronze]

oh my goodness
I'm crying
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will carry on watching later when no children around