Mayim Bialik may be done nursing her sons, but she is still onboard with showing her support for breastfeeding.
According to the Huffington Post, "The Big Bang Theory" actress spoke out about breastfeeding in public and America's "very, very bizarre relationship with breasts." The outspoken mom of two and attachment parenting advocate revealed that she has no regrets about breastfeeding her child in public in the past.
"I think anywhere you give a bottle, you breastfeed," the 38-year-old actress explained. "I didn't feel the need to be immodest, but also feel like that's going to vary from woman to woman. I would try and be, absolutely, respectful and conscious of the community I was in, but I don't believe you need to cover up a baby eating, anymore than you need to cover up a baby drinking a bottle."
In 2011, Bialik, who is also a neuroscientist, made headlines for posting a picture of herself breastfeeding her then-3-year-old son on a New York City subway car. Despite the harsh backlash, the actress said she stands by her decision.
"What I like to point out is that was the best way for that subway ride to be pleasant for everyone," she joked.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Bialik, the mother of 8-year-old, Miles, and five-year-old, Fred, adamantly insisted that "breastfeeding is not a sexual act."
"It's an intimate act, and that makes some people uncomfortable, but it's completely normal to have all of the human hormones that are released when you breastfeed regulating your relationship with your child," Bialik said.
Last June, Bialik told Yahoo OMG that she receives plenty of support for her parenting beliefs.
"If I'm talking to girlfriends, if I'm talking to random people, and we're talking about parenting, I tell them what works for me and why. But a lot of people want to ask me things so that they can fight with me," the actress told Yahoo. "And just because I'm a public person, who happened to have breastfed and slept with her kids, that doesn't mean that I want to fight with you on the street or in the supermarket. So, I think you have to be really careful to understand why people want to know what they want to know."
