Rebekah Vardy defends breast feeding and opens up on sick troll in tell all chat about motherhood
Rebekah and her husband Jamie welcomed their son, Finley, in early January
REBEKAH Vardy has vehemently defended her choice to breast feed in public and expressed her anger at being trolled over her baby in her latest think piece.
The 34-year-old wife of 30-year-old Leicester City and England footballer Jamie was discussing life with her new two-week-old baby son Finley in her column in .
Last week Rebekah shared a photograph of herself breastfeeding baby Finley on Instagram and she said the reaction from fans was overwhelming.
And the star says she hopes to break down the stigma some mothers face when they breastfeed in public by resolutely breastfeeding in public herself.
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“If Finley is hungry and I’m out in public, my boob is coming out. He’s not going to wait until I’m home and I don’t care if people have a problem with that,” the proud mum-of-four said.
She also said the hair and make-up team she worked with on the shoot from her photo were amused by the fact her boob was “bigger than Finley’s head.”
Last week, however, Rebekah found herself on the receiving end of vile Twitter abuse when a troll told her he wished her new-born son had been stillborn.
Rebekah reported the abuse to Twitter who then suspended the offending account – however she thinks it is important to speak out about the online attack.
“Those tweets need to be highlighted because it’s the society we live in and it highlights what we have to tolerate,” she said.
Elsewhere in her column, Rebekah shared a humorous anecdote about an intimate photo shoot she organised for her footballer husband and their baby son.
“At one point, Jamie was holding Finley with his top off and ended up with poo and wee all over his bare chest and arms!” she recalls – adding that Jamie is learning fast how to deal with a baby boy having previously only raised girls.
Read the full story in this week’s OK! Magazine – out now.
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