The website has another article where she says her 6 month old is potty trained....Ooooo Kayyyy then....

“It’s a unique moment when the body changes to nurture . . . Breastfeeding, mainly the first days, poses some challenges, but the reward is sublime . . . . It would be great if all the mothers could experience the breastfeeding."

I prefer to think this quote reflects her true thoughts better. English is her second language from what I understand.

Because its just soo easy for everyone isnt it?

It probably wouldn't hurt if your 90% made of plastic

I am more concerned that people might listen to what a supermodel has to say. Who cares what she thinks?

I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she is just very excited and ethusiastic about her breastfeeding experience and wants all mothers to experience the same joy. I believe she had a drug-free labour, and to pp who mentioned toilet-training at 6 mths, it can be done (look up elimination communication if you are interested). It's not such a new thing either, my mum's friend had her kids toilet trained all well under a year 40 odd years ago.

this more credible for you link

Me too. It was a silly thing for her to say, but I do understand the sentiments behind what she says, and do appreciate anyone in the public arena who promotes breastfeeding. It's unfortunate that what she has said is likely to hurt the cause rather than help it.

To be honest I think some of the comments made about Gisele in this thread are just as offensive and repulsive as her comment.

hahaha how ridiculous!

Wow, thanks for the info. I had no idea about this technique. Sounds interesting
ETA Actually, I remember my mum using the cueing component with my younger sister. Oops, sorry, this is so off topic...

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She makes millions from her designer "pluggas" that she didn't actually design..

I meant the general idea that BFing is so beneficial that we do all we can to encourage women to BF for at least the first 6 months.
oh and she is not a native English speaker - I'm sure if I tried to convey how I felt about BFing in Portuguese I'd stuff it up.

We have to forgive the poor dear. Her mother dropped her on her head when she was a baby and her brain fell out. Apparently it was so tiny they were unable to find it. Its not her fault she is stupid.

Personally I think there should be a law against models, actors and sports people telling the rest of us what we should do!

I doubt it.

In fact Gisele probably doesn't even agree with it herself, it was probably a dumb comment out of context.

So... is she breastfeeding with implants? For some reason I thought this wasn't possible. Maybe she had them out?

And to whoever is bagging her 'not eating' affecting milk quality, this isn't actually true. I was, and still am, at least as thin if not thinner than Gisele who is one of the curvier models going around, and I fed my babies for 2 years each, no problem with milk quality. Body size is not actually an indicator of success at breastfeeding.

Doesn't the nanny breastfeed, anyway?

Typical EB comments re her weight. Bet if I came in here & said listen to what this dumb fat chick said you'd all be jumping up & down for 50 pages.

55sunny55 Careful what you say here, the EB weight [police will hound you for being anorexic & no matter how much you say you eat & exercise there must be something wrong with you, that you don't know yet that everyone else (all the EB Dr's) does. I recall a thread ages ago, where I was told this. Too funny!

Yeah her comment was pretty silly & worded pretty poorly but you know what, in an ideal world it'd happen naturally. Do you realise how many young girls look up to models like this? Lets hope at least the mob who do hang on her every word do at least try to BF for at least 6M. I'm sure her words were meant to help not discourage breastfeeding & isn't that what the majority of EB wants? Probably just don't like hearing it from someone so beautiful.

The real crime here is that her opinion is being sought and published

Personally, I'm more irritated with this little gem

Motherhood is easy

the breastfeeding thing is so obviously stupid and ridiculous that surely noone would pay attention to it. I'm more annoyed with people putting it out there that if you're struggling with parenthood then you're just a whinger. Easy to say with an 'easy' baby.

As for the weight thing, the reason so many people bring it up so often is that it's a socially desirable thing with many benefits so obviously people who are not in that category are envious of it. I sure as hell am. Complaining about being thin or being picked on for being thin is a bit like complaining about being upper-middle class and white.

As a 'thin' person, I totally agree. It's like a white person screaming "reverse racism"... a whole lot of bollocks.

what an idiot.

Um... what about the women who can't BF or have trouble BF'ing?

Its not as easy as turning on a tap... BF'ing is hard work and doesn't always work out.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to stop such fools from being allowed to reproduce in the first place!

Agree with the complaining part but she's not complaining about it. So are you saying that because she's thin & everyone wants to be thin it's ok to pick on her? The nasty nasty comments here would say "yes".

Hope your children are not bullied picked on for being slim or anything else that is "admired".

Her twin must have gotten all the brains and looks.

Bfeeding is NOT easy. I have b/fed both my boys and it is not easy. I am sure she has about 10 helpers running around her.

Is she suddenly Irish?



I bet she was probably taken out of context (hopefully, as it's not the highest quality journalism I've ever seen), and she's not really that mind numbingly stoopid.

She thinks???????

Well done to her though for realising breasts serve a greater purpose than just filling out the designer bikini top/lingerie she is modelling.

Oh wow...should there be laws about how you give birth too .... oh hold on ...they are tring to retrict that too...think homebirth.

It's a very dangerous path to go down...what a ridiculous sentiment.

Saying that with this baby, I'm really hoping to be able to breast feed for at least 6 months ...and I'm kinda hoping it helps me retain my figure....but yes it's not my sole reason for breatsfeeding ....

A whole bowl full? I doubt it. She's a model - she'd have had a sip then thrown it up.

I'm always surprised by this sort of statement because I have never ever come across any mums like this..even after 3 kids...so I reckon they are such a minority they almost don't exist

hmm pretty dodgy website, she could've been misquoted.

I don't know why this statement has really got under my skin but god dam it has! Giselle you should be outlawed from verbal comment. stick to the pretty outside ugly inside pictures!

To the person asking if you could feed with implants, yes you can.

Ladies this statement I'm sure has been taken out of context. She probably said something about it would be great if all women could breastfeed for at least 6 months. Which I'm sure 99% of you would agree with.

Absolutely agree. However even 'those' women (not that I've ever met any) get to have a say in how they use and treat their own body.

i do think that this is ridiculous.. I can't breastfeed because for some reason i can't produce that much milk.. i went to all sorts of doctors to have it checked and none could help me.

Obviously the FBI.

Federal Breast Inspectors.

maybe instead of people focussing on whether we breastfeed or not they should be looking at the mums who drink and do drugs while breastfeeding, or smoke with babies in the car or while pregnant, or parents who beat their children or leave them locked in cars.

Seriously if the worst thing we do as mothers is give our babies a bottle of formula then I think we are doing pretty good. Shame on anyone that belittles anothers parenting simply because they gave formula instead of breastmilk.

Well gosh this is a nasty little thread isn't it!

I have read plenty of comments on EB from people saying that formula should only be available on prescription. I don't really see how that's any different.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. I can't believe she is actually serious too

I couldn't help but laugh that her main reason for thinking this is that is it got her figure back... I'm sure all the personal trainers, chefs & nannys to care for her child so she had the time to exercise didn't help one bit

I read the article and thought - damn, she has such an opportunity to shine a light on the positives of breastfeeding and it's stuffed up because of a statement that will offend so many. I read this thread and thought - gosh, it's amazing how nasty people can be. If you take all the quotes that are attributed to her with a grain of salt, and consider journalistic liberties, she seems to genuinely enjoy her baby and all the natural options that are available to her - why is that so bad?

Well, that just goes to show what a stupid t*at she is. She's been a mum for all of a few months and she has all the answers.


Seriously, what about the mothers that can't do it - physically or psychologically?







There is a poll there ^ (at link) too ...

Ah, bless.

At least she's worked out that it was not only a pretty dumb thing to say, but could also be offensive to those that cannot.....

If you at all could magically wish everything that is best for a child into being then universal breastfeeding is one of the things that would be on the list, but you never will be able to and shouldn't even if you could. There is no doubt that breast is best, but I only managed to breastfeed by the skin of my teeth and I really really wanted to be doing it!

The only way this could become a reality in any way is the setup of free breastmilk banks so that mums who can't or won't breastfeed have the option of using breastmilk anyway, just not theirs. That's how it used to work back in the day, there was always wet nurse for babies and any other feeding was very rare. I'd love to see this happen btw.

I applaud her intent that everything that's best for babies be done, but yeah her wording leaves a huge amount to be desired.

Ive watched a movie last night and shes got a small role in it, her acting is just like her comment in this topic:

who cares what some half baked model says or thinks about anything ???

big deal ...what a non story...

So what would the punishment be then? What an utterly moronic thing to say.

omg I can't believe she bought up this can of worms. I have done both, breastfed and formula fed and think whatever the mother feels comfortable doing is what counts not some plastic model with a 24/7 nanny on call has blabbed

I agree with this. The comments in here about Giselle have revolted me far more than her comments. Obviously that quote she made was a bit silly but most people in this thread are downright nasty. Plus there have been even stupider quotes in this thread- ones like the poster who thinks it's okay for people to be teased for being skinny

After reading her explanation in Cathode's post, it's pretty obvious she didn't mean it should be legally enforced. She's just a ditz who doesn't think before she speaks.

Also, she never said maintaining her figure was the main reason she breastfed, all she said was that it really helped. Which it probably did. If all your income came from your figure, you'd probably be happy about that too.