As World Breastfeeding Week comes to an end, celebrity fashion designer and entrepreneur Masaba Gupta gets candid about her journey with daughter Matara, who was born in October 2024. The new mom on the block sat down with mid-day to have a heart-to-heart discussion about the highs and lows she endured while breastfeeding her baby girl. 

Masaba, who got back to work 5 days after giving birth, says the mother’s guilt begins when you leave the house. But how does she keep it at bay? “I can completely switch off. When I`m here, I`m here, and I haven`t once checked my camera or anything; I just don`t do it. I think it`s torture for me.”

`Breastfeeding should be a self-discovery`

Masaba partnered with Philips Avent for their new hands-free electric breast pump. She believes that opinions from those around you can cloud the way a new mother thinks about breastfeeding and asserts that it should be a self-discovery; otherwise, it stresses you out. She suggests getting a lactation consultant on board for the initial months, as the process is very foreign to the body. She elaborates, “You don’t enjoy it because you’re too bogged down by how it should be done. There’s no right way. I think the right way is the way your baby feels most comfortable, and that you`re not physically feeling let down.”