GEMMA Atkinson has revealed she's stopping breastfeeding her newborn son Thiago.
Former Hollyoaks star Gemma, 38, welcomed her second child with her partner Gorka Marquez, 32, last month.
But after being cruelly mum-shamed, she's slammed her "unfair" critics in an Instagram Story.
The actress wrote, "Started to send my milk back (currently sat with iced cabbage on my chebs).
"Bitter sweet as I know it's the last time feeding for me as we're done on the baby front, so part of me is a little sad & the other part is relieved.
"If you've ever brest fed when at times it's been quite difficult & sometimes painful you'll get what I mean!
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"I've got lots of expressed milk in the freezer so he'll have about another week taking him to 6 wks which I'm happy with. In 5 wks he's gone from 7lb 13 to almost ilb so I've fattened him up nicely .
"I'm looking forward to my boobs going back to normal size, my back ache to subside and to be able to get gorka on the night feeds as well when he's home.
"I've always said BF is a personal choice and one you and you alone should make.
"They are your boobies and your babies so YOU decide. I'm fortunate my midwife Rach has been extremely understanding, supportive & non judgmental in my decision.
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"I know some people are made to feel guilty and it really isn't fair. Especially as you feel so vulnerable anyway with a new baby.
"Here's to smelling like farts the next week while I have cabbage down my bra for a while."
Gemma recently told how she almost died giving birth, after losing pints of blood.
She confessed her Strictly fiance broke down in tears as doctors battled to save her life.
It happened in 2019 when Gemma was forced to have an emergency Ceasarean when her unborn daughter Mia's heart rate dropped suddenly.
She opened up about the traumatic experience after memories were brought up during the birth of Thiago last month.
"My first birth was a traumatic one," Gemma told MailOnline.
"They gave me a form about blood transfusions that asked if one of us had to be saved, which one would it be.
"It could have gone very differently. Immediately afterwards you think to yourself, 'Gosh, would I go through that again?' Then you look at your child and think, 'I'd do it all again tomorrow.' That's the nature of motherhood."
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