Do you think there's something wrong with breastfeeding children over two?

A photographer has released these intimate portraits of mothers nursing their toddlers in a bid to end the 'taboo' around nursing older children.

Natalie McCain, from Rockledge, Florida, said mothers who nurse their children past infancy, known as extended breastfeeding, are made to feel ashamed.

She told MailOnline: 'Women are told to nurse in the bathroom, to cover up, and it needs to stop. Women should be applauded for nursing, not criticized.'

The mother-of-two said she hoped the unretouched photographs, which show mothers nursing their children over two, would 'normalise' extended breastfeeding.

'I wanted to show how normal and natural it is to nurse past infancy,' she said. 'It is just a natural continuation of what you have been doing since birth.

'Many people judge extended nursing without truly understanding it. I hope that by seeing the images and reading the stories people will begin to understand it more and be less judgmental.'

The women who were photographed also shared their experiences on motherhood, and their decision to continue to breastfeed, also known as nursing to full term.

Right here as an African, is it alright? Let's here your view.

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