Ildiko Ferenczi was dubbed the "world's hottest mom" after posing on the cover of Playboy. The Canadian model and actress has appeared on television shows like Smallville and Flash Gordon. But now, she's garnering fame as an advocate of breastfeeding.
After giving birth to her first child, Daniel, 16 months ago, Ildiko believes pregnancy has fundamentally changed her. Many warned her that getting pregnant would ruin her body and her life, but she didn't listen to them.
Now the mom is singing the praises of motherhood and breastfeeding, and proving to the haters that there is nothing wrong with a mother feeding her child in public.
The mother spoke to SWNS about the transformative experience.
“I hope others can be open and fearless to the journey of motherhood," she said. “I’m a woman that wants it all; a family, health, fitness, success, passions, dreams, all in all a really great life.”
See Ildiko's stunning homage to breastfeeding and being a mom below.
Canadian actress and Playboy model, Ildiko Ferenczi, says motherhood has made her body better than ever. After giving birth to her son, the model-actress believes she is sexier as a mom.
“I feel sexier in every single way. Even when I was pregnant, I felt so sexy," she said. “It’s something I never thought I’d feel, but I did. Women’s bodies are so beautiful in every shape and size. There is something so empowering about the journey of motherhood."
“I thought I was Wonder Woman before, but after knowing your body created a beautiful little human… there is something to that whole experience," Ildiko said. “You know, everyone told me pregnancy is going to destroy my body and my life."
Ildiko says she has shared the intimate photos to destigmatize breastfeeding in public.
"I don’t care what anyone thinks. I strongly feel that no one should be afraid to breastfeed in public," she said. “A child’s body is going to signal when they need nutrition, and that will happen any time or any place. It’s an incredible journey that created an irresistible bond between us.”
" When I learned that breastfeeding was the best gift I could ever give my son before he was born, I prayed that I would be able to give my son this gift!" Ildiko wrote on Instagram.
"Nutrients, antibodies, and infection-fighting liquid gold. I was so careful with everything I ate while I was pregnant to make sure I nurtured his every cell through my nutritional intake, in case I was not granted the opportunity to feed him the way I had planned. It was not even a question when he was born, I was committed to do everything I could, to do what I personally thought was the best for MY son."
The mother had been invited to pose in Playbook many times, but declined because she didn't want to appear nude. When they let her do the shoot clothed, she finally agreed. The mother appeared on the cover just a few weeks after giving birth.
“I’m not embarrassed of my body, I love my body and, to be honest, I’m mostly nude at home," she says. “I was invited to grace the cover of Playboy without getting nude, it was a no-brainer."
“If anything, I hope to leave a valuable example to my son: to be fearless, stick to his beliefs, break rules, be open to opportunities, and follow his dreams," she says.
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