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The New Zealand Herald
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Mum defends having sex while breastfeeding: 'My child was not in the act'

After talking about the issue of sex while breastfeeding in a YouTube video almost two years ago, it seems Tasha Maile is still coming under fire for her comments.

Covering the taboo topic in a video titled "Do I have sex while breastfeeding?" Spiritual Tasha Mama (as she's known) told subscribers: "I've had a lot of people ask me if it's OK to breastfeed and have sex.

"From what I remember, I remember ... sleeping with my ex-husband and my son was on me breastfeeding and we would have sex from behind or something.

"There's nothing bad about making love at all, ever."


The six-minute clip has been viewed over three million times and the mother-of-three has received plenty of backlash over it.

In an attempt to defend her comments, Tasha took to YouTube again recently to address the controversy surrounding the clip.

"As far as my video goes on sex and breastfeeding - first of all, if you actually listen to the video it's talking about ... my three-month-old would not allow me to put him down, at all."

"So, he was attached to me 24/7 and he was also using me as a binky [dummy] at night, she explains.

"So we 'did it' while he was sleeping on me. It had nothing to do with my child. My child was not in the act of what we were doing, if that makes sense. He was not involved in it. He was there ... sleeping. Not involved in it.


Then she hit hard at the haters:
"Get your panties out of a bunch all you people judging me, which is only judging yourself," she said.

While some women commented on the clip admitting to the same thing, many people blasted her as "creepy".

"I wouldn't want my children to be watching me and my husband make love that [sic] extremely personal," one wrote.

"Breastfeeding your children is great. Sex is also great. Having sex WHILE your child is nursing is f***ing creepy! I don't care what anyone says. How can you be turned on when your child is nursing...?!" another asked, adding: "Wait a few minutes!"

"Whatever floats your boat or gets your motor running as long as nobody is being mentally or physically hurt," one wrote.

It's not the first time Tasha has come under fire.

She's previously been in hot water for recording her vlogs while tandem-feeding her one- and three-year-old kids.

While some applauded her attempt to normalise breastfeeding, others called it "creepy", "incestuous" and "a little porny".

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