Angelina Jolie has been named a role model to new mothers after a picture of her breastfeeding featured on the cover of a W magazine.

The series of intimate family photos that appear in the latest issue of W were captured by Brad Pitt.

"I just finished breast-feeding. It's been hard to get my nutrition back on track and learn about my body after birth. I am doing the best I can," Angelina Jolie said about her breastfeeding experience with Shiloh.

Experts are hoping that the cover shot - Angelina smiling while nursing one of her twins – will encourage other new mothers to breastfeed their babies.

 

Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with Momlogic.com, tells Reuters, "If someone as popular, beautiful and together as Angelina is breast-feeding her children, it inspires other women to do so themselves."

La Leche League International spokeswoman Jane Krouse agrees: "Mothers of twins report it takes a lot of time, effort and physical energy to breast-feed.

"I think the picture is beautiful." 

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