Olivia Munn gets candid about breastfeeding struggles: 'I cried and cried'

Olivia Munn is getting real about the struggles of being a new mom.

On Tuesday, the 41-year-old actress shared a video to Instagram documenting her experience breastfeeding her two-month-old son, Malcolm, whom she shares with her partner, John Mulaney.

In the video, Munn discusses the obstacles she faced trying to breastfeed her son with low milk supply. Through a series of text on screen captions, the "Predator" actress revealed she consulted two lactation consultants, tried three different breastfeeding pillows and pumps, nipple ointments and heating pads as well as lactation teas, cookies, gummies and soups to try to increase her milk supply.

At one point, Munn said she was drinking litres of coconut water and had even taped a device filled with formula that featured tubes that she could tape to her nipples to help feed her baby, provide skin to skin contact and hopefully stimulate milk production.

"None of it worked! I cried and cried," she wrote to her more than 2.5 million followers. "I felt like my body was failing. I worried I wouldn't bond with my baby."

The actress had a change of heart for her situation and said "f—k it."

"Breastfeeding is good... and so is formula," she wrote."To the mamas out there — do whatever you need to feed your baby and don't let anyone make you feel bad about it," she penned.

According to statistics published by the Government of Canada, close to 25 per cent of women stop breastfeeding before their child is one month old. While 91 per cent of new mothers attempt to breastfeed, low milk supply is one of the main factors that causes many women to stop before their child is six months of age.

The actresses's message was met with praise from fans who found breastfeeding to be a difficult and emotional process.

"Absolutely! I had to do both due to low supply and literally, nothing worked to help increase it. My son thrived regardless and we still had the best bond ever. Good job mama!" one Instagram user commented.

"Women are so amazing, we just be doing everything. Creating humans and creating milk — we do it all," added another.

"I had these exact same feelings! You’re doing a great job mama," someone else wrote.

"Breastfeeding is hard and nobody really tells you just how tricky it can be. Sometimes it just doesn’t work, and nobody tells that it's ok to stop if you want to," another chimed in.

"Low supply and supplementing with formula was so hard for me to accept," a follower wrote. "Love that you’re talking about this."

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