Zhang Ziyi’s Says Her Breasts Are Like “Two Indestructible Rocks” Now After Giving Birth To Her Son

On January 1, Zhang Ziyi and her rocker husband Wang Feng became parents again when the actress gave birth to their son.

A week later, the mother-of-two took to social media to share with her fans how the "physiological engorgement of the breasts is the worst kind of torture for all mothers who insist on breastfeeding".

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Xing Xing stroking her baby brother as Wang Feng looks on

"The symptoms of breast engorgement began to appear 53 hours after delivery, and my breasts are now as hard as two indestructible rocks and they feel like you won't be able to break them even if you chisel them with a hammer. The milk needs to be sucked out bit by bit by a baby or squeezed out, and it feels just as painful as having contractions or actual childbirth," she wrote.

But it’s not like she’s a stranger to breastfeeding.
In fact, she's quite an expert, no thanks to her experience with her daughter, Xing Xing, who’s now four.
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A mum for the second time

She went on to give her followers some lessons in breastfeeding, like how they can “use hot packs to gently massage their breasts."
“From the base of the breast to the nipple, massage in a circular motion or nudge in accordance with the breast tube. It does not take a long time to get in sync with the baby's sucking. If you feel pain, you can pause the massage," she advised.
"If you have insufficient breast milk, you need to mix it with formula, so that the baby will not lose out on nutrition... At this stage, you should also avoid eating food that will make your breasts engorged such as carrot soup, chicken soup, pig trotters soup and bone broths, especially food with high water content and high nutritional value... I hope my tips and experience can help the mothers who are fighting this war against 'stone breasts'. I believe you can overcome this!”