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Jamie Yeo opens up on pain over not being able to breastfeed baby
by Charlene Chua

On the surface, she looks like the mummy who has it all.

An enviable post-pregnancy figure, a caring husband and a three-year-old daughter who is the love of her life.

But local celebrity Jamie Yeo's gorgeous exterior hides a painful secret.

Her body - lauded by her peers as perfect - had failed her when she needed it most.

For the first time, she talked about the emotional pain she went through after giving birth in 2010.

Little Alysia, whom Yeo calls Aly, was born 10 weeks premature, weighing 1.2kg and measuring 36cm.

The 36-year-old was devastated when she couldn't produce enough breast milk to feed her baby - especially when Aly really needed the nutrition only a mother could give.

For six months, Aly was fed a mixture of breast milk and formula.

She was put on full formula when Yeo stopped producing breast milk after that.

The Power 98FM DJ said doctors told her that giving birth prematurely may have affected her lactation.

She told The New Paper: "I cried about it and I felt so guilty.

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Zoe Tay had so much milk, she gave some away

And then there are celebrity mums whose cups runneth over.

Veteran local actress Zoe Tay, 45, a mother of three, revealed in 2005 that she had so much breast milk after giving birth to her first child the year before, she didn't know what to do with it.

So what did she do with it in the end?

1. Offered it to the children of her friends, who accepted her "gift".

2. Called her doctor, asking if the hospital wanted any of it.

3. Used it as a facial mask, shampoo and shower gel.

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(Photos: Jamie Yeo, TNP, ST)

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Behind local celebrity Jamie Yeo's gorgeous exterior hides a painful secret. For the first time, she talked about the emotional pain she went through after giving birth in 2010.
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