A dad shared a photo of himself breastfeeding his newborn — and he hopes it encourages other dads to

Maxamillian Neubauer was able to breastfeed his daughter when his wife couldn't.

Photo courtesy of Maxamillian Kendall Neubauer

• April Neubauer planned on breastfeeding and providing immediate skin-to-skin contact to her daughter after giving birth.

• When she was unable to do so, the nurses offered her husband the option of usingSupplemental Nursing System, as The Bump reported.

• Neubauer agreed to give it a go, and posted a photo of the moment to Facebook, where it has since gone viral.

• Neubauer hopes it encourages other dads to look at their role in parenting a little differently.

A new dad from Wisconsin is shaking the notion that breastfeeding is only something people who naturally lactate can do.

Maxamillian Neubauer recently shared photos of himself feeding his newborn daughter with a makeshift Supplemental Nursing System (SNS), as The Bump first reported. In the post, Neubauer explained that his wife April was unable to breastfeed immediately due to complications with her C-section.

"This super rad nurse made an epically killer offer, and I was fortunate enough to slap on a suction cup fake nipple," he wrote. "Being the first to breast feed da baby!!!!"

Cybil Martin-Dennehy, a registered nurse at Door County Medical Center, was the one to offer Neubauer the opportunity. She told INSIDER that she has offered the SNS option to other dads in the past, but nobody has ever taken her up on the offer.

"Prior to this going viral even I told Maxamillian this was the highlight of my career finally having a dad say yes. I think we jumped up and down in excitement," she said. "Max was such an amazing sport about this. I feel like he was equally excited to be the first Dad to say yes. You can just tell he loves his family so much."

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Source: Insider