TWO mums have overcome their inhibitions to appear in a controversial television programme about "embarrassing" bodily functions.

Dovercourt mums Mel-anie Shepherd and Amy Hyde agreed to appear in Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies: We're Coming to Get You series.

It runs from Monday to Thursday next week.

On Tuesday a programme in the series focuses on all aspects of the breast.

Mrs Hyde and Mrs Shepherd were asked to talk about breast-feeding, as they both work as breast-feeding support workers for a Harwich mother and baby group.

But they hope the hour-long programme, which starts at 9pm, dispels some of the embarrassment associated with feeding.

Mum-of-two Melanie said: "I think some people find it difficult to talk about, so it has fallen under the banner of embarrassing."

She allowed a film crew into her home to talk to her and other mums about their experiences and problems before and after birth.

"We did the programme because we wanted to help other mums and make them realise what breast-feeding is like, and having a baby," she said.

Mrs Hyde, 23, said: "It might be a bit of a negative title but the programme is trying to show that breast-feeding is not embarrassing."