Young mum's breastfeeding graduation photo goes viral

"You don't have to give up the career to have kids" is the message from graduate Jacci Sharkey.

A young mum's graduation photo - in which she is pictured breastfeeding her six-week-old son - has gone viral in her native Australia as social media users respond to her message that women need not choose between career and motherhood.

The picture of Queensland native Jacci Sharkey breastfeeding her son Alex while wearing mortarboard and gown during her graduation ceremony has received over 170,000 likes since being posted to the Facebook page of the University of the Sunshine Coast yesterday.