This is strictly about why the sight of public breastfeeding still makes so many people squeamish and what it will take to make
breastfeeding in public as welcome as giving a baby a bottle.
Practice
breastfeeding in public as soon as you can with baby steps.
Granted breastfeeding is not possible or suitable for everyone - «fed is best» after all - but it seems ridiculous to me that we need to raise the profile of
breastfeeding in public as an acceptable practice.
Robin Kaplan: We're talking about tips to comfortably
breastfeeding in public as well as ways of dealing with possible criticism.
There are other accessories for breastfeeding that encourage and facilitate
breastfeeding in public as well; I am obviously partial to nursing shirts.
Breastfeeding In Public - Find out how to make
breastfeeding in public as discreet as possible using technique and clothing.
I also found that in France they were much more open to
breastfeeding in public as well as at family events.
It is so natural that you will feel uncomfortable
breastfeeding in public as a new mom.
Some say it is okay to
breastfeed in public as long as you use a cover.
According to State laws women has right to
breastfeed in public as long as they are legally allowed there.
That might be the first place
I breastfeed in public as we asked questions, I was sitting there waiting and like I don't know why, though they must be ready to go [laughs] and so am sitting there and I had my baby and was he probably 5 weeks old and in my head I was like saying, «I should have been here sooner, I should have been here sooner», [laughs] which is irrelevant but that what's goes through your head and then I was like I guess I just do it and it was the meanest thing because I'm sitting on the floor with my baby and I didn't have to use the cover and I was just so «Oh, you just have to do it like in a room full of women» and everybody is in just as uncomfortable and everybody is trying to make this dance work and trying to get a rhythm and they needed this thing to be able to do and I would imagine for me it was a good transition to being in publicand not to worry about the cover but also for women like ok, this is your group for example.
Not exact matches
Breastfeeding children
in public is
as natural
as smoking a cigarette or chatting on your phone
in public.
Im not oppose to mother
breastfeeding babies
in public,
as long
as you cover it.
Breastfeeding in public, particularly
in sacred sites such
as churches, remains a sensitive issue for families,
as noted by a recent Religion News Service article.
We also advocate for this type of everyday activity (
breastfeeding a child
in public) to be so utterly normal
as to never raise a single eyebrow!
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to
breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just
as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing
in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to
breastfeed, or do it
as little
as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not
in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
While I love that it helps to normalize
breastfeeding in the
public eye, I also feel like it almost sets an unattainable standard if that is the bar we are advertising
as acceptable.
So I'm not cool with touting this photo
as a celebration that
breastfeeding has «made it» - I am happy about all the conversations I see around it about the way women
in non-glamorous situations feel about
breastfeeding in public and photos of
breastfeeding publicly displayed.
The World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action points out that «When feeding bottles are used in public for fear of public exposure of breasts, or when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as
Breastfeeding Action points out that «When feeding bottles are used
in public for fear of
public exposure of breasts, or when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that
breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as
breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated
as sex objects.
They go into lots of great
in - depth information about
breastfeeding as well
as how to
breastfeed in public and how to just cope all of the emotion that comes with
breastfeeding and helping out other mamas who may be having a bad day.
Now that you are
in the loop of your rights
as a
breastfeeding mom, here are some the best tips for
breastfeeding in public that can go handy right about anywhere:
Lactation Educators ™ are found teaching community and hospital based
breastfeeding classes,
as peer
breastfeeding counselors
in hospital and
public health settings, facilitating support groups, running pump rental stations and providing phone support.
This is particularly infuriating to me
as most mothers
breastfeeding their children
in public do so with complete discretion and with an absolute minimum of noise or fuss.
I'm still
breastfeeding for my girls and
as far
as nursing
in public is concerned I mean I had my babies like boom boom boom right, so there wasn't a lot of getting out of the house.
The Equalities Act 2010
in the UK creates a clear protection for
breastfeeding women,
in that service providers (including all
public services,
as well
as restaurants and cafés) can not refuse to provide an equal service to a
breastfeeding woman, and this applies no matter what the age of the child.
As Cindy will give us some tips on how we can have a better
breastfeeding experience
in public.
Yet many supposedly intelligent and reasonable people acted
as though they were entering into a real debate on
breastfeeding in public spaces,
as though it were possible a valid argument might exist against a child's right to be fed.
I also understand that pumping is not quite the same
as breastfeeding, and I don't know how I would feel about doing that
in public space since I never had to.
Many mothers have faced the situation of being
in public or engaged
in some activity
as part of their busy day and having to pause to
breastfeed.
It's always what I've aimed to do - make
breastfeeding my son
in public as normal
as possible.
I will strive for my daughter to grow up
in a society where
breastfeeding is perceived
as the norm, where women
breastfeeding in public aren't picked out
as ostentatious, where feeding a child the way nature intended isn't only discussed
in schools
as part of sex education.
Nursing carriers can help you
breastfeed your little one
as discreetly and easily
as possible, even when you're on the go or
in a
public place.
As you and I and everyone with common sense already know,
breastfeeding in public isn't illegal.
As a nursing mother, I was uncomfortable
breastfeeding in public.
There is reassurance, too, for working moms
as Valerie explains how
breastfeeding can be combined with returning to work, and support for all moms
in the comments that
breastfeeding does not «tie you down,» need not be either «humiliating» or «indecent»
in public, and that you can
in fact «feed your baby
in any position and anywhere.»
The fact that people even try to put
breastfeeding in public in the same category
as having sex
in public is absurd and straight out idiotic.
If we grow up seeing babies
breastfeed,
breastfeeding is seen
in the media, it's just
as accepted
as formula feeding
in public or private....
Breastfeeding in public is sometimes seen
as taboo, but
in this presentation, I show how it seamlessly becomes part of life
as a mother,
as a professional and
as a citizen of a small community.
Find out about common
breastfeeding complications, such
as engorgement,
as well
as comfortable
breastfeeding positions; here you'll also find advice on
breastfeeding twins,
breastfeeding in public and how to pump and store your breast milk.
Because
breastfeeding at work laws vary from place to place, it is common for problems to be encountered when
breastfeeding a newborn, just
as women can encounter problems when
breastfeeding in public.
At this point
in my life I see feminism
as having a lot to do with
public breastfeeding and birth rights.
Hollie McNish, Poet Shamed by
Breastfeeding in Public, Has the Last Word A lot of thoughtful, impassioned arguments have been made by moms who have had to defend their rights to breastfeed in public, but few are as powerful as
Public, Has the Last Word A lot of thoughtful, impassioned arguments have been made by moms who have had to defend their rights to
breastfeed in public, but few are as powerful as
public, but few are
as powerful
as this.
As every mother and child is different, it is hard to set firm rules for
breastfeeding in public.
[Left: Nestlé tells the
public it support
breastfeeding, while
in presentations to investors it boasts of growth
in formula sales, describing its «gentle start» formula marketing campaign
as a «growth engine».
Framing community
breastfeeding education
as a
public health strategy can allow us to look for opportunities
in childhood initiatives, mental health programs, social interventions, and more!
As I have seen a lot of women nursing
in public in different countries through the years, I noticed that there are 3 main types of women who
breastfeed in public:
British women have the lowest
breastfeeding rates
in the world because they are being put under pressure to resume their old routines
as quickly
as possible after birth, a leading
public health academic has said.
UNILEVER, the company behind brands such
as Walls ice cream, Knorr and Dove, has given commitments to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) initiative on
breastfeeding that are being seen
in a different light following an advertising campaign supporting those who object to
breastfeeding in public in the UK.
However, I was always intending to combination feed then give up
breastfeeding and switch to formula after a few months
as I wanted some freedom.It was my choice to
breastfeed, to give up having drinks, to do the night feeds, to get my breasts out
in public and everything else you mention above (I didn't watch what I ate, if I listened to the HV about giving up dairy and greens and everything else, then I would have felt like crap) I made that decision and by the sounds of it so did you.
Some stumbling blocks
in the
breastfeeding relationship that mamas may encounter include the modern societal view of breasts
as solely sexual objects which often leads those
in public places, including many churches, to shame mothers into hiding
in restrooms or vehicles or at the very least using covers that make
breastfeeding far more difficult and clumsy than it needs to be.