Sentences with phrase «do nurse in public»

When you do nurse in public, choose spots you feel comfortable in as well, like booth seating in a restaurant.

I do nurse in public without covering too, but I do it discretely.

We did a Nursing in Public Photo Shoot a month ago and we plan meetings twice a month!

Not exact matches

This actually initiated my first time nursing in public - I went out to the parking lot of our apartment complex and nursed my babe in the sun for a few minutes - less than 10 because I didn't want her to be sunburned.

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...)

You do not need to bare both breasts in public to nurse.

I said «Mom, if I can't do this in a vegetarian restaurant in Berkeley, then what chance do we have nursing anywhere in public?»

What we should do when we see another mom nursing their kid in public, so have you had bad experiences, do you feel like something went wrong, something went crazy for me, like I would be nursing a baby and I get my Starbucks spilled on me or something and I have to take off my shirt to nurse my kid but that would be something that would just happen to me.

I don't use covers either... and I actually never have nursed in public.

As a result, nursing mothers have become proactive in recent years, not only lobbying lawmakers to change laws and provide penalties for those who do not comply but also staging huge «nurse - ins» at businesses that have rejected public nursing.

We want to know how we can better support other moms when we see someone else nursing in public whether it's the head nod, the smile or maybe the first bump when you walk by, I don't know what's the best way to do it is.

I still have some fears about breastfeeding in public (even with a nursing cover) but it gets easier each time I do it.

They don't want to get advice from someone who might tell them that they have to nurse in public in order to nurse well.

I'm all for women's right to breastfeed openly in public without being relegated to hiding in a bathroom stall or even behind a nursing cover if they don't want to, but all the belief in that right considered, it's still a little odd the first few (OK, all the) times you bust out a boob at a restaurant table.

Unless you don't mind having wet circles where your boobs are out in public and going through more bras and shirts than needed, then you will need some nursing pads, because there WILL be leaks!

Also if I were to think about it, I want to be an example for moms who might be a bit hesitant to nurse in public, I want it too seem normal and that lots of women do it.

Nursing «in public» doesn't necessarily mean in public.

I nurse brazenly in public, but I do nurse snapdragon, nearly daily, in the peace of my bathroom.

I do think that if it becomes more common and more accepted for women to nurse in public, then perhaps more women will feel comfortable doing so.

I don't have a problem with lactation rooms as long as women are not told that they must use them and as long as enough women keep nursing in public to help normalize it and help combat the images of sexual breasts with images of nourishing breasts.

It does not mean that a mom has to choose to use that area, but it makes it possible for a mom to nurse in a public place who otherwise would not, which is the goal.

My kids would never nurse under a cover, and I don't necessarily think you HAVE to use one to breastfeed in public.

While it was quite easy to nurse my newborn in public, it can get really challenging to nurse my 15 months old son who is literally doing aerobics while nursing.

I nursed my baby in public all summer and not a single person even realized what I was doing.

Most people don't know about the hard parts of nursing — the chapped nipples, swollen breasts, and feeling of having no time for yourself (and, of course, the judgmental eyes when you need to nurse in public.)

I don't think that women should have to hole themselves up in a bathroom stall — how gross, especially a public bathroom — or some other dungeon to feed her nursing child.

However I don't nurse in public, I am VERY VERY self - conscious and I feel weird doing it.

I spent more time nursing in public then doing that at home as I breastfed in quite few countries in Europe, Asia and North America.

As with nursing in public, whether or not pumping in public is something that you feel you can do will depend on the culture of the area you're in, your feelings about modesty, and your comfort with the idea in general.

Most of the time when I was nursing in public, I doubt anyone but a mother who had also breastfed knew what I was doing — I often had people ask if they could see the baby, totally unaware that she was eating at the time.

I don't have a problem with breastfeeding covers in general, and I realize that they make some nursing parents feel more comfortable while nursing on the go, and I'm all for that, but personally there's one thing I won't ever do while breastfeeding in public: I won't ever use a breastfeeding cover.

However, when someone comes up to me and does not allow me to nurse in public, then there's not much that can be done.

But you know, really simply because most states do give you the right to nurse in public; you know «I'm sorry.

SUNNY GAULT: Yeah, I mean, I think that's, you know, the whole point with the whole baby - friendly initiative is, you know, when moms come in to a hospital, you really don't know their background, you don't know, you know, did their mom breastfeed, you know, have they, you know, have they ever seen someone nursing in public, like you don't know where they start off.

Ladies, can you briefly describe what happened to you when you were harassed while nursing in public, and how did this incident make you feel?

-- I used a nursing poncho to cover myself when I would breastfeed in public and only do it if I had someone to hand them to me.

Robin Kaplan: And I think that - and I want to ask Daisy as well about her experience - but the thing that I want to point out is; I think that people, when they hear about nursing in public harassment, I don't think they realize the repercussions on the mom who is hearing this and the devastation and the way that it makes her feel.

I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!

I don't nurse her in public because I feel uncomfortable to do so... it's more because its such a relaxing and special time for us it's best done cuddled up on the couch!

I don't do it in public anymore, and almost everyone I know think he is completely weaned, and that makes our short and seldom times nursing that much more special!!

Miffed by a societal norm that perpetuates the idea that women who nurse their babies should do so in hiding, I've thought of a few things you actually don't have to do when breastfeeding in public.

«it gives the impression that every nursing mother is an attention - seeking lunatic» It also works against women who would like to see more paid maternity / parental leave or flex time for working because it gives the idea that THIS is what women are going to do with that extra paid time, show up topless to a public event and sit on the floor nursing in front of a formula company's table.

I don't know what he would say about nursing in public even if there are other options.

You know, I nursed my kids, and I think nursing is a good thing in general and that people should be free to do it in public, etc. but I have to say that I sincerely hated, as a breastfeeding mother, when people like you would do nutty stuff like that.

I'm a real proponent of nursing in public (I think the more people see women nursing their babies out in public the more normal it will become and the less stressful it will be for women who need to feed their babies while they're outside) but I try to do it as discreetly as possible.

It was such a hassle to do in public but now that I have discovered nursing tops, it has been a game changer!

Now my main issue with doing it in public is how exposed I feel nursing «from the top.»

Even without the further publicity, Elicia's actions here were immature and selfish, and do nothing for increasing the acceptance of nursing in public.

I'm not sure why I've gotten such a negative response this time, but I thought I've done well, especially having a toddler running circles around me while nursing at home and in public.

Our mission is to elevate the nursing mother to a place in society where she receives all the necessary support to successfully nurse a child, where scientific evidence overrides marketing influences, and a woman does not fear breastfeeding in public.