Without any more preamble, a list of things you may not want to
know about nursing in public:
Not exact matches
It saddens me that some of the most confident women I
know have felt very self - conscious
nursing in public, particularly on the first few occasions, concerned
about the reaction from their friends, the
public, and business owners alike.
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
know what he would say
about nursing in public even if there are other options.
No, the woman
in the article was focusing on making a statement
about public nursing and how society needs to support it.
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Know About Lactation Consultants Let's Stop Using the Term «Comfort
Nursing»
The only issues I have actually
known about firsthand were other females confronting moms
nursing in public.
Even though every U.S. state has laws protecting a woman's right to
nurse anywhere she is legally permitted to be (every state except Idaho so, you
know, get your shit together, Idaho), countless women have stories
about being shamed for feeding their baby
in public.
I
know my experience is probably not universal, but I hope, perhaps, other moms will feel a little braver
about nursing in public, even if their «nursling» is old enough to ask for milk, or even spell it.
She had said that I really helped her had the confidence to
nurse in public because I always look like it was no big deal and I had shared something at one point
in about being nervous
in a situation but you
know I still breastfed my son but
in the back on my mind I'm going those people over there might not really like what's
about to happen and you
know I mean I still did it and it was funny.
I don't remember the first time I
nursed in public but I'm somebody who's very confident and it's so important to me for something to be convenient and so sometimes with certain things I don't have time to be nervous and worrying
about what's going to happen, you
know.Sometimes I have other family members that are like, «oh be careful», but it's not for me it's for the other people who are uncomfortable, you
know.
I feel uncomfortable
about nursing in public, so my plan is to buy a
nursing camisole to cover my tummy and practice
in front of a mirror so that I
know what people can and can't see.
With regards to the training skills and confidence of healthcare providers, currently, FGM is not included
in the curricula of most medical,
nurse, midwifery and
public health training and recommendations
about clinical management, refibulation and legislation on FGM are not well
known, states the paper.