That doesn't mean I wouldn't breast feed in public, but that I would defiantly cover up.
I wonder if they are the same people who feel women shouldn't breast feed in public, or if they do they must do so in such a discreet manner that no one can actually see what is happening.
Not exact matches
I think it's
not the actual
feeding itself that bothers most
in public, but the actual ability to see the mother's
breast which is common nature for the body to be covered
in public, hence why we wears clothes, and that aspect of it feels very awkward and uncomfortable.
No difference, for the same reasons you would
not allow your little one to
breast feed on you
in a work meeting are the very same reasons a mother does
not breast feed in other
public places.
In Illinois, nursing mothers not only have the right to breast - feed in public, they are exempted from jury duty and employers are required to give them break time to nurse or pump mil
In Illinois, nursing mothers
not only have the right to
breast -
feed in public, they are exempted from jury duty and employers are required to give them break time to nurse or pump mil
in public, they are exempted from jury duty and employers are required to give them break time to nurse or pump milk.
I was 17 by then and no other girls I knew of my age were getting their
breasts out
in public —
not to
feed their babies anyway!
That being said, I understand that
not everyone may be as «prude» as I am but I also feel uncomfortable when I see others openly
breast feeding their children
in public.
I would never make an issue about someone else's choice to
breast feed just because I don't want to do so
in public, but I also have the right to feel uncomfortable about it.
- Women who aren't comfortable with their
breasts, their bodies and the inevitable need to
breast -
feed in public will have a hard time nursing their babies.
It is
in honor of this dick - whipping that I have found even more dudes who just can't tolerate the idea of a woman
feeding her baby with her
breasts in public.
I'm sorry, but you made the choice, like it or give up, because there are plenty of mothers wanting to
breast feed but struggling, they don't need to hear those who can BF moan about having to give stuff up or having to
feed in public.
I am empathetic with mothers who can
not breast feed, but that doesn't mean we should forget how difficult it is for mothers who
breast feed — glared at when
public feeding, condemned for
feeding after one year, constantly being asked if they are «supplementing with formula», having to pump, having to watch what they eat,
not being able to go out for drinks, being up
in the night, and, like your comment, judged for
breast feeding as a form of soothing.
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.
AFRICAN MOON: You know my biggest challenge with
breast -
feeding didn't come from myself or my children it came from the outside world harassing me
in some form of fashion when I would go out and
breast -
feed in public.
Admittedly I was
not confident
breast feeding in public.
Don't worry about
feeding in public — It feels likes a big deal at the start, getting your
breast out
in a
public place but once you've done it a couple times it doesn't feel scary at all.
hadassa, I don't take offense at
breast feeding in public.
@vhutshiloali1 its is ok to
breast feed in public its just
not always a healthy option due to the dirty bathrooms.
The point of my story is to say that we all need to support each other's decisions, whether that be to nurse
in public,
in private only or to
breast feed (or
not).
Being a large -
breasted woman (lucky me... grrrr), I always felt extremely too self - conscious to
breast feed in public, and too scared to throw a blanket over me because I always wanted to make sure there was adequate air pocket for my daughters to breath (these dang boobs are no joke) That being said, I always escaped to either a nursing room (which all too often don't exist
in public places), or would retreat to my car and
feed them.
Not with standing any other provision of law, a mother may breastfeed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feedi
Not with standing any other provision of law, a mother may breastfeed her baby
in any location,
public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or
not the nipple of the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feedi
not the nipple of the mother's
breast is covered during or incidental to the
breast feeding.
I happen to be on the fence about breastfeeding
in a conversation with one mother who was discussing
breast feeding with me (which I have to say is already weird
in itself... that is my decision and a private matter that I would prefer
not to discuss
in public or with strangers...) and her response was to badger me for the following 20 minutes about breastfeeding and how it is the ONLY option.
I rarely see women
breast feeding in public where I live (Columbus, GA) but there is a BF group that meets twice a week at the library, BF classes offered by the hospitals and community, and
not one but TWO baby - friendly hospitals
in town.
I'm hoping that continuing to take my supplements and starting domperidone will take me to exclusive levels of production, but all I know is that I haven't received shade from formula feeders but I have received it from breastfeeders, and that makes me sad because I unapologetically nurse our son uncovered, remind everyone that boobs were made for
feeding so they can deal with breastfeeding
in public, feel that breastmilk is truly the best for babies and have an extremely hard time with the fact that I can't
feed him just
breast.
Carol Huotari, manager of the center for
breast -
feeding information with La Leche League International
in Schaumburg, said that
in the Chicago area, hassles for
breast -
feeding mothers usually come from people who don't know
public policy, say, «a security guard who doesn't think it's appropriate.»
It was a
public health campaign,
not La Leche League, that proclaimed «Babies Were Born to be
Breast -
fed» and showed a pregnant woman getting tossed off a mechanical bull
in a bar.
To investigate the effect of
public hospitals
in Hong Kong
not accepting free infant formula from manufacturers on
in - hospital formula supplementation rates and
breast -
feeding duration.
Now I have my son who's 22 days old and I want to
breast feed him without having to suppliment but he 1 can eat 3 ounces of formula after I
feed him and 2 I'm
not sure how to go about
feeding outside of the house, I mean at other houses or out
in public.
But the campaign for greater acceptance of nursing
in public — and all those detractors who recoil when they see a mother
feeding a baby just as her body is programmed to do — pales next to the startling image of Grumet
feeding a boy who clearly doesn't need
breast milk to thrive.
Milano stood up to Williams
in January after the talk show host said she didn't want to see women
breast -
feed in public.
In episode 503, the magicians get a firm grip on our fascination with the female form by visiting with a mom who inadvertently tested corporate tolerance for
public breast feeding and a
breast cancer survivor who is
not a fan of the pink ribbon campaign.