If you are trying to get feeding established and don't want the
fear of breastfeeding in public to hold you back then get this top on your must have list now.
Her poem Embarrassed (see below), about her own
experiences of breastfeeding in public, which also touched on issues such as the aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes and the unnecessary death and suffering this causes, has been viewed over seven million times online.
Unless there are severe underlying psychological issues (for example, a friend of mine's sister had abuse issues she was dealing with, and was mortified by the
thought of breastfeeding in public), I don't think you're any better off with one of these than without.
It's not exactly something we absolutely needed, but being an
advocate of breastfeeding in public like my wife is, more knowledge and ideas are very helpful and can go a long ways when you are advocating breastfeeding in public.
I'm not sure I even want to have babies but if I do I will breastfeed them though I have to admit the idea
of breastfeeding in public scares me because I know how people think of breasts, women, and moms.
This is to condone discrimination (and it is no defence to say Unilever also supports those who
approve of breastfeeding in public — that is as misguided as it would be if a campaign said it supports people whether or not they discriminate on basis of race).
This one made me laugh (and I'm not biased in any way of course) and it will definitely offend some people... but honestly we are both so
sick of the breastfeeding in public «HOOHA» that is going on, -LSB-...]
The Breastfeeding Welcome Here program has been designed to improve community acceptance
of breastfeeding in public through the accreditation and promotion of breastfeeding friendly businesses and services.
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.
These perceived barriers include the difficulty and
embarrassment of breastfeeding in public, the problem of maintaining personal identity whilst breastfeeding and general attitudes towards breastfeeding and women's bodies in wider society — as well as those held by mothers, fathers and families.
Her poem Embarrassed, about her own
experiences of breastfeeding in public, which also touched on issues such as the aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes and the unnecessary death and suffering this causes, has been viewed over seven million times online.
Sunny: Oh my goodness, we had some moms reach out to us on Facebook to share
some of their breastfeeding in public stories.
Robin Kaplan: And how do you think that these groups helped you overcome that fear
of breastfeeding in public?
My biggest takeaway from the experience
of breastfeeding in public was that having conventions for the act is putting pressure on moms like me to perform in a certain way so that we're collectively inconspicuous.
I don't want to feel confined to my house for months, but I'm also not comfortable with the idea
of breastfeeding in public.
To those of us who work on breastfeeding, the «issue»
of breastfeeding in public is a periodic amusing and frustrating annoyance.
And you know, certainly if I'm out in public now, I have felt a little bit scared
of breastfeeding in public, because of the media coverage that kind of has blown - up.