This is just talk, and
public breastfeeding really isn't on the same level as race equality.
Not exact matches
It
really IS everyone else's problem if they don't like seeing a flash of flesh in
public during a
breastfeeding.
There is a huge portion of me that
really wants to be that person that would go off on someone for not allowing them to
breastfeed their baby in
public but I just don't know.
I'm open to different opinions, but I
really don't understand people who think mothers shouldn't
breastfeed in
public and should go into a
public restroom.
Nobody has told me to stop
breastfeeding in
public, but once a woman came up to me and said: «I feel it's
really important that you're
breastfeeding».
Breastfeeding is not an easy task in itself and it
really is a shame that it is not made more easy for a woman to comfortably feed her baby while in
public.
Awkward and very self - aware, she hated
breastfeeding in
public and she never posted
breastfeeding pictures online (does that mean she even
really breastfed if she didn't take and share a #brelfie?
Robin Kaplan: Yeah, and so - actually Whitney and Daisy, I'd love for you to kind of answer this question as well: After your harassment incident - Whitney, you mentioned that you had a
really tough time leaving the house when it was feeding time because of this incident - so would you say you're pretty nervous about
breastfeeding in
public after this?
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.
-- With having 3 sets I became
really good at tandem
breastfeeding in
public.
AMY: I think that's
really cool because it kind of helps normalize it and teaches kids at a young age that it's okay and then hopefully as they are older it normalizes
breastfeeding and makes it more of a normal thing to see in
public because right now there's a lot of heat about
breastfeeding in
public, is it okay, is it not okay?
-- I am
really good at tandem nursing at home, no pillows needed, but I can't tandem
breastfeed in
public.
This was not the case at all when I had Leo, as a first time mum I found
breastfeeding in
public really nerve wracking to begin with and would go to great lengths to try and be as discrete as possible.
I find
breastfeeding in
public in the first month or two
really hard.
Breastfeeding in
public is
really daunting to begin with.
To coincide with this year's World
Breastfeeding Week, Lansinoh have launched their Feed With Confidence Awards as an opportunity for members of the public to nominate an establishment they feel really champions breastfeeding and helps mums to breastfeed with confidence when o
Breastfeeding Week, Lansinoh have launched their Feed With Confidence Awards as an opportunity for members of the
public to nominate an establishment they feel
really champions
breastfeeding and helps mums to breastfeed with confidence when o
breastfeeding and helps mums to
breastfeed with confidence when out and about.
My next thought was that I couldn't wear a cute little sundress like that and
breastfeed because unless the dress was
really,
really long, I couldn't be lady - like and
breastfeed in
public.
You have every right to
breastfeed your baby in
public and although it's daunting at first it
really does get easier.
«I would
really appreciate a primer on discreet
public breastfeeding.
«Lactivists» (god, I hate that word) should
really consider whether their activism actually promotes a positive
public image of
breastfeeding or whether it actually makes
breastfeeding look like something only fringe, exhibitionist weirdos do.
It is
really important that we continue to make
breastfeeding in
public a normal and supported part of having a child,» said Joanne Edwards, Big Latch On Global Coodinator.
and it's
really great that there are lots of ways to
breastfeed in
public now... from going to nursing stations to using nursing covers or nursing while babywearing... andami nang fab accessories:)
SUNNY GAULT: I mentioned in the intro that in most of the States have laws that protect, in most meaning all but one
really has come out and said that the
breastfeeding moms have the right to do that in
public, for some reason Idaho, I don't know what's going on in Idaho, but Idaho is the only one in the fifty States that hasn't created a law for this yet.
Then there are the more rational naysayers - the ones who
really don't have an overall issue with
public breastfeeding but do feel it doesn't belong in certain places.
Would Nestlé
really try to undermine government and
public efforts to normalise
breastfeeding with a viral campaign that tells women their breasts are ogled when they go out in
public?
But would Nestlé
really be so cynical and stoop so low to undermine women's confidence in
breastfeeding in
public using this bra cam strategy?
To
really come to an answer you first need to decide how often you are likely to be
breastfeeding in
public, and how comfortable you would be in non-maternity clothes while
breastfeeding.
I mean it's
really unbelievable to think I mean I've been
breastfeeding for in
public for 2 and a half years and even to this day I mean people think oh you're the badass breast feeder you
breastfeed you know standing on your head.
He may have said it a couple of times that why don't we just do formula because it would be a pain and as a new mom I was
really struggling with doing this in
public and when you do, that was almost six years ago, and thankfully there has been more light shed on
breastfeeding in
public and nursing in
public because I
really didn't see any other moms nursing in
public then.
Mothers» Letters Photo: Orit Gilad Mother's Situation Nursing in
public I'm expecting my second baby in a few months and
really want to
breastfeed this time around.
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.
It's
really great to have them supporting us and, but I am a part of this broader culture that we live in our community and so I do feel like the whole thing I mentioned about kind of not
really liking to
breastfeed in
public and Rose you mentioned how you don't tell people often how you
breastfeed until four and it kind of makes me sad because I think you know, if everyone else in the world is doing it until 4, maybe everyone else here is doing until 4 and we just, we are all too ashamed or maybe we would kind of be, if I would be a little more brave about it, I would find a different circle of people that I am not so different from.
And it sounds like just in other cultures where they are
breastfeeding in
public all the time and they are doing extended
breastfeeding and
breastfeeding is not as sexualized as it is in the West and that's kind of
really where we need to go with this.
JANELLE: Well, I've never
really experienced any discrimination, or anything, when it comes to
breastfeeding in
public.
Nursing tops don't
really offer the discretion you might think, and if you feel uncomfortable with
public displays of
breastfeeding, then you can always use a baby blanket without extra expense.
While there aren't
really any teeth to those laws,
breastfeeding in
public isn't illegal and is protected in most places.
If you're uneasy about
breastfeeding in
public but
really want to, practice with a cover in front if a mirror, then without a cover in front of a mirror.
I * do * hear a lot of comments online from people who «support
breastfeeding» but only
really support it in
public if it's a baby under a year.
All new moms should
really have home visits from a
public health nurse or
breastfeeding consultant to ensure that mother and baby are settling in and getting things to work.
SUNNY GAULT: Hey Boob Group it's time for a fun segment we have on the show called «Boob Oops» and it's where we share our funny
breastfeeding and pumping stories, funny stuff that's happened to us usually in
public that only other
breastfeeding and pumping mothers would
really appreciate.
I think it is
really important for Moms to
breastfeed in
public to promote that it is normal and beautiful and wonderful.
Yes, we all know that
breastfeeding is natural and normal yet, many of us first time moms never
really been around a
breastfeeding mother, plus many of the children we see
breastfeeding in
public may be covered up with a blanket.
As a result of the well - intentioned but occasionally problematic
public health campaign in support of
breastfeeding, our society's understanding of nursing has led to some
really judgy behavior toward parents.
BETH WARREN: You know for me this article
really struck me as mommy shaming and the mommy shaming has just got to stop because women are ashamed for
public breastfeeding or they are shamed for bottle feeding or they are shamed for what they are wearing or you went out too soon with your husband you are not going out enough.
I always do or in the car I feel imberressed when I
breastfeed in
public I'm not one of those ladies that pops my boobs out even if it's something natural just be conservative and do it in a private quiete place so you and your baby can be calm it's nothing from another world obviously if people judge don't
really understand what
breastfeeding is: I
breastfeed my baby only 2 in
public and many ppl told me congrats she's adorable and
breastfeeding is the best.
What I
really don't like is that these things are often associated with
breastfeeding in
public!