Most of the general public knows it too, and yet many people are still uncomfortable
with a woman breastfeeding in public.
Not exact matches
I agree; there is nothing morally wrong
with breastfeeding in public, especially since that is what God intended when He designed
woman.
So I'm not cool
with touting this photo as a celebration that
breastfeeding has «made it» - I am happy about all the conversations I see around it about the way
women in non-glamorous situations feel about
breastfeeding in public and photos of
breastfeeding publicly displayed.
To preserve the nutritional value and preventing infection, many
women store breast milk for their babies.It is very convenient for many mothers who are working or going to school or when they are not
with their babies to collect and store the breast milk for future use, which makes it easy to
breastfeed infants when they are out or even
in public.
On Project
Breastfeeding's Facebook page Cruz says, «I have embarked on a national campaign to destigmatize breastfeeding in public, to educate men, and to empower women to feel comfortable with feeding their
Breastfeeding's Facebook page Cruz says, «I have embarked on a national campaign to destigmatize
breastfeeding in public, to educate men, and to empower women to feel comfortable with feeding their
breastfeeding in public, to educate men, and to empower
women to feel comfortable
with feeding their baby.»
You don't want to get into a big discussion
with someone who is vehemently objecting to
women breastfeeding in public.
So she was out
in public with her eight week old son and it says that she was at a cafe and she happened to be
breastfeeding her baby and it says an elderly
women,
in not sure if it actually lists her name or sorry her age, but anyway this elderly
women comes up to her and honestly the mom was like «oh no, she's going to tell me to cover up, she's going to be like, be mean about this or you know or how dare I be, you know doing this
in public kind of thing» and the only thing the elderly wanted to do was to help the mom be able to eat.
That means no nurses pushing formula, lactation support
in the hospital, support for moms
in the workplace, cultural norms that allow
women to
breastfeed in public places without being shamed, and more support among
women for dealing
with the challenges.
While out
with her baby and husband, a
woman noticed a mother
breastfeeding her baby
in a
public park, nothing illegal about that, but this mother found it offensive as it was a
public space and her husband was easily distracted by the sight.
Discomfort
with breastfeeding in public lowers
breastfeeding rates, which
in turn negatively affects
women's and children's short - and long - term health.
Ending a Vicious Cycle Most
women who choose to
breastfeed in public meet
with resistance.
For every story out there about a
woman being shamed for
breastfeeding in public, there is a person who insists they don't have a problem
with it, yet follows that statement
with «but why can't she just cover up?»
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?
While
breastfeeding rates
in the U.S. are on the rise, most
women are unable to reach their
breastfeeding goals, and I can't help but hypothesize that keeping nursing out of the
public eye (and therefore removed from general
public consciousness) has a lot to do
with that.
And so it's such a great way of helping these moms
with younger babies get over their fears because they see all these other
women breastfeeding in public and it's no big deal so I just think you know power and numbers to like it definitely helps you overcome your fear if you're not the only one doing it.
Not everyone is on board
with a
woman breastfeeding their baby
in a
public place, but that's their problem, not yours, so do whatever you feel comfortable
with.
That might be the first place I
breastfeed in public as we asked questions, I was sitting there waiting and like I don't know why, though they must be ready to go [laughs] and so am sitting there and I had my baby and was he probably 5 weeks old and
in my head I was like saying, «I should have been here sooner, I should have been here sooner», [laughs] which is irrelevant but that what's goes through your head and then I was like I guess I just do it and it was the meanest thing because I'm sitting on the floor
with my baby and I didn't have to use the cover and I was just so «Oh, you just have to do it like
in a room full of
women» and everybody is
in just as uncomfortable and everybody is trying to make this dance work and trying to get a rhythm and they needed this thing to be able to do and I would imagine for me it was a good transition to being
in publicand not to worry about the cover but also for
women like ok, this is your group for example.
§ 2 - 1402.81 et seq. amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to include
breastfeeding as part of the definition of discrimination on the basis of sex, to ensure a
woman's right to
breastfeed her child
in any location,
public or private, where she has the right to be
with her child.
«We need to focus on enabling environments — dealing
with the difficulty of
breastfeeding in public, the lack of widespread informal support after decades of low rates, support for
women in the workplace, improved staff training, and adhering to the Code — as well as support.»
Some barriers include the negative attitudes of
women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward
breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that
women do not start or give up
breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote
breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative),
public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation
in the
breastfeeding decision, together
with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of
breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of
breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance
breastfeeding rates.
But I do take issue
with people who feel that
women who
breastfeed in public are doing something obscene.
These recommendations were put
in place
with a
public health motive
in mind: to increase the number of
women breastfeeding in the United States.
My wife uses discretion
with a cover up and most wouldn't even know a feeding is taking place, but Lord save the fool that feels it's their place to criticize or attempt to shame my wife or any
woman breastfeeding in public.»
Every time I hear about another case of a
woman breastfeeding her baby
in a restaurant, department store or on a plane who is asked to cover up, head to the bathroom or leave altogether, I wonder why
in 2014 we remain so incredibly uncomfortable
with breastfeeding in public.