Sentences with phrase «women breastfeeding in public there»

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I agree; there is nothing morally wrong with breastfeeding in public, especially since that is what God intended when He designed woman.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, there are about 45 states that have laws that specifically allow women to breastfeed in public.

So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)

In the US there is a Federal Law protecting a woman's right to breastfeed in public on Federal propertIn the US there is a Federal Law protecting a woman's right to breastfeed in public on Federal propertin public on Federal property.

As I have seen a lot of women nursing in public in different countries through the years, I noticed that there are 3 main types of women who breastfeed in public:

According to State laws women has right to breastfeed in public as long as they are legally allowed there.

Side note, did you know that there are laws that protect the right for women to breastfeed in public?

I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!

There are things people feel fine saying to women breastfeeding in public, and I think it's time breastfeeding moms start talking back.

Why do you think there's so much push back among the general populace, when women try to normalize breastfeeding or breastfeed in public without a cover?

What we women need to do is go out there and breastfeed in public.

There are countless stories of women being asked to cover up while breastfeeding in public, or to leave businesses because they chose not to let their child go hungry.

While there's no denying that women are shamed for unapologetically breastfeeding (especially in public without a cover) mothers are also judged for formula feeding their babies, too, sometimes regardless of the reasons why formula feeding worked for them.

I do believe, however, that this symbol and its use in public establishments is a sign that there is a growing supportive community for women who DO choose to breastfeed their babes.

Is there some kind of fear that if we start accepting breastfeeding in public without freaking out about covering up, women will eventually start walking around bare - breasted all the time?

There are a lot of women who are pressured into not breastfeeding in public just because of the way the public reacts.

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?»

Despite laws that protect women's right to breastfeed in public, there are frequent press stories about women being advised against breastfeeding or humiliated in public for breastfeeding.

But there's more to the public breastfeeding movement than its squeakiest wheels, and believe it or not, even women who have no intention of ever breastfeeding, publicly or otherwise, still have a dog in this fight.

While there are laws which protect breastfeeding mothers from legal ramifications should she expose her breast in public to nurse, women often still have to fight charges or discrimination.

Not only is it legal to breastfeed in the United States, but many states have enacted laws to protect a woman's right to breastfeed in any place, public or private, as long as she's authorized to be there.

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.

However, there's a special judgment reserved for women who breastfeed, especially for an extended period of time and especially in public without a cover.