Sentences with phrase «women nursing in public»

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:

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If a woman is uncomfortable nursing her child in public the church should find a way to accommodate her.

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...)

It saddens me that some of the most confident women I know have felt very self - conscious nursing in public, particularly on the first few occasions, concerned about the reaction from their friends, the public, and business owners alike.

As in many states, the Mississippi measure replaced an antiquated law that allowed women to be arrested for indecent exposure or disorderly conduct for nursing in public.

While breast - feeding in public is widely accepted in many cultures, some Americans are uncomfortable or offended when a woman reveals even a portion of her breast to nurse a child.

I'm a proponent of women being able to nurse whenever and wherever they need to, but I still felt a little shy when I nursed my baby in public, especially since she never — not even at the beginning — tolerated a cover.

- 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.

I'm all for women's right to breastfeed openly in public without being relegated to hiding in a bathroom stall or even behind a nursing cover if they don't want to, but all the belief in that right considered, it's still a little odd the first few (OK, all the) times you bust out a boob at a restaurant table.

Holding that view, it was particularly disturbing to me to be attacked by another woman in Austin for nursing one of my sweet angels in public.

Also if I were to think about it, I want to be an example for moms who might be a bit hesitant to nurse in public, I want it too seem normal and that lots of women do it.

Women should be free to nurse in public.

I do think that if it becomes more common and more accepted for women to nurse in public, then perhaps more women will feel comfortable doing so.

I don't have a problem with lactation rooms as long as women are not told that they must use them and as long as enough women keep nursing in public to help normalize it and help combat the images of sexual breasts with images of nourishing breasts.

Public Eye Award 2005: Overwhelming winner of the «People's Choice» award for «for its practice of marketing baby food and formula in the developing world by encouraging women to use their products instead of nursing their children.»

I don't think that women should have to hole themselves up in a bathroom stall — how gross, especially a public bathroom — or some other dungeon to feed her nursing child.

Another major objection to women breastfeeding in public is the perception that feeding a baby a bottle is just as good as the nutrition a baby gets while nursing.

So, if busybodies pop up with ridiculous questions like, «Well, if women can just nurse in public, what's next?

I've been in public and had women I've never met ask me to block the view from other people while they nurse.

What exactly are the laws that protect a woman's right to nurse 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!

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.

Miffed by a societal norm that perpetuates the idea that women who nurse their babies should do so in hiding, I've thought of a few things you actually don't have to do when breastfeeding in public.

«it gives the impression that every nursing mother is an attention - seeking lunatic» It also works against women who would like to see more paid maternity / parental leave or flex time for working because it gives the idea that THIS is what women are going to do with that extra paid time, show up topless to a public event and sit on the floor nursing in front of a formula company's table.

I'm a real proponent of nursing in public (I think the more people see women nursing their babies out in public the more normal it will become and the less stressful it will be for women who need to feed their babies while they're outside) but I try to do it as discreetly as possible.

Being shirtless in public is unusual even for a nursing woman.

No, the woman in the article was focusing on making a statement about public nursing and how society needs to support it.

Our mission is to elevate the nursing mother to a place in society where she receives all the necessary support to successfully nurse a child, where scientific evidence overrides marketing influences, and a woman does not fear breastfeeding in public.

If you fall into the category of women who want to breastfeed in public but would rather not display your boobs for all to see, then a great nursing cover is your secret weapon.

It's not that she became more comfortable nursing on a bench in a shopping mall or in a restaurant booth, she emphasizes, it's that she made herself comfortable: «It's not easy to nurse in public except for women who make it acceptable to themselves.

The MEPs voting for the Resolution were heeding the expert opinions of medical and public health bodies from across Europe, US, Asia and Latin America and from UN bodies, including WHO, UNICEF, Save the Children, the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), the European Midwives Association, Eurochild, Association of European Cancer Leagues, the European Federation of the Association of Dieticians (EFAD), the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN), COFACE (the Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union), EPHA (the European Public Health Association) BEUC (the European Consumers Association), the German Midwives Association, the California Women Infants and Children Association, Sustain's Childrens Food Campaign, the National Childbirth Trust, the Baby Feeding Law Group and the International Baby Food Action Npublic health bodies from across Europe, US, Asia and Latin America and from UN bodies, including WHO, UNICEF, Save the Children, the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), the European Midwives Association, Eurochild, Association of European Cancer Leagues, the European Federation of the Association of Dieticians (EFAD), the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN), COFACE (the Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union), EPHA (the European Public Health Association) BEUC (the European Consumers Association), the German Midwives Association, the California Women Infants and Children Association, Sustain's Childrens Food Campaign, the National Childbirth Trust, the Baby Feeding Law Group and the International Baby Food Action NPublic Health Association) BEUC (the European Consumers Association), the German Midwives Association, the California Women Infants and Children Association, Sustain's Childrens Food Campaign, the National Childbirth Trust, the Baby Feeding Law Group and the International Baby Food Action Network

Just a fun fact, from a former Cast Member — Disney Cast Members are instructed specifically in training about the importance of nursing in public and that it is 100 % legal and acceptable for women to do so anywhere in the parks or property.

I don't have a problem with women nursing their babies in public in a discreet way.

Where and when I grew up women did NOT nurse in public.

Yes, the very few times when I have noticed someone looking disgusted / upset with me nursing my child in public, it was an older woman.

Many women are not comfortable nursing in public, and it is important that they have more comfortable options than bathroom floors.

Navon ended her complaint with this statement: «Imagine — I am sitting and nursing a baby only days old, and two women are standing in front of me discussing my «great hutzpah in nursing a baby in a public place.»»

My gut reaction is that it does run the risk of being the place where women are «sent» to nurse and that we shouldn't need rooms like this, but I also understand that many women just aren't comfortable nursing in public and if there are spaces set aside for them I'm all for it.

This is impressive considering not just the mainstream US's reaction to nursing in public, but also because moms in other countries feel more embarrassed overall than US women do.

Plus, whether you nurse in front of your own kids or not shapes what they think about seeing women breastfeed in public, so I'd say the problems start at home on this one.

This year as we follow the 1993 theme, «Mother - Friendly Workplace Initiative,» which sadly is still a struggle many women face today, we spread the word and encourage employers and the general public to stop criticizing women for nursing in public but instead embrace the healthy and natural process of breastfeeding.

It's therefore important for women to seek and offer each other support in public nursing.

Legislation in most states gives women the right to nurse in public.

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.

It's okay for women to be exposing themselves in advertising, on TV, in magazines, music shows and videos, but it's not okay to nurse your baby and show a breast in public.

In 2005, Barbara Walters spoke on The View about her discomfort with nursing in public and particularly called out an incident on an airplane where a woman nursed her baby next to Ms. WalterIn 2005, Barbara Walters spoke on The View about her discomfort with nursing in public and particularly called out an incident on an airplane where a woman nursed her baby next to Ms. Walterin public and particularly called out an incident on an airplane where a woman nursed her baby next to Ms. Walters.

Even though every U.S. state has laws protecting a woman's right to nurse anywhere she is legally permitted to be (every state except Idaho so, you know, get your shit together, Idaho), countless women have stories about being shamed for feeding their baby 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.

I don't see many other women nursing their toddlers in public.

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.