breast feeding in public

[BoLt_InFeRnO]

Ok, so I'm not normally a shy person, but when your out and about and need to feed bubs, will you cover yourself up?

I know some people are quite snotty about it, and I'll tell them where to shove it if they have anything to say. But there's a few dirty old men out there who will want to have a look.

What's everyone else going to be using? Or should I not care? Or, do I express for going out?

 

[xprincessx]

i have bought some vest tops to wear underneath my regular tops so will lift up my regular top and pull down my vest top so nobody can actually see my boobs. i dont think i'd like to cover my baby's head with a muslin....i wouldnt like my head covered while i was eating lol

i'm not doing it to protect other people's comfortableness though, im doing it for my own as i dont particularly want any of my college friends or people i know to see my boobs lol x

 

[reiller]

Im not going to breastfeed but I think you are more than entitled to feed your child whilst out and about you may not als have the time to express at ghome before you go out.. and if you baby needs food they have to get it.
As for the dirty old men you are always going to have people staring at you some being perverted and some actually genuine interested it it and how it works...

My OH got chatting to a woman in or shopping centre who was doing it he was telling her all about going to be a daddy and she was tellin him the benefits of breastfeeding I think she appreciated the fact he was actually interested in what she was doing and was mopre than happy to explain... and not perving else he'D HAVE GOTTEN A SMACK !

I really dont think kyou should care about the negatives ppl will sya to you when your out and about its your baby and your body and its not like your running down the high street with it all hangin out

 

[bubbles]

I personally have never covered DS's head and won't be covering up with this LO, people only tend to notice if they are looking for too long as you don't show alot. It's more about how comfortable you feel doing it in public uncovered

 

[pinkgem100]

I am planning on breastfeeding and as xprincessx has said i will be wearing a ves top under a regular top to keep me covered. i am not normally shy but i dont want it all hanging out in public but i couldnt careless if it makes someone else feel uncomfortable the baby needs food and what better way for them to get it than from their mummy!!

xx

 

[Ice Cold Cube]

I'm going to breastfeed in public and plan to buy a mamascarf for cover - https://www.mamascarf.co.uk/gallery.html.

The 'breastfeeding butterfly' is also really nice - https://www.fayeandlou.co.uk/shop/breast-feeding-butterfly-benefits.html

Many of the other covers on the market look weirdly like mini aprons, and I don't want to look like I'm cooking!

Laura x

 

[trumpetbum]

I generally use a ring sling and pull the extra material up. I breastfed everywhere with my last, walking, shopping, beach, bus, train, town, park, resteraunts etc and I don't think many people ever noticed. Dd2 never liked being under a cover so I'm not bothering to buy one.

 

[Kitten-B]

It’s a total personal preference thing but I expect (at this point) that I would feel massively uncomfortable doing this. Mo0st of the dept stores / supermarkets have rooms for breastfeeding so i’ll probably be running off to one of those at first anyway. Or timing trips out so that they are very short!

If however i’m brave enough will definitely be buying one of the special cover ups!

 

[JynxPhD]

I breastfed my daughter everywhere and never really covered up. You can't really see much anyway. I did get a lot of negative comments about nursing in public but they were all from women. None of the men really seemed to notice or care what I was doing. I'll breastfeed these two anywhere I want again. After you go through labor and have all those people (12+ nurses and doctors) looking at your private bits you lose some of your fear about things. I honestly just don't care who sees part of a boobie when it comes to feeding my babies.

 

[aob1013]

Absolutely not, if people don't like it they can use their legs and walk away.

 

[Thegirl]

I am planning on breastfeeding in public, just making sure I am covering up as best I can.
I will not, however, be doing what I saw a woman doing the other week in Pizza express. She was sat in a seat by the window breast feeding and not being particularly careful about covering up, her choice, no problem there it's all good. However once finished, her friend took over burping so she could get herself dressed again and she stood up, boobs out and stood with her back to the restaurant, but bare chest to the window leading straight on to a street whilst sorting herself out! There were several cars who could not quite believe the view they were getting as they drove past-I was genuinely shocked that there were no accidents.
I am not planning on being that 'liberated'.

 

[Khloeee]

I will be discreet with my tops or try and cover myself with a muslin or something, as I don't fancy the idea of whipping them right out in the middle of a public place. But at the same time, I will definitely not be hiding myself away to breastfeed and may well change my mind about whipping them right out when I'm faced with a screaming hungry baby and it's the easiest thing to do.

We were talking about breastfeeding the other day and a friend asked me if I would be breastfeeding in public. I said yes and she said 'Oh so will you go off to a changing room or something?'. I don't think any breastfeeding woman should be made to feel like they have to go off to a separate room (although I'm all for facilities being there if women feel more comfortable that way) and my reaction was 'No! Why the hell should I have to do that? As if new mothers don't have enough to deal with!'.

 

[nanomey]

i think it tottally depends on what you feel comfortable with - if it makes you feel better then you could use a muslin or a shawl type thing (my sis in law wore a poncho!!)

personally (having breast fed my 3 dds up to 12mths previously) im not worried about feeding in public and if anyone complained they will get told where to go!!
i do have a few feeding tops and also wearing vests under clothing is a tip to keep your belly covered when ''getting them out!''
but i do not believe that i should have to run around with a screaming baby trying to find a feeding cubical or a sheltered place to feed - just to keep other people happy, if my baby was bottle fed then no body would look twice when or where - besides i normally find that people who do look are normally more embaressed then the person feeding, and if they hate it so much they shouldnt look anyway, lol!!

 

[Khloeee]

but i do not believe that i should have to run around with a screaming baby trying to find a feeding cubical or a sheltered place to feed - just to keep other people happy, if my baby was bottle fed then no body would look twice when or where

my thoughts exactly

 

[Katybarnes15]

I totally think that you have every right to breast feed in public. I will be trying to cover up though as with my first I got really self consious as my boobs are so big making it awkard for me to feed anyway-(have to use both hands otherwise DD woulds suffocate!) I am hoping to use a sling this time as a friend said that helped a lot- we will see!!

 

[JASMAK]

I breastfeed in public. I make it as discreet as possible, but I don't cover my baby up in stuff. The can't be comfortable for her. I live somewhere where BFing is very acceptable though. But, I am not doing this for the world, I am doing this for my baby. I think as moms we should encourage our peers to breastfeed comfortably in public, and not add more shame to it by discussing how they did it, and their mistakes behind their backs. Isn't it sad enough that us moms need to even worry about this? We are just FEEDING our babies. Nothing more.

 

[babytots]

I'm going to use a shawl or blanket to hide anything in public I don't give two hoots about what others think and if I had the confidence to breastfeed without covering up I would. Maybe once I get used to it again I might be brave. I intend to buy breastfeeding friendly tops and cardis too for the winter months. x

 

[Dragonfly]

I dont need to cover up I aint the one with the problem that needs to hide. I would be discreet as I have stretch marked boobs and self concious of that but a baby needs fed and thats how I do it. Anyone that has a problem...has a problem. Not me. When my son was born I breastfed (still do) that cleared my family out of a room anyway. result.

 

[BoLt_InFeRnO]

I'm going to breastfeed in public and plan to buy a mamascarf for cover - https://www.mamascarf.co.uk/gallery.html.

The 'breastfeeding butterfly' is also really nice - https://www.fayeandlou.co.uk/shop/breast-feeding-butterfly-benefits.html

Many of the other covers on the market look weirdly like mini aprons, and I don't want to look like I'm cooking!

Laura x

these look fab, will def be getting one.
i dont want to be hiding bubs. i just have a lot of breast to hide

 

[discoclare]

I don't use a breast feeding cover/shawl or muslin. I do have a couple of breastfeeding tops but I just prefer a loose top i can lift up. i don't care who's looking and to be honest people don't really notice.

The only incident i have had so far of someone "looking" was when a young boy, maybe aged 10, kept looking when i was bfing (had a bfing top on that day so you couldn't see much). well i thought he was trying to see my boobs but when i finished i gave LO to OH so i could go to the loo. when i came back the boy was sitting down with OH and talking to Arianna. turns out he wanted to see the baby, ask how old she was, tell us about his sister's baby etc but was embarrassed to come over while i was feeding so he kept looking over to see when she was finished. He was a sweet little boy who doted on his nephew.